Exxaro’s Grootegeluk coal mine in South Africa will serve as the test bed for Hitachi Construction Machinery’s new hybrid mining truck, aimed at cutting diesel consumption and advancing dump-truck decarbonisation ahead of the company’s rebrand to LANDCROS in April 2027. The trial will focus on integrating hybrid drive with digital monitoring systems to optimise haul profiles and energy recovery on large, continuous-pit haul routes. For mine planners and fleet engineers, performance data from Grootegeluk’s high-volume overburden and coal haul will be critical for future fleet selection and infrastructure power planning.

Emerald Resources has signed two Letters of Award appointing MACA Mining, a Thiess Group subsidiary, as preferred mining services contractor for its 100% owned Dingo Range Gold Project in Western Australia and Okvau Gold Mine in Cambodia. The mandate covers open-pit mining services across both greenfield and operating assets, consolidating drill-and-blast, load-and-haul and ancillary fleet under a single provider. For engineers, the move signals continuity of contract mining at Okvau and a likely MACA-led ramp-up strategy at Dingo Range once development approvals and mine plans are finalised.

Metso has secured continuation of a long-term supply agreement with a major South American miner for MX crusher wear parts used in Nordberg MP1250 cone crushers, in what it calls one of its largest such orders in the region. The deal is underpinned by joint technology development and continuous improvement work with the client, enabling Metso to roll out new wear-liner solutions tailored to the MP1250 duty. For plant and maintenance engineers, the agreement signals ongoing OEM-backed optimisation of liner life, crusher availability and energy performance on high-throughput secondary/tertiary circuits.