Anglo American has agreed to sell its Australian steelmaking coal portfolio to Dhilmar Ltd for up to US$3.875 billion, including US$2.3 billion in upfront cash and a price-linked earnout. The divestment covers multiple hard coking coal operations supplying blast furnace markets, signalling further strategic retreat from thermal and metallurgical coal. For mine planners and contractors in Queensland and New South Wales, new ownership by Dhilmar may trigger revised life-of-mine schedules, contract renegotiations and potential changes in capital spend on underground development and CHPP upgrades.

Meiteng’s ZhiMei Master large AI model for coal preparation was showcased at a CCPUA technical exchange in Jincheng on 24–25 April 2026, hosted with Jinneng Holding Equipment Manufacturing Group. Built on domain data from dense medium separation, flotation and dewatering circuits, the model targets intelligent control of product ash, yield and reagent dosage across complex coal washing plants. For process engineers, the move signals rapid deployment of plant-level AI optimisation in China’s large state-owned coal operations, with implications for retrofitting existing preparation facilities.

GR Engineering Services has been named preferred EPC contractor by Ora Banda Mining to deliver a 3 Mt/y gold process plant for the Davyhurst Expansion Project in Western Australia. The appointment follows Ora Banda’s ASX update outlining a step-up from the current 1.2 Mt/y Davyhurst plant, signalling a major throughput increase across its existing open pits and underground resources. For plant designers and contractors, the project points to upcoming demand for larger comminution, leach and tailings handling circuits in the Eastern Goldfields.