Redpath Mining has been named preferred underground contractor for Evolution Mining’s Bert project at the Ernest Henry copper-gold mine in north Queensland, and for the E22 project at the Northparkes copper-gold operation in New South Wales. The work packages, disclosed via a Redpath job posting, cover new underground development rather than open-pit activities, signalling additional decline, level access and ore drive development in both orebodies. For suppliers and labour, this points to near-term demand for underground development crews, ground support, and mobile fleet in two established Australian base metals hubs.

Savannah Resources has released the definitive feasibility study and maiden JORC Reserve for Phase 1 of the Barroso Lithium Project in northern Portugal, detailing a 14‑year open pit operation centred on 2.56 Mt of spodumene concentrate production. The DFS outlines conventional drill‑and‑blast mining with truck‑shovel haulage feeding a crush–grind–flotation plant, targeting battery‑grade spodumene for European converters. For geotechnical and mine planners, the phased pit development and long mine life provide a stable basis for slope design, waste scheduling and infrastructure staging.

MaxMine is moving into mining fleet management, adding business intelligence and AI-driven decision support on top of its existing operational data platform to target lower cost per tonne and reduced productivity variability. The new tools are aimed at mine operators wanting a single system that fuses high-frequency machine data with real-time analytics to guide shift-by-shift decisions on haulage, loading and equipment utilisation. For engineers, the shift means potential integration of fleet dispatch, production reporting and performance diagnostics within one data environment rather than multiple siloed systems.