Metso is expanding mineralogy capabilities at its Pori Research Center in Finland to support faster, data-driven decisions from early flowsheet design through to plant optimisation across the full minerals processing lifecycle. The investment focuses on advanced ore characterisation, integrating detailed mineralogical data with process modelling to refine comminution, flotation and dewatering strategies. For mine and plant engineers, this should tighten design parameters, reduce pilot-scale uncertainty and improve brownfield debottlenecking by linking mineral texture and liberation directly to circuit performance.

Schneider Electric and Torngat Metals have signed a non-binding MoU to explore a strategic industrial partnership centred on the Strange Lake rare earth project in Nunavik, with associated processing and logistics infrastructure planned in Labrador. The collaboration targets a “resilient and responsible” rare earth value chain, pairing Schneider’s power, automation and digital systems with Torngat’s heavy rare earth resource. For engineers, the deal signals early integration of energy management, electrification and remote operations design into mine, concentrator and transport corridor planning.

ISOIL has released the THERMAG VALVE – CS611, a two-way control valve integrating an electromagnetic thermal energy meter for precise monitoring of heating and cooling circuits in mining and industrial plants. The unit delivers real-time energy measurement and billing compliant with EN1434 and the MID 2014/32/EU directive, targeting both retrofit and new-build systems. For process and services engineers, the combined valve–meter design reduces separate instrumentation, simplifies balancing of thermal loads, and tightens accountability for energy use across distributed circuits.