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Better Safety Through Simulation
Over the last few decades, pressure on training has intensified greatly in order to keep pace with the increasing complexity of heavy equipment, occupational health and safety requirements, and the constant drive to push productivity up and costs down. Consequently, the most progressive mines are looking for partners who can…
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ThoroughTec Simulation and Intermountain Mining Technology Sign Cooperation Agreement
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ThoroughTec to Exhibit Hi-Fidelity ARFF Simulator at Interschutz 2022
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Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd and ThoroughTec Simulation collaborate to provide world class mining simulators
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Holmesglen Institute Boosts Training Offering with Advanced Mining Simulators
Holmesglen Institute, a leading and diversified TAFE operating throughout Victoria, will acquire two highly-advanced, 5th generation CYBERMINE simulators, to train underground equipment operators. The Sandvik DS421-C and DD420 simulators from ThoroughTec Simulation will enhance Holmesglen’s training offering in the mining and tunnelling sector. The simulators will be deployed at the…
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ThoroughTec to Exhibit Workforce Training and Performance Optimisation Solutions at MINExpo 2021
ThoroughTec Simulation, the worlds’ leading supplier of mine workforce training and performance optimisation solutions, will be demonstrating their complete range of technology and services at MINExpo in Las Vegas, this September on stand 4639, central hall.
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First Quantum Mineral’s Kansanshi Operation Takes Delivery of Two Latest Generation CYBERMINE Simulators
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Liebherr Mining and ThoroughTec Simulation Announce World-wide Cooperation Agreement
Liebherr Mining and ThoroughTec Simulation have signed a world-wide cooperation agreement that will provide Liebherr customers with access to the world’s most advanced operator training simulators and related services, which Liebherr believes are, “essential for honing the skills of workers operating heavy mining equipment”.
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Caterpillar Mining and ThoroughTec Simulation announce global cooperation agreement
January 2021 Caterpillar Mining and ThoroughTec Simulation have concluded a global cooperation agreement that will bring the latest generation, simulator-based equipment training solutions to Caterpillar customers. This will help them improve safety, boost productivity, increase machine availability and create more sustainable mining operations. Under the agreement, Caterpillar Mining will recommend…
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ThoroughTec helps miners tap into technology
Extract from International Mining – December 2020 …ThoroughTec Simulation, which is particularly strong in the underground space. The company reminded IM that full autonomy aside, there is also a vast community of miners who are exploiting myriad less invasive and cheaper, but no less revolutionary technologies to empower their human…
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Nordgold Equips West Africa Training Centre with the Full-Mission Simulator System
November 2020 – Nordgold, the internationally diversified gold producer, has equipped its new West Africa Training Centre, located near the Lefa mine in Guinea, with a CYBERMINE Full-Mission Simulator. The simulator is a training tool for mining fleet operators designed to improve their skills in safe and efficient manipulation of…
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The Art of Safe and Efficient Bolting
Global Mining Review – October 2019 Andre Mendes, ThoroughTec Simulation, Canada, explains how to ensure a mine’s bolter operators are trained to the correct standard and that standards are continuously monitored and maintained. Extreme heat, high humidity, unstable ground, noxious gasses and possible risk of flooding make the labour-intensive work…
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Zambian Copper Mines Embrace CYBERMINE Simulator Technology
First Mining Zambia ThoroughTec Simulation, the world’s leading supplier of hi-fidelity, heavy equipment operator training simulators, is on a roll in Zambia, with a number of recent sales to surface and underground mines in the country. The South African company has a proud track record of simulating the most complex…
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Software Platform Boosts Operator Performance
MiningWeekly.com Durban-based global supplier of surface and underground mining simulators ThoroughTec Simulation developed the CYBERMINE WX platform that monitors operator performance and provides targeted training to improve efficiencies.
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WORKFORCE EXCELLENCE on show at Electra Mining
ThoroughTec Simulation, the world’s leading supplier of heavy equipment workforce improvement solutions, will be demonstrating its unique CYBERMINE range of training technologies at this year’s Electra Mining exhibition. ThoroughTec’s exhibit will showcase the latest generation hi-fidelity, Full-Mission Simulator alongside the revolutionary CYBERMINE Workforce Excellence (WX) Platform.
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Unearthing Efficiency
WORLD COAL – DECEMBER 2017 Andre Mendes, ThoroughTec Simulation, South Africa, explains how underground bolter simulators can improve operator safety and efficiency. ThoroughTec Simulation is demonstrating how its CYBERMINE high-fidelity simulators are helping mines improve the efficiency and safety of their underground bolter operators.
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ThoroughTec Delivers Badger Simulators
DEFENCE WEB – AUGUST 2017 Denel Land Systems has begun receiving high-fidelity training simulators for the South African Army’s new Badger Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV). The SA Army is set to receive 244 Badgers in different variants over the next few years and from the outset, simulator based training has…
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Practice Makes Perfect
WORLD COAL – APRIL 2017 ThoroughTec Simulation continues to help coal mines improve their safety and efficiency levels with new technologies. On top of their advanced range of CYBERMINE soft rock mining simulators, the company is emphasising its commitment to providing mines with a true, workforce performance management and optimisation…
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CCNB Selects CYBERMINE Simulators for Advanced Mine Training Centre
MAY 2017 Following a competitive tender process, the Canadian Collège Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) has selected ThoroughTec Simulation, the world’s leading supplier of advanced, mine workforce training technologies, to equip its new Mine Training Centre with the latest high-fidelity operator training simulators. The college will be receiving six CYBERMINE simulators to…
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Malagasy First as CYBERMINE Training Simulators are Commissioned at Ambatovy
APRIL 2017 In a first for Madagascar, Sherritt International’s Ambatovy operation has commissioned their CYBERMINE heavy-equipment, operator training simulators. Ambatovy is a world-class nickel and cobalt mine situated 80km from the country’s capital, Antananarivo. The surface operation represents the biggest-ever foreign investment in Madagascar and ranks as one of the largest…
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CYBERMINE Simulator to Boost Operator Efficiency and Safety Levels at PTBA’s Tanjung Enim
MARCH 2017 PT Bukit Asam’s (PTBA) Tanjung Enim mine in Indonesia’s Sumatra province has recently commissioned a high-fidelity CYBERMINE Full Mission Simulator (FMS) System, designed by South African simulation company, ThoroughTec Simulation. The system will provide the latest in simulator technology for the training of driver-operators for Tanjung Enim’s new fleet…
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Sims Prove Their Weight in Gold at Murray & Roberts Training Academy
MARCH 2017 The Murray & Roberts Training Academy (MRTA) in Bentley Park near Carletonville, is deriving incredible value from their five, high-fidelity CYBERMINE training simulators. One of the top facilities of its kind in the world, MRTA provides training for an exceptionally diverse client base. Besides Murray & Roberts Cementation itself,…
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ThoroughTec Focuses on Big Data and AI
DECEMBER 2016 ThoroughTec Simulation, the world’s leading supplier of advanced, heavy equipment operator training technologies, is on a drive to show the mining world that it’s not just about high-fidelity simulators. The company is emphasising its commitment to providing mines with a true, workforce performance management and optimisation solution.
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Industrias Peñoles’ Velardeña Mine Improves Operator Training Capability with CYBERMINE
OCTOBER 2016 Velardeña mine in México’s Durango State, part of Industrias Peñoles, the world’s largest producer of silver, has expanded its heavy equipment operator training programme with the inclusion of ThoroughTec Simulation’s CYBERMINE E-learning system and Operator Familiarisation Trainer (OFT) for their drill rig and LHD operators. The mine has been…
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