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Sandvik partners with Northern Star for underground fleet investment

Northern Star Resources Ltd (Northern Star), one of Australia’s leading gold producers, has selected Sandvik to supply Toro® TH663i underground trucks and Toro® LH621i and Toro® LH517i intelligent loaders for its operations in Western Australia.

The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2025. Deliveries are expected to commence in Q1 2026 and continue through the course of the year.

“We are proud to partner with Northern Star on this significant fleet investment,” said Andrew Dawson, Business Line Manager – Load & Haul at Sandvik. “This order underlines our commitment to delivering equipment and services that help our customers meet their productivity, safety and sustainability targets in underground operations.”

The i-series platforms— Toro® TH663i, Toro® LH621i and Toro® LH517i—are engineered for the most demanding underground mining environments. They offer advanced connectivity, real-time analytics, automation readiness and superior maintainability, enabling high payloads, lower operating cost per ton and safer work sites.

Sandvik’s Australian service capability and local presence will support Northern Star throughout equipment delivery, commissioning and ongoing lifecycle management.

For further information, please contact:
Kate Bills, General Manager – Sustainability, Marketing and Communications
Sandvik
Tel: +61 459 810 317
Email: kate.bills@sandvik.com

Sandvik Group
Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2024 the Group had approximately 41​,000 employees and revenues of about 123 billion SEK in more than 150 countries.

Business area Mining
Mining is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling, ground support and quarrying. In 2024, sales were approximately 64 billion SEK with about 17,000 employees. For further information, visit mining.sandvik.