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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.

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

OCTOBER 2016 ThoroughTec Simulation, the world’s largest global supplier of surface and underground mining equipment simulators, and NORCAT have announced a formal partnership, working together to deliver world-class training programs designed to ensure workers in the global mining industry are both productive and safe in the workplace.

SEPTEMBER 2016 United Tractors (UT), Indonesia’s largest heavy equipment distributor of renowned brands such as Komatsu, Scania and UD Trucks, is investing in workforce training and optimisation. The company will soon be receiving a high-fidelity CYBERMINE Full Mission Simulator from ThoroughTec Simulation for the training of Komatsu PC3000 shovel operators,…

AUGUST 2016 ThoroughTec Simulation is ready to show off their next generation of Driver and Tactical Crew Training Simulators for Infantry Combat Vehicles. The company will be demonstrating these systems at Land Forces 2016 in Adelaide, Australia from 6-8 September.

AUGUST 2016 ThoroughTec Simulation, the world’s leading supplier of advanced, mine workforce training technologies, will be ‘breaking new ground’ at MINExpo in Las Vegas, this September. The company plans to reveal a number of exciting new products that emphasise its commitment to providing mines with the most powerful workforce performance…

JULY 2016 Leading training-technologies provider, ThoroughTec Simulation will be demonstrating a number of ground-breaking new developments at Electra Mining Africa 2016. These exciting new products further reinforce the company’s drive to provide mines with the most powerful training and workforce development technologies available on the market. This will be ThoroughTec’s eighth…

JULY 2016 Whether operating on the surface or in tunnels deep underground, drill rigs and bolters are vital to the operation of thousands of mines around the world. They’re expensive, complex pieces of equipment which, by virtue of their critical role in the production chain demand the very best operators in…

JUNE 2016 Could you provide some brief background to Thoroughtec’s simulation solutions and some of their applications? ThoroughTec Simulation, a global company, headquartered in South Africa, has been designing heavy-equipment operator training simulators for over twenty years. During this time the company has grown to become one of the world’s…

MAY 2016 Load-haul-dump (LHD) operators at Padcal mine in Benguet province, The Philippines, will soon benefit from owner, Philex Mining’s recent investment in a CYBERMINE Training System. This will combine an advanced, high-fidelity training simulator with E-learning to enhance the safety and efficiency levels in the mine’s load and haul operations….

MAY 2016 With mines under more pressure than ever to slash costs, cost-efficient and effective operator training, as a key component of workforce optimisation, is taking centre stage.

APRIL 2016 Employees of Anglo American’s Mogalakwena platinum mine in Limpopo Province, as well as the surrounding community, are reaping the benefits of the mine’s high-fidelity, simulator-training programme.

FEBRUARY 2016 Re-affirming their position as one of China’s leading underground contract miners, Beijing-based JCHX Mining Management is expanding its Miyun County mining training centre. In one of the biggest mining simulator deals of 2015, the company will purchase five new CYBERMINE training simulators from ThoroughTec Simulation, who continue their expansion…

JANUARY 2016 RUC Cementation, a diversified underground mining contractor operating throughout Australia and Asia Pacific, has chosen ThoroughTec Simulation to develop a high fidelity CYBERMINE simulator in order to increase the productivity and safety of their Sandvik DS421-C drill rig operators. The simulator will be deployed at PT Freeport’s Grasberg…

MINING WEEKLY – JANUARY 2016 Major Caterpillar (CAT) distributor in Peru, Ferreyros, a company which strongly believes in recognising talent and promoting the development of heavy equipment operators, is collaborating with global workforce optimisation solutions provider, ThoroughTec Simulation and Peru’s Volcan Compañia Minera on their already successful operator training centre in…

INTERNATIONAL MINING – AUGUST 2015 JCHX Mining Management, one of the top mining construction companies in China, recently received high-fidelity, training simulators for their Atlas Copco 282 drill rig and Normet 1050 shotcrete sprayer operators, at their training facility in Miyun County, Beijing. The simulators represent ThoroughTec Simulation’s latest CYBERMINE…