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Anglo American’s Peace River Coal Mine has taken a giant leap forward in enhancing their strategic abilities by improving operator competency, safety and productivity. The British Columbian mine site is expecting a steady stream of new hires during the next 18 months and wanted to ensure that the mine would be professionally equipped for this training challenge.
Mr Dan Farmer, Mine Manager at Peace River Coal said, “Our review of the major mining simulator players in the market showed that ThoroughTec had the widest and fastest growing range of advanced mining simulation equipment.” Peace River Coal has purchased ThoroughTec Simulation’s unique 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) simulator base unit and an impressive range of interchangeable cabs for the Komatsu 830E AC haul truck, Komatsu PC5500 excavator, CAT D10 dozer, CAT 140H Grader and the P&H 320XP drill rig. Craig Batten, Human Resources Manager at Peace River Coal, further commented, “ThoroughTec’s customer focus and engineering credentials clearly made them our preferred supplier.”
Mark Walker, ThoroughTec Simulation’s Executive Director of Mining & Construction said, “Peace River’s acquisition is the 10th of our simulator base units that Anglo American has purchased globally. This brings the total number of simulator machine cabs to 24 (including 14 new developments). We are pleased that this long-term partnership continues to grow and mature. More significantly, it will enable Peace River Coal to train operators on an impressive and rarely offered range of machines. That is the sort of leadership and commitment to operator competency with which we are pleased to associate our new CYBERMINE4 mining simulator.”
About ThoroughTec Simulation:
ThoroughTec has been designing and manufacturing simulators for over 20 years and is the leading simulator system supplier to the South African Military. It is also the largest global supplier of both surface and underground simulators in the mining and construction industries, with well over 500 simulator units deployed worldwide.
