Tapojärvi has restarted as main mining contractor at Sotkamo Silver’s underground silver mine in Finland, resuming a role it previously held from 2018 to 2023 under a new agreement signed in June 2025. The contract covers full-scale production mining services, including drilling, blasting, loading and haulage in a familiar orebody and infrastructure, allowing rapid ramp-up using existing site knowledge and established operating procedures. For geotechnical and production engineers, continuity in contractor, ground control methods and equipment fleet should reduce interface risk and support stable output planning.

Metso has booked the third tranche of orders for JSC Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex’s copper smelter project in Uzbekistan, following equipment and project services contracts announced on 9 August 2024. The first two tranches, totalling €146 million, were booked in Q4 2024, with the latest booking covering additional core process equipment and associated services for the greenfield smelter complex. The staged order intake signals a multi-phase build-out where process design, commissioning support and long-lead items will be critical for throughput, energy performance and sulphur capture compliance.

Sofi Filtration has opened a new Sofi Filtration Test Center in Izmir, Türkiye, to run commercial testing and piloting of its filtration technology with local mining customers. The facility, established with local partner Ecoline Group, is aimed at on-site evaluation of mine water and process streams under Turkish operating conditions. For engineers, this signals easier access to pilot-scale trials and performance data without shipping samples abroad, potentially shortening design cycles for dewatering and water-reuse projects in the region.