Komatsu’s Mine 4D technology is being deployed at Boliden’s Kevitsa open-pit nickel-copper operation in northern Finland to give dispatchers and supervisors real-time visibility of fleets working in temperatures down to –40°C. The integrated platform links high-precision GNSS machine guidance, fleet management and production reporting so operators can track shovel–truck interactions, ore–waste boundaries and cycle times across 24/7 shifts. For engineers, the key gains are tighter compliance to dig lines, reduced rehandle and faster response to equipment or road condition issues in one of Europe’s harshest mining climates.

De Beers has recorded the lowest safety incident rate in its 135-year history, reporting a total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) of 1.0 for 2025 across its global mining operations, improving on the previous year’s record low. The company attributes the performance to a strong “ownership” culture, with shared responsibility for risk controls and intensive frontline engagement in incident reporting and corrective actions. For geotechnical and mining teams, the figures signal that structured behavioural programmes and line-led safety leadership can materially reduce TRIFR even in high-risk, deep-level and open-pit environments.

BHP and Rio Tinto have formed a Tailings Management Consortium (TMC) and issued joint guidance focused on improving tailings dewatering and storage facility management. The collaboration targets higher degrees of dewatering to move operations away from conventional slurry dams towards safer, lower‑footprint options such as thickened, filtered or dry‑stacked tailings, in line with emerging global standards. Both miners state they will share operational learnings and design practices across industry, signalling more open benchmarking of tailings performance and risk controls.