Clancy reported 2025/26 pre-tax profit of £31.7m, up from £28m, on revenues rising to £498m from £429.6m, supported by an order book now valued at £2.8bn. Management says the stronger balance sheet is funding new investment in delivery capability, including upgrading plant and fleet for utility and civils frameworks and expanding digital project controls. For geotechnical and civil contractors, the enlarged pipeline and capital spend signal continued demand for long-term infrastructure programmes rather than short-term, one-off schemes.

The £46.1M Leeds Station Sustainable Travel Gateway upgrade to the main entrance of Leeds City Station has been pushed back from its original September 2025 completion date, with only partial opening now “possible” in October 2026. The scheme, funded through the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s transport investment programme, focuses on reconfiguring the station forecourt for buses, taxis and active travel, including widened pedestrian routes and segregated cycle access. Contractors and designers will need to manage prolonged interface risks with live rail operations and city-centre traffic management while phasing the delayed works.

Galantas Gold has sold its remaining 20% indirect interest in Northern Ireland’s Omagh gold project to Ocean Partners UK for $5 million, using about $3.26 million to settle debt under a promissory note and related obligations. The deal follows Ocean Partners’ earlier conversion of roughly $14 million of debt into an 80% stake in Flintridge Resources and Omagh Minerals, giving it full control of the troubled underground operation, where blasting was repeatedly halted due to PSNI anti-terrorism security limits and funding shortfalls. Galantas now has no equity or NSR royalty rights over Omagh and is redirecting capital and management attention to its Andacollo and Indiana gold-copper projects in Chile.

Agnico Eagle Mines is selling its Delta polymetallic sulphide and Helm Bay gold projects in southeast Alaska to Vizsla Copper for $32 million in shares, giving Agnico 19.9% of Vizsla on closing and 22% after a 18 November shareholder vote. Delta carries a 2006 historical inferred resource of 15.4 million tonnes grading 0.6% Cu, 1.6% Pb, 3.8% Zn, 62 g/t Ag and 1.7 g/t Au over 161 sq. km, while Helm Bay spans 675 claims with 10 km of quartz veins and historical underground samples averaging about 11 g/t Au. Agnico retains 2–3% NSR royalties plus up to $20 million in copper-equivalent and development milestones, while Vizsla avoids upfront cash but accepts equity dilution and future contingent payments.

Rio Tinto has agreed to acquire the Aurukun bauxite project in Western Cape York, Queensland, from Glencore and Mitsubishi Development, with financial terms undisclosed and completion subject to Queensland and federal regulatory approvals. The undeveloped deposit is expected to support a long-life, open-cut bauxite operation feeding Rio’s existing alumina refineries and export terminals in northern Australia, consolidating its position in Cape York alongside Weipa and Amrun. For geotechnical and mine planners, the move signals further large-scale pit development and associated haul, port and water infrastructure in a sensitive coastal environment.

The National Wealth Fund has signed new partnership agreements with four additional mayoral and city-region authorities to accelerate delivery of local infrastructure schemes across the UK. The expanded programme is aimed at bringing NWF equity and debt into regionally led projects such as urban regeneration, transport upgrades and energy-transition assets, alongside existing local funding streams. For civil and geotechnical teams, this signals a larger pipeline of shovel-ready schemes where early-stage ground investigation, value engineering and risk-sharing structures will be critical to secure NWF backing.

G4S has secured a 10-year facilities management contract for the Sizewell C nuclear power station, initially creating 150 jobs and rising to about 400 over the contract’s duration. The scope will cover hard and soft FM across construction compounds and operational buildings, supporting a twin EPR plant designed for 3.2GW capacity on a constrained Suffolk coastline site. For civil and nuclear engineers, stable long-term FM support should aid site logistics, security integration and maintenance planning during both major earthworks and later commissioning phases.

Anglian Water’s @one Alliance has hired 269 engineers in the first year of AMP8 and plans to recruit a further 200 to deliver its regulated water and wastewater capital programme under AMP9. The alliance, which delivers large-diameter mains, treatment works upgrades and resilience schemes across eastern England, is scaling design and site teams to handle a rising volume of complex civils and MEICA projects. Rapid expansion of engineering capacity signals strong demand for geotechnical, structural and pipeline specialists familiar with UK water sector standards and long-duration framework delivery.

BHP and KGHM have signed a global memorandum of understanding to jointly identify new copper targets, exchange technical expertise and benchmark operating practices across their portfolios in Australia, Poland, Chile, Canada, Peru, Brazil and the US. The MoU formalises earlier collaboration in Chilean copper operations and creates a structured framework for project screening, with teams tasked to refine shared priorities before committing to specific ventures. For geologists and mining engineers, the deal signals potential joint exploration campaigns and shared learnings on deposit models, jurisdictional risk and copper–silver operating strategies.

EU regulators are preparing a formal statement of objections to MMG’s planned acquisition of Anglo American’s Brazilian nickel business, which includes two ferronickel operations and two greenfield projects, amid concerns MMG could divert ferronickel away from European stainless steel producers. The Hong Kong-listed miner, controlled by China Minmetals, has already triggered a separate investigation by Brazil’s competition authority after a complaint from regional competitor CoreX Holding. Any EU charge sheet would force MMG to propose remedies or risk the deal being blocked, testing Europe’s stance on Chinese control of critical minerals.

Rio Tinto has agreed to acquire the Aurukun Bauxite Project in Queensland from Glencore and Mitsubishi Development, adding to its regional bauxite portfolio anchored by the Weipa operations about 200 km north, which produce over 30 million tonnes of bauxite per year. Aurukun remains at Mineral Development Licence stage with no Mining Lease granted, and the Wik Waya Traditional Owners say they were not consulted on the sale. Financial terms were undisclosed and completion depends on Queensland government and other Australian regulatory approvals.

Metso has signed an agreement with Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria to supply key copper and iron ore process equipment for the restart of the Viscaria mine in Kiruna, Sweden, enabling the project to move into its execution phase. The plant is designed for 120,000 t/y of copper concentrate, positioning Viscaria to become Sweden’s second-largest copper producer. For process and plant engineers, the deal signals imminent demand for detailed flowsheet integration, brownfield tie-ins and Nordic-standard power, water and tailings interfaces.

KGHM Polska Miedź SA and BHP, via BHP World Exploration Inc, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a formal framework for cooperation on copper-focused exploration and development projects. The MoU initiates structured technical dialogue between the two majors on potential joint work, likely covering greenfield targeting, resource definition drilling and project evaluation. For engineers, the move signals possible future collaboration on large-scale porphyry copper systems, shared geoscience datasets and standardised approaches to resource modelling and project development.

A $37.4 million Northern Territory Government contract has been awarded to Exact Contracting to seal 22.5 kilometres of Santa Teresa Road, the primary link between the Santa Teresa community and Alice Springs. The unsealed section, which services multiple pastoral leases and several freight operators, has been historically prone to flooding and closures, disrupting heavy vehicle access. Pavement design, drainage capacity and flood immunity will be critical, given the road’s role as the main freight and community access corridor in a remote arid environment.

Aureka is moving into Victorian gold production via a binding Share Sale Agreement to acquire 100 per cent of High Grade Holdings, owner of the operating Fiddlers Creek underground mine and the Wedderburn gold processing mill. The deal brings an established narrow-vein underground operation and an existing regional mill into Aureka’s portfolio, shortening the timeline from exploration to cashflow compared with greenfield development. For geotechnical and processing teams, the transaction signals near-term demand for underground support design, mine scheduling, and optimisation of the Wedderburn plant for Fiddlers Creek ore.

The Federal and New South Wales governments have released the proposed design for Spring Farm Parkway Stage Two, a three‑kilometre, four‑lane arterial that will complete the east–west link between Menangle Park and Spring Farm in Sydney’s southwest. The new section will connect directly with the already‑operational Stage One, opened to traffic in August 2024, creating a continuous corridor intended to cut local travel times and redistribute traffic from existing constrained routes. For designers and contractors, the scheme signals upcoming packages around earthworks, pavement, drainage and intersection tie‑ins on a greenfield suburban alignment.

Kiely Group has entered the Irish infrastructure market after completing its first contract in Tuam Municipal District, County Galway, marking a return to founder Michael Kiely’s home region. The firm, which has UK experience in highways maintenance and term service contracts, is expected to target local authority frameworks and road asset management work across the west of Ireland. For contractors and consultants, the move signals additional competition for minor works, resurfacing and maintenance packages in a county with ageing regional road networks.

Barloworld has signed a distribution agreement with German OEM Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik at Electra Mining Africa 2026 in Nasrec, Johannesburg, adding PAUS’s specialised underground mining vehicles to its portfolio. The deal covers Barloworld’s territories of South Africa, Eswatini (Swaziland), Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola and Zimbabwe, significantly widening regional access to PAUS equipment. For mine operators, this brings local sales and support for niche underground fleets, reducing import lead times and simplifying maintenance logistics across multiple Southern African jurisdictions.

ACG Metals has agreed to acquire 100% of the 666-hectare Keşkek gold project in Türkiye from Meta Nikel Kobalt for over $7 million, with $4 million paid upfront and $3.85 million due in mid-2027 on first gold production. Located 70 km from ACG’s Gediktepe copper-gold mine and already linked by ore haulage infrastructure, Keşkek will supply oxide ore to the existing heap-leach plant, which is achieving about 85% gold recovery. ACG expects Keşkek to extend Gediktepe’s life and potentially double copper-equivalent output from 20,000 t/y to 40,000 t/y while its new flotation facility ramps up copper and zinc concentrate production.

BHP has awarded Worley study and EPCM contracts for planned expansion projects at the Olympic Dam underground copper-uranium mine and the Carrapateena sub-level cave operation in South Australia, both still subject to BHP final investment decisions. The work covers front-end studies through detailed engineering, procurement and construction management to support BHP’s Copper South Australia growth strategy. For geotechnical and mining teams, the contracts signal upcoming demand for cave design optimisation, shaft and materials handling upgrades, and brownfield integration around existing underground infrastructure.

Victoria will invest $550 million to upgrade the Western Freeway, adding about 30 kilometres of new lanes and widening key sections to three lanes in each direction between Melbourne’s western suburbs and regional centres. The works include multiple interchange upgrades along this corridor, targeting high-congestion nodes that currently constrain peak-hour throughput. For civil and pavement engineers, the scale implies major asphalt and subgrade strengthening, drainage adjustments and bridge/overpass modifications to accommodate the extra lanes and higher design traffic volumes.

Eric Wright Construction has lifted profit before tax to £3.5m on a reduced £100.7m turnover for 2025, marking a fourth consecutive year of profit growth driven by tighter commercial control and overhead management. The year included completion of a multimillion-pound pharmaceutical development facility for Bristol Myers Squibb, the Lightbody Street scheme for Torus, and the Castlewood care home for Wrightcare, plus a 100‑home Passivhaus project for English Cities Fund and Salix Homes. Framework wins with JV North and Torus and ongoing work for Lancashire County Council, Lancashire Cricket and Lancashire Constabulary underpin the wider Eric Wright Group’s £16.9m pre-tax profit on £298.5m turnover.

Perega has secured its first HS2 commission, providing secondary steelwork design for Severfield on the T‑shaped Old Oak Common station roof, covering purlins, roof and soffit supports, edge details, walkways and brackets for guttering and rainwater chutes. With no penetrations allowed in the primary steel, all fixings must pick up welded tabs and connections on primary members, while blast loading criteria require connections to be weaker than the supporting members, driving highly robust yet sacrificial detailing. Perega is using extensive 3D modelling and IDEA StatiCa, and has redesigned brackets to eliminate box sections, cutting steel tonnage and simplifying maintenance.

Falcon Group has acquired Robert Harwood Trading (East Anglia) Ltd, trading as RHT Lifting Equipment, adding a 9,000-strong UK and international customer base in lifting and material handling products to its traditionally tower crane-focused operations. RHT will retain its name, with directors Michelle Harwood and Hannah Smith staying on to drive expansion while integrating Falcon’s lifting gear division and both firms’ manufacturer relationships into a single group company. The deal expands product range, strengthens purchasing power and deepens Falcon’s position in the UK lifting equipment supply chain.

Winvic Construction has been appointed by Durham County Council to design the Witton-le-Wear Bridge scheme on the A68, a key north–south arterial route carrying strategic traffic through County Durham. The commission covers full bridge design and associated highway tie-ins, drainage and earthworks, with Winvic expected to address river crossing constraints and maintain A68 traffic capacity during construction. For geotechnical and structural teams, early involvement signals upcoming demand for foundation investigations, hydraulic modelling and detailed assessment of existing approach embankment stability.

Galliford Try’s environment business has secured a £110M contract from Severn Trent Water to deliver the River Mease improvement project, targeting water quality upgrades on the protected River Mease catchment in the Midlands. Works are expected to centre on wastewater treatment enhancements, sewer network upgrades and nature-based solutions to cut nutrient loading into this Special Area of Conservation. The scale of the programme signals significant opportunities for geotechnical input on riverbank stabilisation, outfall structures and construction in sensitive, high-groundwater environments.

A new £23M eastern entrance to Bristol Temple Meads station is scheduled to open at 16:00 today, creating a direct link to the Temple Quarter regeneration area. Delivered as part of the wider station upgrade, the entrance is designed to relieve pressure on the historic main concourse and shorten walking routes from new commercial and residential developments. For civil and rail engineers, the scheme signals further staged works around the Grade I-listed structure, with future packages likely to focus on capacity, accessibility and interchange layouts.

Saxmundham rail junction on Suffolk’s single‑track East Suffolk line will undergo major renewal this autumn to handle heavy construction freight for the Sizewell C nuclear project. Network Rail is preparing the junction for regular aggregates and concrete trains delivering bulk materials to the Leiston branch, where existing turnouts and signalling are nearing life expiry. The works are aimed at improving route resilience and timetable reliability before high-axle‑load freight paths are introduced on what is currently a predominantly passenger corridor.

Reports that the UK government is poised to approve the Jackdaw gas field for a second time signal renewed activity in the mature North Sea basin due east of Aberdeen. The project, delayed for years by legal challenges, would require new offshore production infrastructure tied into existing pipelines and onshore processing capacity, with implications for subsea routing, platform foundations and corrosion management in a high-salinity, high-fatigue marine environment. Civil and geotechnical teams should prepare for accelerated design and permitting once formal consent is issued.

Ashbrook Plant Hire has taken delivery of its 1,600th Caterpillar machine, a Cat 308 excavator, as part of a £8m, 166‑unit order placed with dealer Finning. The package includes Cat 302.7 and Cat 305 mini-excavators specified with air conditioning and hydraulic quick hitches, targeting faster cycle times and reduced operator fatigue on housing and infrastructure sites. Finning is stationing field service engineers full time at Ashbrook’s two depots, signalling a push for higher availability across the expanding UK project pipeline.

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board has awarded £250,000 to the Cumbria Robotics Operations Skills Centre (CROSS), due to open later this year, to develop robotics skills for nuclear and clean energy projects. CROSS will train technicians and engineers in operating and maintaining remote and automated systems for tasks such as inspection, decommissioning and hazardous-environment interventions on nuclear sites. For civil and nuclear contractors in Cumbria’s cluster, the centre signals a pipeline of staff familiar with robotic tooling, remote handling and digital control interfaces.

Victoria’s $194 million Ison Road project in Werribee has opened to traffic three months early, creating a new connection from the Wyndham growth area to the Princes Freeway. Delivered through a federal–state–local funding partnership, the link is designed to relieve pressure on existing north–south arterials and shorten commuter access to key employment and service centres. For civil and transport engineers, the early opening signals that major earthworks, pavement construction and interface works with the freeway were completed ahead of programme despite growth-corridor traffic and staging constraints.

Mace Consult has been appointed by Luton Rising to deliver programme, project, cost and commercial management services for the planned growth of London Luton Airport, signalling a move into detailed definition of future airside and landside works. The commission will shape phasing, constructability and budget control for runway, terminal and surface access upgrades in a highly constrained operational environment. Geotechnical and civil teams should expect strong emphasis on buildability around existing assets, night-time possessions and tight cost benchmarking for major earthworks and pavement rehabilitation.

ABB has secured a contract to supply medium- and low-voltage switchgear to LKAB’s new iron ore sorting plant at Malmberget in northern Sweden, a key element of the miner’s long-term upgrade of the operation. The electrification package will form the backbone of power distribution for the facility, supporting continuous, high-availability sorting circuits in sub-Arctic conditions. For engineers, the deal signals ongoing investment in robust, centralised electrical infrastructure rather than piecemeal retrofits at one of Europe’s largest underground iron ore complexes.

Faraday Copper’s latest 22,510-metre drilling phase at Copper Creek, Arizona, has expanded shallow oxide and sulphide mineralisation, with hole FCD-26-190 cutting 100.8 metres at 0.22% copper from surface at Copper Giant East and FCD-26-192 returning 19 metres at 0.55% copper from 42 metres near American Eagle. Near-surface mineralisation was reported in 14 of 23 new holes, supporting a staged development starting with oxide feed and copper cathode production ahead of larger sulphide open-pit and underground phases. Faraday is closing its acquisition of BHP’s former San Manuel mine, which processed ~800 million tonnes at 0.66% copper, and plans at least 23,000 metres of drilling there this autumn toward a combined Copper Creek–San Manuel resource by mid-2027.

Frontieras North America and Western Fuels have signed an MOU to build a mine-mouth FASForm coal fractionation facility at the Dry Fork open-pit mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, initially processing up to about 2.7 million tons/year of sub-bituminous coal and potentially 5.4 million tons/year at full build-out. The patented FASForm process disassembles coal in a continuous, closed-loop, zero-waste, reducing atmosphere to produce clean solid carbon (FASCarbon), ultra-low-sulphur diesel, naphtha and other products, with 30-year ground lease, feedstock, diesel offtake and logistics agreements envisaged. FASCarbon could be railed to Western Fuels Association member utilities or exported, positioning the Dry Fork facility within a 1,200 MW mine-mouth generation cluster as a hub for future FASGEN co-location at nearby coal-fired plants.

Ionic Rare Earths, via Ionic Rare Earths USA, and Missouri-based US Strategic Metals are forming a 50-50 joint venture to build $100 million in NdFeB and SmCo magnet recycling facilities at USSM’s fully permitted 1,800-acre site near Fredericktown, Missouri. USSM will provide $95 million, with a further $5 million equity split between the partners to fund front-end engineering design and accelerate demonstration-scale recycling. Ionic’s Belfast subsidiary, Ionic Technologies, will license its magnet recycling process to recover high-purity, separated rare earth oxides from magnets, magnet scrap and other heavy-REE-bearing compounds.

Mountpark has appointed McLaren Construction Midlands & North to deliver two distribution warehouses at its Hinckley logistics park in Leicestershire, a £48m second-phase scheme totalling 772,340 sq ft. Unit 2 will provide about 514,100 sq ft of warehouse space with standard and Euro dock loading on both east and west elevations, two transport hubs and 28,460 sq ft of offices, while Unit 3 will offer 258,248 sq ft, south-facing standard and Euro docks, one hub and 12,900 sq ft of offices. Works, which started in July 2026 with steel erection due in September and completion in spring 2027, also cover hardstanding, service yards, car parking, landscaping, mains services and drainage.

Pick Everard has expanded its 11-strong Building Safety Act team by appointing APS-registered Principal Designer Building Regulations (PDBR) Aditya Sardesai, who has led a 21-storey higher-risk building through Gateway 2 to Building Safety Regulator approval. A chartered CIOB member with site-based experience across UK hotel, leisure, residential, care and commercial schemes, Sardesai brings detailed knowledge of HRB building control processes and buildability constraints. He will lead compliance on several flagship new-build and remediation contracts, signalling tighter focus on Gateway 2 evidence, sequencing and cost/programme impacts for tall buildings.

Southern Water has unveiled the soon-to-be-filled Yew Hill Reservoir, a twin-cell structure designed to store 9m litres of potable water, supported by more than 170 internal columns and built with over 3,500m³ of concrete and 650t of steel by MGjV (M Group and Galliford Try). The reservoir forms a key node in the £100m Southampton Link Main, which includes a new 19km transfer main and new pumping stations. Once commissioned, the scheme will hydraulically link Otterbourne WSW, Yew Hill and Rownhams WSW to improve regional supply resilience in southeast England.

Blackpool Council has let a £200M (ex-VAT) highways surfacing and civil engineering framework to deliver multi-year upgrades across its local road network. The framework will cover carriageway and footway resurfacing, associated drainage and kerb works, and minor structures and public realm improvements, enabling packages to be called off without separate tenders. Contractors can expect a steady pipeline of asphalt, pavement rehabilitation and small civils schemes, with scope to optimise plant utilisation, material logistics and night-working strategies in a dense urban environment.

A £16M tender has been launched by the City of London Corporation for demolition, enabling works and new structural works within the Barbican Renewal Programme. The package will cover removal of existing fabric and temporary works to protect the Barbican’s complex multi-level concrete structure while new loadbearing elements and alterations are installed. Contractors will need strong experience in working around occupied buildings, managing vibration and noise limits, and sequencing heavy demolition adjacent to sensitive post-tensioned and exposed reinforced concrete.

Five Welsh councils are preparing an £800M civil engineering framework to procure construction and related works across South West Wales, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and Powys. The programme is expected to bundle highways, structures and associated infrastructure packages into a single multi-authority arrangement, giving contractors a long-term pipeline and standardised commercial terms. Ground and structural specialists should monitor for lots covering road reconstruction, bridge works and drainage upgrades, where aggregated demand could favour firms with regional plant, materials supply and design capability.

Liontown Limited has signed a staged farm-in with NEXT Lithium Corp. to acquire up to 100% of the Centenario lithium brine project in Argentina via NEXT’s Australian subsidiary, Vertex Holdings. The structure includes an initial $5 million cash payment, $10 million in Liontown shares and a $15 million, two‑year work programme focused on drilling targets defined by transient electromagnetic surveys, earning Liontown an effective 49% interest. Located near the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes and Centenario-Ratones projects, each targeting up to 150,000 t/y lithium carbonate, Centenario gives Liontown brine exposure alongside its Kathleen Valley hardrock operation.

Strike action will begin at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Stillwater East mine and Columbus metallurgical complex in Montana at 7 a.m. on 3 September, after more than four months of failed contract talks with the United Steelworkers. Around 750 employees at the underground PGM mine and associated recycling and smelting facilities are covered by the collective bargaining agreement, with Stillwater East having produced 76,334 oz of PGMs in H1 2026, about 446 oz per day. Sibanye-Stillwater warns production losses will depend on strike duration, operating arrangements, and restart time.

Eldorado Gold is evaluating a 43% expansion of the McIlvenna Bay processing plant in Saskatchewan, including a new silver-lead circuit, as the underground copper-zinc-gold-silver mine ramps towards commercial production in Q3 with more than 400,000 tonnes of material stockpiled. The C$1.32 billion build-out has already delivered first copper concentrate in June and zinc and pyrite concentrates in July, with 2026 output guided at 5–10 million lb copper and 3,000–6,000 tonnes zinc. Grid power is secured via an 85 km SaskPower transmission line and substation, and 14,000 metres of drilling is targeting the Tesla zone and Bigstone deposit.

US Forest Service approval of South32 Hermosa’s Final Mine Plan of Operation clears construction of key ancillary works on federal land in southern Arizona, including a primary access road, a secondary drystack tailings storage facility, high‑voltage transmission line and water discharge points. The Hermosa district hosts one of the world’s largest undeveloped zinc deposits plus battery‑grade manganese and the Peak copper discovery, with a projected 70‑year mine life producing five federally designated critical minerals. Construction on private land is about 50% complete, with underground zinc mining targeted for late 2027 and first plant product in H1 2028.

Greenland Mines has closed its US$35 million acquisition of the Sarfartoq rare earth project from Neo Performance Materials, securing a carbonatite-hosted NdPr deposit near Kangerlussuaq, about 60 km from Greenland’s main international airport. An independent Initial Assessment on the ST1 deposit alone, which occupies under 1% of the 191 km² licence, reports a pre-tax NPV of ~US$2.05 billion and IRR of 118.6%, based on Indicated and Inferred resources and a nine-year mine plan. The company plans immediate infill drilling, pilot-scale metallurgical test work, mine engineering and expanded environmental and social baseline studies to advance to pre-feasibility.

FLSmidth has signed a lifecycle agreement with Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited covering the full FLS equipment flowsheet across LMEL’s iron ore mining and metals processing operations in India. The undisclosed-value deal spans mining, comminution, classification and beneficiation equipment, shifting support from discrete spares and service orders to long-term performance-based coverage. For engineers, this signals tighter OEM involvement in asset reliability, process optimisation and wear-part planning across LMEL’s integrated iron ore value chain.

Sky has secured planning approval for a new 15‑acre customer support campus in Livingston, Scotland, consolidating 3,000 employees from four Kirkton buildings and leased space at the Alba Campus. Graham has been appointed principal contractor for the next delivery phase, with regional director Chris MacLeod calling it one of Scotland’s most significant recent workplace developments. The project will prioritise sustainability and use local suppliers and businesses, aiming to drive long-term economic benefit for West Lothian.