Canada Nickel Company has chosen Komatsu and dealer SMS Equipment to supply the primary load-and-haul fleet for the Crawford nickel project in Ontario, following competitive proposals from four OEMs. The agreement lays the foundation for an autonomous, battery-electric truck and shovel fleet, integrating Komatsu’s AHS-ready haul trucks with SMS’s Canada-wide support network. For mine planners and engineers, the decision signals early commitment to high-automation, low-emission fleet design, influencing pit layout, power distribution, and maintenance infrastructure from the feasibility stage.

Glencore Technology’s Jameson Cell is delivering higher mass pull and improved concentrator recoveries at Valterra Platinum’s Mogalakwena North Concentrator in South Africa after four units replaced 40 conventional flotation cells. The compact Jameson Cells provide intensified mixing and aeration in a much smaller footprint, cutting the number of banks and associated piping, instrumentation, and maintenance points. For plant designers and metallurgists, the case signals scope to debottleneck existing flotation circuits and reduce capex/opex by substituting high-intensity cells for large fleets of conventional machines.

NRW Holdings’ subsidiary Primero Group has secured the EPC contract for Ramelius Resources’ Mount Magnet Expansion Project in Western Australia, covering a major upgrade of the gold processing plant. The works will reconfigure processing infrastructure to integrate multiple ore sources into a single production hub, shifting Mt Magnet towards a centralised treatment model. For plant and process engineers, the project signals upcoming brownfield tie-ins, debottlenecking of existing circuits and potential changes to comminution and leach residence times to handle more variable feed.