Alemlube is supplying its Dingo series transfer pumps to mine sites to streamline handling of multiple fluids such as diesel, oils and coolants through a single, modular system. The electric and air-operated Dingo units are offered in multiple sizes to match different flow and viscosity requirements, enabling centralised storage and distribution rather than scattered drum pumps. For maintenance teams, the focus is on fast swap-out of pumps and components, reducing fluid cross-contamination risk and cutting unplanned downtime on large mobile fleets.

Geopolitical shocks from the US–Iran conflict are strengthening copper’s bull case, with Sprott analyst Jacob White forecasting that electrification, data centres and grid upgrades could lift these “strategic” uses from 32% of demand in 2024 to 45% by 2040, and noting this demand is less price-sensitive than construction. On the supply side, closure of the Strait of Hormuz has nearly doubled sulfuric acid prices, threatening SX-EW output that supplies about 4.8 Mt of copper and depends on sulfur flows from countries providing 49% of global sulfur trade. Despite higher sulfuric acid and diesel costs, Sprott says almost all copper mines remain profitable at the current US$13,000/t spot price, with copper equities already up 7.98% in April.

Global Battery Materials plans to restart Ontario’s Kearney flake graphite mine within about 20 months, targeting initial output of 23,000 tonnes of carbon graphite per year from 2028, rising to 50,000 tonnes, backed by WSP’s update of a 2018 feasibility study. The former Ontario Graphite asset hosts 23 million tonnes of proven and probable reserves at 1.95% Cg, plus 61.8 million measured and indicated tonnes at 1.99% Cg, supporting a projected mine life of at least 20 years. GBM is also advancing site selection for a 50,000‑tonne‑per‑year anode materials plant in Ontario, Quebec or the US, with production targeted from late 2028.