Macmahon Holdings’ underground subsidiary has secured a 12‑month extension to provide underground mining services at Black Cat Syndicate’s Majestic gold mine in Western Australia, following successful establishment of the underground portal and first access. The contract continues Macmahon’s role in developing stopes beneath the existing open pit, using conventional drill‑and‑blast with truck haulage to surface. For contractors and owners, the extension signals confidence in portal ground support design, early development performance and the viability of Majestic’s underground orebody.

FLS has inaugurated a US$15 million expansion of its Karaganda service centre in Kazakhstan, its main regional hub since 2015 for maintaining and refurbishing mineral processing equipment. The enlarged facility supports onsite services, precision machining, testing, repair and refurbishment across a wide range of FLS flowsheet products, from comminution to separation equipment. For Central Asian mines, the upgrade should shorten overhaul lead times and reduce reliance on overseas workshops for critical mill, crusher and process plant components.

Ageing blast-hole drill rigs on Australian mine sites are being put through structured overhauls by Motion Australia once reactive repairs become uneconomic and reliability drops. The programme uses condition monitoring data, detailed component inspection and controlled workshop execution to rebuild key systems such as rotary heads, feed assemblies and undercarriages rather than relying on ad hoc field fixes. For maintenance planners, the approach shifts spend from frequent unplanned shutdowns to scheduled rebuild intervals, extending rig service life and stabilising drilling availability.