Metso has signed its largest analyser Life Cycle Services (LCS) agreement to date, a five-year contract with a major South American copper producer covering performance-based support for on-stream analysers. The deal centres on an outcome-based model, with Metso responsible for maintaining analyser availability and measurement accuracy across the concentrator to stabilise grade control and process optimisation. For plant and maintenance engineers, it signals deeper OEM involvement in long-term condition monitoring, remote diagnostics and KPI-linked service for critical assay instrumentation.

Globe 24-7 has launched Globe Trust 24-7, a joint venture with Guinea-based Trust Africa, to expand mining recruitment and workforce solutions across Guinea and the wider West African belt. The JV targets operators in gold, bauxite and iron ore projects seeking local and expatriate technical talent in geology, mine planning, processing and HSE. For project owners, this signals easier access to regionally based recruiters familiar with OH&S regimes, francophone labour markets and rapid mobilisation for new pits, plant expansions and feasibility teams.

Wabtec Corporation has secured a long-term services agreement worth more than $700 million with La Compagnie du TransGuinéen (CTG) to support a new fleet of Evolution Series locomotives on the Simandou iron ore rail corridor in Guinea. Combined with CTG’s 2024 locomotive orders, Wabtec’s total Simandou-related contract value now exceeds $1.2 billion, its largest services package in Africa. The deal signals long-horizon OEM support for heavy-haul rail operations that will underpin bulk ore export logistics from the greenfield Simandou development.