Mining companies are redrawing 2026 technology roadmaps around cloud ERP platforms such as SAP, shifting from legacy spreadsheets and siloed systems to a single financial and operational backbone spanning finance, capital management, procurement, supply chain and maintenance. Clean-core architectures with extensibility and open interfaces are being used to plug in geology asset management, environmental monitoring and safety applications without heavy customisation, cutting technical debt and easing upgrades. With harmonised master data and automated consolidations delivering near real-time views of cash, capex and asset performance, miners can support AI-driven predictive maintenance and tighter working-capital control across multi-jurisdictional portfolios.

Echion has launched a commercial range of fast-charging, high‑power lithium‑ion batteries using its niobium‑based XNO® anode technology, produced in partnership with GUS Technology at GUS’s Zhongli manufacturing facility in Taiwan. The XNO® chemistry targets applications needing very high charge rates and power density, such as mining haul trucks, drills and underground fleets where current graphite‑anode packs struggle with rapid cycling and peak load demands. For mine electrification projects, the move signals growing availability of alternative anode chemistries that can better tolerate high C‑rates and harsh duty cycles.

Lynas Rare Earths has produced its first on-spec samarium oxide at its Malaysian plant, making it the only non-Chinese supplier of this heavy rare earth used in high-performance magnets for electronics and aerospace. The A$180 million plant expansion is designed to separate up to 5,000 tonnes per annum of heavy rare earth feedstock, with initial capacity for samarium, gadolinium, dysprosium, terbium, yttrium and lutetium expected within two years. Lynas has also signed a four-year binding letter of intent to supply light and heavy rare earth oxides to the US Department of Defense.