Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group has secured exclusive Canadian dealership rights for Transcale Pty Ltd, adding on-board payload monitoring systems to its mining technology services portfolio. The deal enables Kal Tire to supply, install, calibrate and service Transcale truck payload systems across Canadian mine fleets, giving operators real-time data on payload optimisation, haul truck utilisation and tyre loading. For geotechnical and mine operations teams, tighter payload control directly affects pit wall stability, haul road degradation rates and tyre life-cycle planning.

NESCAFÉ in Nestlé Professional has partnered with mental health charity R U OK? as the official “cuppa partner” for Australian mine sites, using routine crib-room coffee breaks to prompt workers to check in on each other. The initiative supplies branded NESCAFÉ materials and R U OK? conversation prompts to remote and FIFO operations, embedding mental health messaging into daily pre-starts and shift-change gatherings. For site leaders, it offers a low-disruption way to reinforce psychosocial risk management and strengthen crew cohesion alongside existing safety systems.

Alligator Energy is pushing its Samphire in-situ recovery uranium project near Whyalla towards a potential 2030 start, following a 67 per cent increase in mineral resources and ongoing infill and step-out drilling across the Blackbush and Plumbush deposits. The company is progressing a pre-feasibility study, hydrogeological testwork and leach trials to refine wellfield design, acid consumption and recovery factors, while advancing environmental and Native Title approvals. For engineers, the timetable hinges on ISR field trials confirming suitable sandstone permeability and groundwater behaviour in the Eyre Formation aquifer.