Resources
VRT have broad and extensive experience in building and delivering production and operations information management solutions for the Resources Sector over an extended period. That experience pertains to the integrated resources sector - extending through the Mining, Minerals, Metals and Manufacturing value chain from ore reserve to marketing.
BHP
Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) - Broadmeadow Mine. BMA's punch longwall
underground operation Goonyella Riverside lease commenced longwall mining in
August 2005. Unlike most underground operations which rely on
extensive, high cost development works, Broadmeadow accesses the seam direct
into the highwall of a open cut pit on the Goonyella lease. Using our proprietory LongView SCADA software based on Citect, VRT has been
responsible for the design, installation and upkeep of this SCADA system.
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Anglo Coal - Grasstree Mine.
Anglo Coal recently began development of the new Grasstree long wall coal
mine. VRT was chosen to coordinate and develop standards for the mine's
electrical control system. This included the development of a new Citect
enterprise shell which was designed to harness robust engineering standards
and reduce Citect engineering time. The Citect enterprise shell has
centralised the SCADA system's configuration data and enabled the mine's the
system to be fully maintained off site.
Xstrata Copper - Product Weighing Loading & Despatch.
Copper Refineries Ltd (CRL), now owned by Xstrata,
recently completed an expansion and upgrade of the tank house facilities at
their Townsville plant in Australia. The main objective of the project was to
upgrade an existing product weighing, loading and despatch (PWLD) operation
and to improve and raise the level of automation throughout the plant. VRT
Systems, a Rockwell Automation Strategic Provider Partner, was chosen to
determine a solution to suit these requirements. Read
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Queensland
Rail - Electronic Weighing & Billing System. Australian based Queensland Rail transports around 90 million tones of
coal every year between 30 coal mines and export ports on the central
Queensland coast. In the past, the tracking of individual consignments has
been difficult, resulting in lost information and delayed billing. Since coal transport is a major revenue source for Queensland Rail, a
project was undertaken to automatically measure train loading and transfer
the information to regional offices and the corporate billing systems. Read
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