Liebherr Indonesia has confirmed the full delivery of ten machines (four R 9200 excavators and six PR 776 dozers) to mining services contractor Darma Henwa for its Bengalon and Kintap sites in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deliveries ran from Q3 2025 to April 2026.
SMS Mining Services selected Aquirian's subsidiary Drillforce as preferred supplier for drilling and blasting at its Mid West hub operations in Western Australia under a $32 million, two-year contract.
XCMG delivered a D360 bulldozer and an XE500G hydraulic excavator to a new client in South Africa's Northern Cape province. The delivery included on-site operator training.
The Australian Federal Government approved $180 million in conditional financing for Donald Mineral Sands' rare earth and critical minerals mine near Minyip, Victoria. Export Finance Australia conditionally approved $70 million and the National Reconstruction Fund conditionally approved $110 million.
Liebherr announced that its 250-tonne-class R 9300 G8-E electric mining excavator has completed validation and entered commercial availability. The machine has an 850 kW electric drive system, with 6 kV and 6.6 kV configurations, and is available in backhoe and face shovel configurations.
Minerals Development Oman signed a $418.7 million, 10-year mining services contract with China's Hongda International for the Mazoon Copper Project in Oman. The deal includes open-pit mining activities at the Yanqul project, with production set to begin in 2027.
MMG agreed to buy Anglo American's nickel business, including two operating mines in Brazil, for up to $500 million. The deal, announced in February 2025, has been delayed by EU regulatory review and was extended to December 31, 2026.
Cove Kaz terminated its merger with Skyline Builders and secured a $32 million investment commitment from American Ventures. The company plans to list on a U.S. stock exchange in H1 2027 to fund its Northern Katpar and Upper Kairakty tungsten projects in Kazakhstan.
Brooks Equipment, a division of Brooks Group Australia, has introduced XCMG XDA45 articulated dump trucks to the Australian market, powered by Mercedes-Benz OM471 engines and Allison 4800 ORS transmissions. The company has brought 16 trucks into the country for sale and several for dry hire.
Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas plans to expand its North American equipment lineup with three articulated dump truck models (ZD30, ZD45, ZD50) through a collaboration with Bell Equipment. Launch is scheduled for early summer 2027.
XCMG's XDE260 electric-drive mining trucks have officially entered operation with SimFer at the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, under a major equipment supply contract. The trucks have a 230-tonne payload and are part of the primary mining fleet.
Zoomlion held a delivery ceremony on November 1, 2026, for its ZE2000G and ZE960G hydraulic mining excavators at the Huaneng Northern Weijiamao Coal Power Co Ltd open-pit coal mine in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
RUSAL signed an agreement with Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation to develop the Nyinahin bauxite deposit in Ghana's Ashanti Region, with a 5 million mt/year bauxite mine and a 1.2 million mt/year alumina refinery. The deal was signed during the Russia–Africa Forum in Moscow on October 29, 2026.
Capstone Copper plans more than $3 billion in Chilean investment to double copper output by 2031, extending development activities in the region.
The Australian Federal Government approved $180 million in conditional financing to Donald Mineral Sands for its rare earth and critical minerals mine near Minyip, Victoria. Export Finance Australia approved $70 million and the National Reconstruction Fund approved $110 million.
Blue Moon Metals Inc. contracted RAM Enterprise Inc. for the refurbishment of the Springer processing plant at its Springer Tungsten Mine in Imlay, Nevada, with engineering by Nordmin Engineering Ltd. Refurbishment is expected to finish Q4 2027.
Franklin Electric has agreed to acquire Australian underground mine dewatering specialist Challenge Pumps Holdings for US$181 million. The deal is reported on October 28, 2026.
Thiess subsidiary MACA secured a two-year contract extension valued at approximately AUD 170 million at Emerald Resources NL's Okvau Gold Mine in Cambodia, extending operations through 2030.
Scage Future's indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Guizhou Scage Tech Ltd., entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with China Huaye Group Co., Ltd. The non-binding framework agreement covers infrastructure construction, mining operations, renewable energy, and other areas, with a tentative term of one year.
Ampo Poyam Valves supplied an integrated smart solution with 25 severe-service ball valves, 25 control panels and one hydraulic power unit for CBMM's Tailings Thickening Dam No. 8 project at its Araxá plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The article is dated September 8, 2026.
Weir will supply 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 slurry pumps for a 200 km iron ore slurry pipeline extension being built by Lloyds Metals in India.
Metso signed an agreement to acquire peristaltic hose pump and progressive cavity pump technologies, with aftermarket parts and service capabilities, from Valmet. The transaction value is undisclosed and closing is expected on October 1, 2026.
Valmet inaugurated a manufacturing unit in Vespasiano, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which it says will triple its filtration solutions production capacity for mining. The unit was presented ahead of Exposibram 2026.
Franklin Electric has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Challenge Pumps Holdings, a Perth-based maker of underground mine dewatering solutions, for $181 million. The article header gives the date as 29 October 2026, which is later than the article's listing date.
Lloyds Metals and Energy has awarded Weir an order for 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 positive displacement pumps with GLORES for the second phase of its 200 km slurry pipeline at the Surjagarh mine in Maharashtra, adding 16 million tonnes per year of capacity.
Lloyds Metals and Energy has awarded Weir an order for 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 positive displacement slurry pumps for the second phase of its Surjagarh mine slurry pipeline in Maharashtra, adding 16 million tonnes per year of capacity. The order was secured in Q1 2026.
Weir secured an order from Lloyds Metals and Energy to supply 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 positive displacement slurry pumps for the second phase of an iron ore slurry pipeline at the Surjagarh mine in Maharashtra. The order was secured in Q1 2026.
Chinese-capital Kaishan Group officially opened its factory at İZBAŞ in the Izmir Free Zone, Türkiye, built on 20,000 square meters with a USD 20 million investment. It will make drilling equipment and compressors for geothermal power plants for domestic use and export.
Lloyds Metals and Energy awarded Weir an order for 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 positive displacement pumps for phase two of its slurry pipeline at the Surjagarh mine in Maharashtra, India.
Lloyds Metals and Energy awarded Weir an order for 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 positive displacement pumps with GLORES for the second phase of its slurry pipeline at the Surjagarh mine in Maharashtra, India.
Weir Group won an order to supply 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 positive displacement pumps to Lloyds Metals and Energy for the second phase of its slurry pipeline at the Surjagarh mine in Maharashtra, India. No financial value was disclosed.
Lloyds Metals and Energy awarded Weir an order for 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 positive displacement pumps with GLORES for the second phase of its slurry pipeline at the Surjagarh mine in Maharashtra, India. The phase adds 16 million tonnes of annual capacity.
Weir Group secured a multimillion-dollar contract with a major Chinese non-ferrous metals company to supply Warman pumps for Phase III of a Xizang copper mine. The expansion will raise processing capacity from 19.9 to 30 million tonnes per year.
Weir has won a multimillion-dollar contract to supply its Warman pumps to a copper mine in Xizang (Tibet), China, which is undergoing a third expansion phase to raise processing capacity to 30Mtpa.
Minera Las Bambas awarded Ferreyros a contract to supply up to 45 Caterpillar mining equipment units, including 27 Cat 798 trucks (400-tonne), a Cat 7495 electric shovel, a Cat MD6380 drill, and auxiliary machines, to support production growth at the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru.
Metso signed an agreement with Southern Peru Copper Corporation to supply solvent extraction and electrowinning technology for the Tia Maria copper project in Cocachacra, Arequipa, Peru. The plant will produce 120,000 t of copper cathodes per year, and the order value of €100 million was booked in Metso's Q1 2026 order intake.
Halliburton announced that Petrobras awarded it multiple contracts for intelligent completions, electric safety valves and stimulation services in Brazil's deepwater fields, with work expected to begin in 2026.
Soosan Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. announced a USD 25 million investment in its Chinese subsidiary Shandong Soosan Breaker Co., Ltd. to build and expand a large-scale production base for hydraulic breakers and construction machinery attachments in China. The new 50,000 m² intelligent manufacturing facility is scheduled to commence operation in the second half of 2026.
Flowserve completed its acquisition of MOGAS Industries on October 15, 2025, adding severe-service isolation valves for mining, minerals, energy and processing industries. The article was published October 20, 2025.
Franklin Electric has acquired Australia-based PumpEng Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of submersible pumps for the mining sector, as listed in a January to June 2025 review.
Sandvik received a major underground mining equipment order from Oyu Tolgoi LLC for the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia. The order is valued at approximately SEK 270 million and includes loaders and trucks, with deliveries from October 2025 through November 2026.
Metso signed an agreement to supply grinding, beneficiation and slurry pump equipment for Jinnan Iron & Steel's greenfield iron ore concentrator in Sohar, Oman, designed for 12.6 million tonnes annually, with operations expected in 2027. The order value was not disclosed.
Weir was selected by Codelco to supply tailings transport equipment for the Talabre tailings dam expansion in Chile's Atacama region. The initial contract awards are worth £40 million ($54 million) and represent the largest single order for Weir's GEHO pumps.
Epiroc won its largest order in company history, worth A$350 million, to supply Fortescue with autonomous and electric surface drilling equipment over five years for Pilbara iron ore mines in Western Australia.
Franklin Electric has bought Australia-based PumpEng Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of submersible pumps targeted at the mining sector.
Baker Hughes won a major multi-year fully integrated completions systems contract from Petrobras, following an open tender, to supply technology for deepwater offshore fields in Brazil.
KSB GIW won contracts to supply slurry pumps for Highland Valley Copper's Mine Life Extension project in Kamloops, British Columbia, including mill discharge, SAG underflow, tailings and froth pumps.
Weir Group was awarded contracts to supply WARMAN MCR 760 slurry pumps and CAVEX hydrocyclones for Teck's Highland Valley Copper Mine Life Extension project in British Columbia. The MCR 760 will be the largest mill circuit pump in North America.
Franklin Electric has acquired PumpEng Pty Ltd, a Perth-based maker of submersible dewatering pumps for the mining sector. PumpEng has locations in Kalgoorlie, Townsville, Adelaide and Twin Falls, Idaho, and about 50 staff.
KSB GIW was contracted to supply slurry pumps, including mill discharge, SAG underflow, tailings and froth pumps, for Teck's Highland Valley Copper Mine Life Extension project in Kamloops, British Columbia.