Taco Hydroflo Pump Solutions opened a manufacturing facility in Lubbock, Texas, adding 38 jobs and $1,875,000 of capital investment, with expanded pump test pit improvements.

Sandvik won an underground mining equipment order worth $26 million (SEK200 million) from Jimond Mining Management for the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine expansion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with deliveries over the first nine months of next year.

Oilfield equipment maker GulfTek inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, under Saudi Aramco's IKTVA program, with USD 20 million committed and a further USD 30 million planned over five years. The site adds 23,000 square metres, bringing production area to about 45,000 square metres.

The EPCM Group launched a new cathode manufacturing and maintenance center in Ahmedabad, India, with production starting May 2023 with 20 local employees. The inaugural project is manufacturing 81,577 copper cathodes for Kutch Copper Limited, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises.

TechnipFMC won a contract worth up to $250 million to supply subsea production systems to Azule Energy, the BP-ENI joint venture, for the Block 18 infill development offshore Angola. The announcement was made on June 27, 2023.

Unibloc Hygienic Technologies, a provider of hygienic pumps, acquired UK-based CNC machining firm Metaltech Precision Engineers to vertically integrate its supply chain. Terms were not disclosed.

SLB's OneSubsea business and Subsea Integration Alliance won a large EPCI contract from bp for the Cypre gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago, with offshore installation scheduled to start in 2024.

Metso Outotec has opened a new pump assembly plant in Lima, Peru, to serve growing demand for large mining pumps in South America with shorter lead times. The plant is customized for production of large MD Series pumps.

WestStar Industrial's subsidiary Alltype Engineering was awarded a circa A$33 million fabrication and installation contract by Lynas Rare Earths for its Kalgoorlie rare earths processing facility, to be completed during FY23.

BUMA Australia has been awarded a mining services contract extension by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for the Goonyella Riverside coal mine in Central Queensland. The extension adds about AU$400 million to its order book and runs through September 2027.

Weir ESCO has broken ground on a new foundry in Xuzhou, China, to add capacity for ESCO ground engaging tools. Production is scheduled to start in late 2024, ahead of full production in 2025.

Parent company KSB Mining invested $44 million to expand GIW's slurry pump manufacturing plant in Grovetown, Georgia, which added a foundry expansion of 77,000 square feet and two new furnaces. A ribbon-cutting for the expanded plant was held on Wednesday, most likely 6 April 2022.

GIW Minerals, formerly Georgia Iron Works, is opening a 70,000-square-foot, $44 million expansion at its Grovetown, Georgia campus that is expected to add more than 100 jobs and triple production capacity. The grand opening is scheduled for April 6, 2022.

ABB was selected by ioneer for a significant automation engineering and equipment contract at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, covering process automation, power management and electrical distribution. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Gainwell Engineering will invest Rs 500 crore to manufacture coal mining equipment under a Caterpillar technology licence at a plant on 35 ares in Panagarh, West Bengal, creating over 250 jobs. The announcement was made on February 7, 2022.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions was awarded a contract by BHP for underground mining equipment and automation for the Jansen Potash project in Saskatchewan, Canada, worth about SEK 2 billion. Deliveries run from Q3 2023 to 2026, and production start is targeted for 2027.

Dussur, Saudi Aramco and Doosan Heavy Industries announced a joint venture to build a 60,000-ton-per-year casting and forging facility in Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia, creating about 1,400 direct jobs, with operations expected in Q1 2025.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions received orders worth SEK 400 million from Chilean miner Codelco for AutoMine load and haul automation and connected equipment for the El Teniente mine. The contract runs from 2022 through 2027.

Red Deer, Alberta-based oilfield equipment makers Lee Specialties and Nexus Energy Technologies merged to form NXL Technologies, a wireline and coiled tubing pressure control equipment manufacturer with about 125,000 sq ft of manufacturing space.

Neles Corporation completed its acquisition of the valve and pump businesses of Finland-based Flowrox on 1 November 2021. The deal adds 110 employees and mining and metals flow-control products to Neles.

FLSmidth received an order worth about DKK 350 million to supply process equipment for Polyus's new Blagodatnoye Mill 5 gold concentrator, which will add 8 Mt per year of capacity and start operations in 2025.

Neles signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the valve and pump businesses of Flowrox, with about EUR 30 million of 2020 sales, for EUR 40.9 million in cash plus up to EUR 3 million earn-out. Closing is estimated for November 2021.

Metso Outotec signed an engineering, technology and licence contract worth about EUR 360 million ($424 million) to supply a copper smelter complex in Gresik, East Java, for PT Freeport Indonesia. The smelter is expected to be commissioned in 2024.

Metso Outotec will supply two 434 tph ball mills, plus apron feeders, agitators, slurry pumps and instrumentation, to NALCO's alumina refinery at Damanjodi, Odisha, and will carry out basic design of bauxite silos. The order is the third for NALCO's current expansion project.

Petrobras signed a $2.3 billion EPC contract with a Saipem and DSME joint venture to supply the P-79 FPSO for the Buzios field in Brazil's Santos Basin, with delivery scheduled for 2025.

uNyazi Sales and Services, an official distributor, is offering the Clarkson slurry knife gate valve range to the South African mining and process market.

Weir Group has won a £95 million ($127 million) order to provide aftermarket components and service for the Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara, Western Australia, running for seven years from 2022.

The US Federal Trade Commission granted early termination of Caterpillar Inc.'s acquisition of The Weir Group PLC, a deal covering several Weir subsidiaries, as of 3 November 2020.

Lufkin Industries completed its acquisition of Schlumberger's North American Land Rod Lift Business, a provider of rod lift products and services with brands including Don-Nan and Shores Lift Solutions.

KGHM ZANAM S.A. is launching production of actuators for self-propelled mining machines at its Legnica plant, with underground tests scheduled for October 2020 and capacity for over 60% of actuators used in its mining machines.

Aker Solutions signed a contract with Equinor worth about NOK 2.5 billion (approximately US$264 million) to supply four subsea templates and up to 23 subsea Christmas trees for the Breidablikk field in the North Sea, with Brazil manufacturing at its São José dos Pinhais plant.

Caterpillar signed an agreement to acquire the Oil & Gas division of Scotland-based Weir Group for $405 million in cash, pending shareholder and regulatory approval. The division is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

PROK Chile won a contract to supply all conveyor idlers for the processing plant at the Sierra Gorda copper mine for the next two years, and will station technical specialists on site. The announcement is dated August 25, 2020.

Tiefenbach Control Systems will plan and supply a second complete electro-hydraulic control system for 152 record-height longwall roof supports ordered by Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery (ZMJ), worth about EUR 2.7 million. The supports will be used by China Shenhua.

Barloworld announced an addendum renegotiating the terms of its planned acquisition of Wagner Asia Equipment and 49% of SGMS, with the purchase consideration restructured and closing expected September 1, 2020.

MOGAS Industries has completed the acquisition of assets of Watson Valve, a Houston-based maker of severe service valves that also offers repair and coating services. Watson has a global install base of over 3,400 valves, mainly in mining.

Tiefenbach Control Systems received a follow-up order from ZMJ to plan and supply a second electro-hydraulic control system for 152 record-size roof supports for China Shenhua Energy. The order is valued at approximately €2.7 million.

Takeuchi Construction Machinery (Qingdao) began production of 40,000 sets a year of small hydraulic excavator and loader components in Qingdao West Coast New Area, as part of five projects totalling nearly 700 million yuan.

ASCO has acquired full ownership of NORM Solutions Ltd, a provider of specialist cleaning, treatment and disposal services for oilfield equipment, announced 18 May 2020.

Metso is installing a mega-size compress press at its Trelleborg factory in Sweden to increase consumables wear parts capacity, with production starting in May 2020; the first of three similar presses has a series value of EUR 10 million.

Poland's KGHM ZANAM won a tender to supply seven LKP-0703 load-haul-dump machines to K+S's Zielitz potash mine in Saxony-Anhalt, with delivery planned for mid-November 2020. The contract was reported on 14 May 2020.

ABEL GmbH installed a new horizontal machining center (Mori Seiki NHX 6300) at its Büchen, Germany site in December 2019, after renovating part of hall 2 to support it.

Baker Hughes (BHGE) and Ocean Installer were awarded an EPCI subsea contract by Vår Energi for the NOK 15 billion Balder X redevelopment in the North Sea; financial terms were not disclosed.

The Weir Group won a £100 million order to supply crushing and pump equipment, including Enduron HPGRs and GEHO pumps, to Fortescue's Iron Bridge magnetite project in Western Australia.

BQE Water was awarded a two-phase contract to design, build, commission and operate a SART plant at Shandong Zhongkuang's gold metallurgical facility in eastern China. The first phase is due within 12 months, followed by five years of operations support paid by quarterly fees.

Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology has made significant investments in its Ballygawley, Co. Tyrone plant since moving production there in 2014, including a 2017 expansion of its shot blasting area.

A Mexican mining company commissioned German pump maker Abel GmbH to supply 14 hydraulic diaphragm pumps for transporting jarosite sludge in zinc production.

Metso is establishing a new foundry in Vadodara, India, with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes, and is increasing mineral equipment capacity at its Metso Park in Alwar by 35%.

FLSmidth is acquiring IMP Automation Group, a provider of automated laboratory solutions for mining, including IMP's 50% stake in a joint venture. Closing is expected in Q2 2019 and terms were not disclosed.

Normet and Hindustan Zinc signed a four-year cost-per-hour service contract covering all Normet equipment at Hindustan Zinc mines in Rajasthan, India, worth about EUR 60 million. Normet also built a new service centre in Jaipur.