Weir’s Head of Data and AI, Kenneth Ulrich, outlines how the company’s NEXT Intelligent Solutions platform uses machine-learning models to optimise mineral processing plant performance in real time. By combining sensor-rich equipment data from Weir comminution circuits with digital twins of crushers, screens and pumps, the system can predict wear, adjust operating setpoints and flag impending failures before they hit throughput. Ulrich points to continuous model retraining on live plant data as critical for coping with ore variability and changing operating conditions.

REMA TIP TOP has launched MCube RFP Mobile 2.0, an upgraded mobile condition monitoring system targeting conveyor rollers, where around 75% of mechanical faults on conveyor systems originate. The tool uses sensor-based roller measurements and structured inspection workflows to capture precise vibration and temperature data in the field, feeding it into a central MCube platform. For mine operators, this enables earlier detection of failing idlers, more targeted shutdown planning, and better prioritisation of belt walkdowns on long overland and plant conveyors.

Endura Mining has awarded Macmahon Mining New Zealand a five-year underground mining contract at the Snowy River gold mine, valued at about A$406.2 million and scheduled to start in October 2026. Macmahon will take on core underground production activities under a single integrated scope, signalling a substantial re-entry into the New Zealand hard-rock sector for the contractor. The long-term, high-value package points to sustained demand for specialised underground fleet, ground support, and local workforce mobilisation in a relatively remote West Coast setting.