TECHNOLOGY

RCT and Northern Star in control

AN AUTONOMOUS technology trial in Western Australia’s Goldfields has automation company Remote Control Technologies and Western Australia miner Northern Star Resources excited about the future of autonomous technology in the Goldfields region.

 Rick Radcliffe, Northern Star maintenance manager Denis Sucur, RCT field service technician Josh Snare and Northern Star’s Justin Dean and Ben Mangan witness the trial at the WA School of Mines.

Rick Radcliffe, Northern Star maintenance manager Denis Sucur, RCT field service technician Josh Snare and Northern Star’s Justin Dean and Ben Mangan witness the trial at the WA School of Mines.

As part of the trial RCT set up a remote operating centre at the Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie. That centres was connected to an underground loader at the nearby East Kunduna mine...

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