Improving LV safety
Reduced visibility of LVs in the underground environment is a significant safety risk – even when fitted with mandatory flashing beacons. To address this issue, we undertook an initiative to improve LV safety by fitting all LVs across our sites with whip aerials. To date, the results have been notable.
March 27, 2018Safety, Underground Mining, Whip Aerials
PYBAR’s Easer crew achieves world first at Hera gold mine
After a strong performance at Deep South last year, PYBAR’s Easer rig has exceeded expectations during a three month campaign at the Hera gold mine in NSW. The rig’s scope of works at Hera gave our team the opportunity to test and prove all three of the rig’s drilling modes:…
March 27, 2018Drilling, Easer, Hera gold mine
PYBAR awarded underground mining contract at Woodlawn zinc-copper project
Specialist underground mining contractor PYBAR Mining Services is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the underground mining contract at Heron Resources Limited’s Woodlawn zinc-copper project located near Tarago, 250km southwest of Sydney, New South Wales.
February 27, 2018Heron Resources, New South Wales, Tarago, Underground Mining, Woodlawn, Zinc-Copper
PYBAR partners with WesTrac to develop innovative cloud platform
PYBAR is committed to facilitating safer, more productive and sustainable mining. In line with this, we have entered into a partnership with WesTrac to support the development of a cloud-based, single-point data platform – MineQ – that has the potential to revolutionise the industry.
December 15, 2017Business Systems, Industry 4.0, Innovation, Internet of Things, New South Wales
PYBAR in world-first underground trial of next gen Cat R1700 loader
In October, the PYBAR team at the Vivien gold mine in WA commenced the first underground trial globally of the new Cat R1700 loader which is expected to deliver significant productivity and efficiency benefits to underground mining operations.
December 15, 2017CAT R1700 loader, Development Mining, Fleet, Mine Development, Mine Production, Western Australia
Atlas Copco Easer L increases development rates at Deep South
PYBAR’s application of the latest vertical development technology at Saracen Minerals’ Deep South gold mine in WA has set the mine’s benchmark for vertical development rates. Following a 15 month campaign, the Atlas Copco Easer L proved itself as a more productive and safer alternative to the air leg method.
December 15, 2017Fleet, Mine Development, Raise Boring, Western Australia
PYBAR awarded rehabilitation work at Mt Lyell mine
Specialist underground mining contractor PYBAR Mining Services has been awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of the main decline at the Mt Lyell copper mine near Queenstown, Tasmania. The contract is PYBAR’s second in the region; the company provides development and production drilling services at the nearby Henty gold mine…
November 21, 2017Mine rehabilitation, Tasmania
Working smarter with iPlod
iPlod is PYBAR’s new, innovative in-house developed system to improve the capture, storage and use of plod data at our contract mining operations. The platform allows our equipment operators to input their plod data directly into a tablet and upload it to a local version of our database for supervisors…
October 18, 2017Business Systems, Innovation
Raise Bore Service – Division Update
2017 has been an exciting year so far for PYBAR’s Raise Bore Division as it further increases our raise boring service capabilities. With the arrival of the new SBM450, Atlas Copco 61RH and the SBM800, we now have seven raise bore rigs in our fleet. The growth of the fleet’s…
October 18, 2017Fleet, Mine Development, Mine Production, RBR600-VF, Raise Boring
PYBAR increases procurement and supply capabilities
In July, PYBAR restructured its finance and supply departments to facilitate improved procurement and supply capabilities. Our enhanced supply function is now a dedicated Procurement and Supply division, headed up by newly appointed division general manager Tom Devjak. The division has a broad range of responsibilities including sourcing and transporting…
October 18, 2017Our People, Procurement & Supply