https://sitelive.group/news/suncor-syncrude-mildred-lake-autonomous-operating-zoneSiteLive Newsen2026-08-23Suncor has switched on autonomous haulage at a second mine — 19 trucks converted at Syncrude, 21 more promised by year end, and not one production number attached https://sitelive.group/news/bhp-battery-electric-haul-trucks-locomotives-pilbara-trialsSiteLive Newsen2026-08-23BHP has two battery-electric haul trucks running on a test track at Jimblebar — and its own early read is that electrification is a power-system problem, not a fleet purchase https://sitelive.group/news/bedrock-robotics-operator-out-excavators-live-sitesSiteLive Newsen2026-08-21Bedrock says its excavators are now working with nobody in the seat on three named US jobs — the deployments are specific, the production numbers are absent https://sitelive.group/news/mit-world-space-interface-excavator-trainingSiteLive Newsen2026-08-21MIT swapped the excavator’s joysticks for a miniature arm — and in simulation, novices performed as well as experts from the start https://sitelive.group/news/greenvibe-embedded-concrete-sensors-in-place-strengthSiteLive Newsen2026-08-15Sensors inside the concrete disagreed with the lab twice on the same tower — the first time it cost more than US$500,000 https://sitelive.group/news/cidi-unmanned-mining-trucks-hkex-interim-2026SiteLive Newsen2026-08-13Unmanned haul trucks now come with half-year accounts: 1,900 trucks, nearly 40 mines, 26.4% gross margin https://sitelive.group/news/nz-steel-glenbrook-electric-arc-furnace-first-heatSiteLive Newsen2026-08-13New Zealand Steel has tapped its first commercial heat from the Glenbrook electric arc furnace https://sitelive.group/news/driverless-freight-q2-2026-aurora-kodiak-disclosed-numbersSiteLive Newsen2026-08-11Driverless freight now files quarterly — and the numbers are small, specific and finally comparable https://sitelive.group/news/trimble-arc-agent-priced-by-agent-hoursSiteLive Newsen2026-08-11Trimble is selling an AI agent by the hour of work it does — the pricing unit is the news https://sitelive.group/news/porr-bricklaying-robot-walter-kladno-livingSiteLive Newsen2026-08-09PORR has a bricklaying robot on a live apartment job — and published the number most robotics pilots leave out https://sitelive.group/news/sandvik-automine-viscaria-copper-restart-kirunaSiteLive Newsen2026-08-09A copper mine shut for 29 years is being restarted around an automated fleet — Sandvik takes the Viscaria order https://sitelive.group/news/bhp-car-dumper-6-port-hedland-monadelphous-contractSiteLive Newsen2026-08-05BHP has hired the crew for Car Dumper 6 — a $200m contract to build redundancy into Port Hedland https://sitelive.group/news/provision-scope-agent-accuracy-benchmark-preconstructionSiteLive Newsen2026-08-05An estimating AI has published its accuracy numbers — the benchmark matters more than the number https://sitelive.group/news/procore-dronedeploy-reality-capture-acquisitionSiteLive Newsen2026-08-03Procore is paying US$845m for DroneDeploy — reality capture stops being a bolt-on https://sitelive.group/news/autonomous-earthmoving-komatsu-earthbrain-aimSiteLive Newsen2026-08-03Komatsu’s autonomous dozers and excavators are working on US jobsites — and the autonomy retrofits to existing machines https://sitelive.group/news/silica-control-regulation-and-dust-data-2026SiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Silica has stopped being a mask problem: what the regulations and the dust data now demand https://sitelive.group/news/heat-stress-triggers-acclimatisation-limits-of-wearablesSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Heat is the hazard with no number — and the evidence keeps pointing at a worker's first three days https://sitelive.group/news/sensor-based-ore-sorting-pilgangoora-shovelsenseSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Sorting rock before it reaches the mill: what a 1,000 t/h lithium plant proved in the Pilbara https://sitelive.group/news/tailings-monitoring-gistm-conformance-insar-radarSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Tailings monitoring got sophisticated. Conformance did not keep up. https://sitelive.group/news/hydrogen-haulage-reality-fuel-cell-trucks-refuelling-economicsSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Hydrogen haulage, honestly: 20 million kilometres of proof and 242 trucks https://sitelive.group/news/container-terminal-automation-crane-rates-honest-ledgerSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Twenty years of robot straddles: the honest ledger on container terminal automation https://sitelive.group/news/pumped-hydro-australia-tunnelling-snowy-kidston-borumbaSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Australia's pumped hydro revival is a tunnelling programme, and the tunnels are setting the terms https://sitelive.group/news/critical-minerals-refining-australia-kemerton-kalgoorlie-eneabbaSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Australia can mine anything; refining it is a different business — and 2026 proved it https://sitelive.group/news/volumetric-modular-ppvc-mic-engineering-settled-factories-notSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Volumetric modular: the engineering is settled, the factory business is not https://sitelive.group/news/low-carbon-cement-standards-as-3972-portland-limestoneSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Low-carbon cement is a standards problem — and Australia's cement standard is open for comment until 7 September https://sitelive.group/news/ai-schedule-risk-forecasting-nplan-network-rail-base-ratesSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15The programme has base rates now: what AI schedule forecasting actually predicts — and what it can't https://sitelive.group/news/green-steel-hydrogen-hybrit-boston-metalSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Green steel is shipping: hydrogen direct reduction moves from pilot plant to purchase order https://sitelive.group/news/mass-timber-high-rise-ascent-cltSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Mass timber’s high-rise proof: what 25 storeys of wood in Milwaukee actually demonstrated https://sitelive.group/news/electric-heavy-freight-eactros-600-megawatt-chargingSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15Electric heavy freight goes long-haul: the eActros 600 and the megawatt-charging bet https://sitelive.group/news/transmission-megaprojects-humelink-vni-west-marinusSiteLive Newsen2026-07-15The grid is the biggest construction site in Australia: HumeLink, VNI West and the transmission decade