3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (321+ words) Excavator hirer H E Services has trialled two- and four-seater EVision electric golf carts at its Strood depot to move staff around busy construction areas more quickly on private land. The carts use integrated roof-mounted solar panels to trickle-charge batteries…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (477+ words) Groundforce Shorco is providing temporary works for Mott MacDonald Bentley on Severn Trent’s £56m upgrade of Longbridge Water Treatment Works, boosting treatment capacity from 734 to 1,261 litres/sec with four 32m-diameter final settlement tanks and a 27m-diameter primary tank. A 10.8m x 10.4m x 8.48m deep excavation…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (487+ words) Better traceability of critical minerals such as lithium and nickel is needed to manage operational and governance risks in complex supply chains, with the OECD report flagging fragmented company-level systems, low adoption by miners, and opaque transnational ownership structures in…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (304+ words) AspenTech on targeted AI in mining: practical deployment lessons for engineers Geomechanics.io AspenTech on targeted AI in mining: practical deployment lessons for engineers Reviewed by Tom Sullivan Targeted AI deployments in mining are shifting from broad “digital transformation” to…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (423+ words) Dalcour Maclaren has appointed Mike Kelly as director of growth to integrate its Land & Property, Environment & Planning, Geomatics and Stakeholder Engagement teams into a single project-lifecycle service for energy and infrastructure clients. With more than 30 years’ experience in renewable energy…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (408+ words) New Cat D11 XE electric drive dozer is claimed to cut fuel use by up to 25% per unit of material moved while increasing material moved by 5–10% compared with the conventional D11. The electric drive system is aimed at high-production mining dozing, where…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (371+ words) Innovative Wireless Technologies’ SENTINEL underground network uses a self-healing, mesh-based architecture to maintain voice, data and personnel tracking when mine infrastructure is damaged or power is lost. The Mine Rescue System integrates directly with existing SENTINEL nodes to extend communications…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (387+ words) Government will develop a national strategy for applying artificial intelligence across the UK energy system after launching a call for evidence on how AI can support a greener, more flexible grid. The review will look at AI uses such as…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (305+ words) Infrastructure projects deemed of “critical national importance” will be fast-tracked under new powers allowing Parliament to let ministers designate schemes for accelerated delivery. The chancellor signalled that nationally significant works such as major rail upgrades, strategic highways and large energy…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (501+ words) CDE Group has secured orders from Stevin Rock to design and build two modular sand and aggregates wash plants rated at 1,000 t/h and 250 t/h for the company’s Al Ghail limestone operation in the UAE. The plants will process…...