Anglo American acquires 10th ThoroughTec simulator for Peace River Coal

Peace River Coal, which is wholly-owned by Anglo American, has purchased a ThoroughTec simulator for its mine in British Columbia, Canada. It is the 10th of such simulator base units that Anglo American has purchased globally.

Peace River Coal has purchased ThoroughTec Simulation’s 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) simulator base unit, along with a range of interchangeable cabs for the Komatsu 830E AC haul truck, Komatsu PC5500 excavator, CAT D10 dozer, CAT 140H Grader and the P&H 320XP drill rig.

The company is expecting a steady stream of new staff at the mine site over the next 18 months, and wanted to ensure that the mine would be professionally equipped for the training challenge.

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.”

Mark Walker, executive director of mining & construction at ThoroughTec Simulation, said: “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.”