Multotec is pushing higher-precision mineral separation with high-efficiency spiral concentrators and hydrocyclones, backed by manufacturing, R&D and field service operations in more than 100 countries. The company is leveraging over 20 years of Canadian site experience to optimise spiral and cyclone configurations for local orebodies, including cold-climate installations and variable feed conditions. For plant designers and metallurgists, the focus is on tighter cut points, reduced bypass and improved water balance, directly affecting recovery, tailings load and overall circuit stability.

North American Construction Group’s wholly owned subsidiary ML Northern Services has secured a five-year heavy equipment services contract with a major Canadian oil sands operator, focused on mobile fuel delivery. The scope covers ultra-class haul trucks and other large mining units, shifting fuelling from fixed bays to in-pit mobile services to cut non-productive travel and queuing. For mine operators, the move signals continued outsourcing of critical support fleets and reinforces the need to integrate fuel logistics with dispatch, haul planning and maintenance scheduling.

BHP has awarded China Nerin Engineering a design and supply contract for key processing facilities in the proposed Olympic Dam copper smelter and refinery expansion in South Australia. Nerin, a major Chinese metallurgical design institute, brings experience from large copper smelting complexes worldwide, including sulphide concentrate smelters and electrorefinery systems. The award signals progress towards a larger, higher-throughput smelting and refining flowsheet at Olympic Dam, with implications for furnace design, off-gas handling, and downstream electrorefining capacity.