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Cariboo Gold Project reaches 28% completion as Osisko Gold accelerates infrastructure development
Osisko Gold reports 28% completion at Cariboo, with C$907 million in remaining costs and first gold production targeted for early 2029.
Saudi Arabia Railways orders 33 Progress Rail locomotives as freight fleet tops 150
Saudi Arabia Railways has ordered 33 EMD SD70ACS heavy-haul locomotives from Caterpillar-owned Progress Rail, taking its EMD fleet above 150 units as the kingdom expands phosphate and industrial freight capacity while exploring deeper local maintenance and supply-chain capability.
Autonomous construction equipment: How AI is moving heavy machinery out of the cab
Autonomous excavators, bulldozers and haul machines are moving beyond controlled demonstrations onto commercial construction sites. Bedrock Robotics says operatorless excavators are now working on major U.S. infrastructure projects, while Komatsu and AIM Intelligent Machines have entered commercial deployment and Caterpillar is adapting decades of mining autonomy for construction. The larger opportunity is not simply removing a person from one cab, but changing how contractors use scarce operators, existing equipment and entire earthmoving fleets.
SANY’s SKT110Ei enters South America as Chinese mining automation takes on entrenched rivals
SANY’s first South American SKT110Ei shipment combines electric autonomous trucks, cloud dispatching and mine-site support, but the undisclosed customer and fleet size leave the commercial scale of the breakthrough to be proven.
CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) backlog hits $104bn as $39bn AI buildout tests leverage
CoreWeave’s $104 billion backlog and 112% Q2 growth validate AI demand, but $39 billion capex and $640 million interest keep $CRWV risky despite the rally.
Mining’s biggest trucks no longer need drivers, and the economics are starting to show
Autonomous haul trucks are already moving billions of tonnes of iron ore, gold and other materials across some of the world’s largest mines. Rio Tinto, BHP and Fortescue have pushed driverless haulage into large-scale commercial operations, while Komatsu has commissioned its 1,000th ultra-class autonomous truck. The next disruption is moving beyond removing drivers as fleet-management software begins coordinating traffic, equipment utilisation, maintenance and, increasingly, the energy needed to run battery-electric mining fleets.
Razor Labs launches DataMind AI 5.0 as mining AI moves from failure alerts to maintenance execution
Razor Labs is extending DataMind AI beyond predictive warnings into investigation, collaboration and fault-resolution workflows, but recurring contracts and cash discipline remain the investor test.
Chevron signs 20-year Microsoft power deal for 2.67 GW Project Kilby in Texas
Chevron’s 2.67 GW Project Kilby will power Microsoft’s West Texas AI campus with Permian gas. Explore the FID, economics and execution risks today in depth.
Why mining fleet management software has become the contested control layer of the next mining capex cycle
Caterpillar wants 2,000 autonomous trucks by 2030. Komatsu just commissioned its 1,000th. The fleet management software war underneath is bigger.
ASX 200 ends 8-day losing streak as 73% of stocks rebound, only Energy lags
Australia's longest losing streak since 2018 just broke. The bounce is real, but breadth and Energy reversal hint at consolidation, not recovery.