Mining Equipment

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.