Anglo Asian Mining has appointed Worley Europe Limited to deliver full feasibility studies for its Xarxar and Garadag copper-gold projects in Azerbaijan, moving both assets towards potential development decisions. Worley, part of Australia-headquartered Worley Group, will apply its global open-pit and processing-plant design capability to define mine layouts, metallurgical flowsheets and infrastructure requirements. The work is expected to firm up capital and operating cost estimates and clarify options for staged development and shared infrastructure across the two deposits.

Veracio and Bureau Veritas have signed an MoU to roll out Veracio’s advanced geological scanning technologies across Chile, Peru, Argentina and Brazil, with scope to extend into other Latin American markets. The collaboration is expected to pair Veracio’s digital core scanning and downhole sensing tools with Bureau Veritas’ regional laboratory and inspection network to speed up geological data acquisition and QA/QC. For miners, this could tighten drill-to-model cycles, improve orebody characterisation and standardise high-resolution geoscientific datasets across multiple operations.

Sandvik has agreed to acquire Italy-based Diemme Filtration, adding high-performance mining filter presses and dewatering systems as a new Filtration division within its Rock Processing business area. Diemme’s portfolio includes large automated filter presses for tailings and concentrate dewatering, targeting dry-stack tailings and reduced process water consumption in large concentrators. The move gives Sandvik an in-house solution for integrating crushing, screening and filtration flowsheets, with potential implications for tailings storage design and water balance in brownfield and greenfield plants.