This year’s list of 22 finalists in the 2025 InvestMETS.com Global Mining Technology Awards outlaid US$1.75 billion on corporate acquisitions and raised more than $250 million of equity funding in 2025.
The companies hail from eight different countries and sell a mix of software, sensors, scanners, automation controls, laser-based drilling and mining concepts, intelligent mining and mineral processing equipment, new mineral liberation tech, super plants and biological intelligence.
Our international team of judges – a mix of miners, market analysts and expert advisors – is voting on this year’s winners, which will be announced later this month.
The finalists are listed below.
Best start-up
Hades Mining (Germany)
Endolith (USA)
Banksia Minerals Processing (Australia)
Sensmore (Germany)
Best scale-up
CorePlan (Australia)
Eacon Mining Technology (China)
MineHub Technologies (Canada)
Portable PPB (Australia)
Best mining-tech M&A transaction
Weir acquisition of Micromine
Caterpillar acquisition of RPMGlobal
IMDEX acquisition of Earth Science Analytics
IMDEX acquisition of Advanced Logic Technology
Best mining-tech financing
GeologicAI $44 million series B funding
Mine Vision Systems $12.5 million series A funding
pH7 Technologies $25.6 million series B funding
DISA Technologies $30 million series A funding
Best new mining technology/innovation
Genomines synthetic biomining
Durin Mining Technologies drill rig autonomy
Hypermine laser technology
NextOre underground magnetic resonance sorting scanner
Best mining technology company
Ideon Technologies (Canada)
GeologicAI (Canada)
Chrysos Corporation (Australia)
IMDEX (Australia)
Fleet Space Technologies (Australia)
Last year’s Global Mining Technology Award winners are listed here: https://www.investmets.com/2024-global-mining-technology-awards-the-winners/
