{"id":1153565,"date":"2019-12-05T08:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T14:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1008254"},"modified":"2019-12-05T08:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T14:15:25","slug":"barmincos-remote-system-operates-loaders-1000-kilometres-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1153565","title":{"rendered":"Barminco\u2019s remote system operates loaders 1,000 kilometres away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barminco announced that successfully piloted an operations centre that allows it to remotely manipulate, from the comfort of an office, the underground equipment used at mine sites around the world.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The test took place at Barminco\u2019s head office in Perth and the machine being operated was working at Independence Group\u2019s Nova nickel-copper-cobalt underground mine, located almost 1,000 kilometres away in Australia\u2019s Goldfields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe innovation was made more impressive given the remote operation occurred via the internet, instead of through a fibre-optic cable, which is the method that mine owner-operators have historically used,\u201d the mining services provider said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the support of Independence Group, the Barminco Remote Operating Centre, also known as BROC, was trialled in collaboration with Swedish engineering company Sandvik, whose LH517 loader was being operated from afar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst many mine sites have operators remotely operating equipment from the mine\u2019s surface, we are one of the first, if not the first service provider, to operate underground equipment on a client\u2019s site from a much greater distance,\u201d Barminco\u2019s general manager of technology and innovation, Darren Kwok, said in the media brief. \u201cOur future plan is to have a dedicated remote operating centre manned 24\/7 where our team and our client\u2019s people can work collaboratively side by side to deliver a world-class mine-site.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The subsidiary of fellow Australian company, Perenti, successfully piloted its BROC remote operating 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