Finning UK & Ireland has supplied its 10,000th Cat® industrial engine to McCloskey International, extending a supply partnership that began in 2006 when McCloskey established manufacturing in Northern Ireland. The engines power McCloskey’s mobile crushing, screening and material handling equipment, which is seeing rising global demand in aggregates and mining applications. For plant operators, the milestone signals long-term parts and service continuity for Cat-powered McCloskey units, an important factor in lifecycle planning and fleet standardisation.

Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (INO) mine rescue team has taken the 2026 Ontario Mine Rescue overall champion title in Sudbury, outperforming seven other regional winners in a province-wide final. The team completed a complex mock underground emergency scenario designed by Ontario Mine Rescue (OMR), typically involving live-fire suppression, casualty extrication and use of closed-circuit breathing apparatus under time and communication constraints. For mine operators, the result reinforces the value of rigorous, scenario-based training regimes and standardised emergency procedures across multi-level, deep nickel operations.

Ioneer has signed non-binding letters of intent with Korea’s state-backed KIND and Hyundai Engineering to advance the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, a key US source of battery-grade lithium carbonate and boric acid. KIND, mandated by South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to support overseas infrastructure, is expected to focus on project financing and risk mitigation, while Hyundai Engineering is positioned for EPC and process plant roles. The pacts signal potential Korean capital and engineering input into mine, concentrator and downstream processing design.