In this month’s Spotlight article, Paul Moore reviews new machines and best practice across hydraulic excavators, rope shovels, wheel loaders and surface drills. There have been a number of new excavator launches, from Hitachi, Liebherr, Komatsu and others, while autonomous drilling is really advancing and moving from trials of single drills to full fleets managed from remote control rooms and the article includes the latest from Joy Global, Atlas Copco and FLANDERS. Also the latest news on the application of bucketwheel mining solutions