Provided by Industrea subsidiary Advanced Mining Technologies, BMA will install more than 3100 CAS-CAM/RF units throughout its Peak Downs, Saraji, Blackwater, Goonyella Riverside, Norwich Park and Gregory mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.

Once delivered over two years, Industrea expects more than 6600 units to be operating in 33 sites worldwide.

The contract is a big win for Industrea over rival suppliers.

Industrea managing director Robin Levison expects the company’s market share to grow even further.

“There is strong momentum in orders for our CAS-CAM/RF technology,” he said.

“I expect more positive developments in the coming weeks.”

Levison said BMA selected the technology after a formal review process which assessed the “full range of available options”

“BHP Billiton and its associated joint ventures are, as a group, the largest single user of CAS-CAM/RF around the world,” he said.

“I am delighted that this now includes BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance in Australia.”

The CAS system is vehicle-mounted and provides advanced warning and automatic object detection.

Other customers of the equipment include Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Vale, plus long-standing Chinese customers Shanxi Asian American Daning Energy Corporation and Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group.

The state’s coal industry is eager to embrace collision avoidance technology and last year the Queensland Mines Inspectorate arranged workshops where suppliers met with coal companies over the safety issue.

At the time, senior mines inspector Tilman Rasche said six of the 17 mining fatalities in the past five years were the direct result of vehicle-to-vehicle collisions or vehicle-to-pedestrian collisions.

Industrea shares closed up 1c to 44c yesterday.