Cobre Las Cruces S.A.U. has completed its sale from First Quantum Minerals to Global Panduro, controlled by Resource Capital Funds, in a deal valued at up to US$190 million, clearing the way for the Polymetallurgical Refinery (PMR) project near Seville. The PMR is designed to process complex polymetallic ores on site rather than exporting concentrates, shifting the operation from conventional open-pit copper cathode production towards an integrated hydrometallurgical flowsheet. For engineers, the ownership change signals continuity for permitting, plant design and potential underground transition planning at this brownfield Iberian Pyrite Belt asset.

Epiroc has secured an order from Heidelberg Materials to deploy its LinkOA autonomous haulage system on driverless haul trucks at an Australian quarry, extending the platform from large open-pit mines into the quarrying and aggregates sector. The project will adapt LinkOA’s mine-proven fleet management, collision avoidance and traffic control capabilities to shorter haul cycles, tighter geometries and mixed-traffic quarry conditions. For quarry operators, this signals accelerating interest in OEM-agnostic autonomy retrofits on existing haul fleets to cut operating costs and manage labour constraints.

Weir has relocated its Perth Minerals Division operations to a new 14,500 sq.m purpose-built facility in Hazelmere, marking a major expansion of its Western Australia footprint. The larger site increases capacity to service and rebuild critical mining equipment such as pumps, crushers and slurry handling systems, enabling shorter overhaul and refurbishment cycles for iron ore and gold operations. Faster turnaround on heavy equipment maintenance is likely to reduce downtime risk for remote WA mines that rely on tight shutdown windows and high utilisation rates.