Sandvik has secured an order from Kamoa Copper SA for 19 Toro® underground trucks and loaders for the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, taking the site’s Sandvik underground fleet to more than 100 units. The equipment will support one of the world’s largest underground Sandvik fleets at a single mine, operated by the Ivanhoe Mines–Zijin Mining joint venture. For engineers, the scale signals sustained high-volume, trackless underground haulage and significant long-term demand for OEM parts, maintenance capacity, and fleet management systems.

Metso has secured a €25 million order from Aldridge Mineral Madencilik A.Ş., part of CVK Mining, to supply key minerals processing equipment for the Yenipazar polymetallic mine in Türkiye, including one of its first Durarok™ primary sizers. The package, booked in Metso’s Minerals segment for 2026, will support primary crushing and downstream processing for a deposit containing multiple base and precious metals. For engineers, early adoption of the Durarok™ sizer at Yenipazar will be a reference case for hard-rock primary sizing performance in Turkish conditions.

ABD Solutions, a UK-based subsidiary of AB Dynamics, is entering the increasingly crowded full-stack Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) market with a robotics-driven platform derived from automotive autonomy technology rather than traditional mining OEM systems. The company positions its solution to retrofit existing haul trucks and auxiliary fleets, aiming to decouple autonomy from specific vehicle brands and reduce dependence on greenfield-only deployments. For mine operators, this signals growing competition to retrofit mixed fleets and brownfield sites, potentially lowering barriers to deploying autonomous haulage at scale.