Atlas Copco AB announced in December it plans to acquire the underground business of GIA Industri AB from Vätterledens Verkstad AB. The transaction will enable Atlas Copco to broaden its product portfolio to include electric mine trucks, utility vehicles and ventilation systems.

Megadoor, a division of Sweden-based ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems, has received an order for six large overhead doors for a new workshop building at the Moolarben Coal Mines operation in New South Wales, Australia.

This Cat 6030 hydraulic mining shovel—the first to be delivered in traditional yellow trade dress after Cat’s acquisition of Bucyrus—was commissioned in early October at Yara International’s phosphate mine operated by E. Hartikainen Oy and located near Siilinjärvi, Finland.

Vermeer Corp. recently announced Fortescue Metals Group of East Perth, Australia, plans to purchase 14 Vermeer Terrain Leveler surface excavation machines (SEMs) to be used at Fortescue’s iron ore operations in Western Australia. Order delivery is scheduled to begin in December 2011 and additional machines will ship through September 2012.

Crusher spare and wear parts manufacturer Crusher Manganese Steels Ltd. (CMS Cepcor), said it has formalized a five-year service agreement with FLSmidth covering the supply of repairs and services for the Fuller-Traylor primary gyratory range of crushers in the local market.