■Kamoa-Kakula smelter is Africa’s largest copper smelter with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes of copper per annum

■ Kamoa-Kakula 2026 sales set to exceed production as 20,000 tonnes of stockpiled copper in concentrate is smelted and sold as 99.7%-pure copper anodes at current record copper prices

■ Kakula Mine Stage Two dewatering complete; selective mining of eastern side of Kakula Mine recommenced ahead of schedule

Bannerman Energy has advised of further progress in the construction early works activities at its Etango Uranium Project.

ASX-listed Elevate Uranium has advised that its proprietary U-pgrade™ Demonstration/Pilot Plant has been successfully assembled, commissioning and operator training is nearing completion and steady state operations are expected to be commenced in late January 2026.

Following his recent appointment as managing director of Babcock’s Equipment business, Tim Ward has placed market share growth for the BULL brand and the adoption of newly-launched Volvo products as one of the immediate objectives. Leveraging strong foundations already in place, Ward also seeks to foster a company-wide, customer-oriented culture.

Australia’s first Cat® 793 XE Early Learner battery-electric haul trucks arrived at BHP’s Jimblebar iron ore mine in the Pilbara, marking the start of on-site testing, in collaboration with Rio Tinto, of Caterpillar’s battery-electric heavy haulage technology in the region that powers the nation’s economy.