Komatsu Mining India has signed a new contract with TMC Mineral Resources for two additional Joy Shuttle Cars, taking the contractor’s Joy shuttle fleet in India to more than 50 units. The deal extends a long-running underground coal partnership where Joy machines are used for batch haulage from continuous miners to feeder breakers in high-production bord-and-pillar panels. For mine planners and maintenance teams, the growing single-OEM fleet signals deeper standardisation of parts, controls and service regimes across TMC’s underground operations.

DAYWALK has launched an Australian-first certified load restraint container system featuring certified lifting lugs integrated into a 20-foot ISO container for mining logistics. The solution is engineered to reduce manual load securing, streamline chain-of-responsibility compliance, and cut double-handling on mine-to-port and mine-to-workshop freight movements. For site engineers, the key change is the ability to treat the container and its certified lugs as a single engineered lifting and restraint system, simplifying lift planning and documentation.

Sandvik has appointed Craig Johnston as VP Sales Area Australia & New Zealand, drawing on his experience in Parts & Service and Ground Support to tailor its global underground and surface mining portfolio to local conditions. Johnston is focusing on matching Australian Tier-1 miners’ demand for high-availability fleets with Sandvik’s automation-ready loaders and trucks, battery-electric equipment, and digital solutions such as OptiMine and AutoMine. The strategy centres on lifecycle support, with local rebuild capability and parts logistics aimed at reducing unplanned downtime in remote hard-rock operations.