Anglo American’s Peace River Coal Mine Expects Steady Stream of New Hires

INTERNATIONAL MINING – JANUARY 2012

Anglo American’s Peace River coal mine in British Columbia, Canada is expecting a steady stream of new hires during the next 18 months. 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.”

The mine has purchased ThoroughTec Simulation’s unique 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) simulator base unit and a range of interchangeable cabs for the Komatsu 830E AC haul truck, Komatsu PC5500 excavator, CAT D10 dozer and the CAT 140H Grader. 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 tenth 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.”