EXPLORATION

Automated RC rig for West Angelas

Three years ago, a discussion started around whether a reverse circulation drill rig could be automated to reduce the number people needed to operate it and to keep them safer. On August 28, the fruits of that discussion will start on site at West Angelas

Noel Dyson
The automated rod handler on the Wallis Drilling Delta 1 automated rig

The automated rod handler on the Wallis Drilling Delta 1 automated rig

Wallis Drilling has developed Delta 1 – which it stated is the world’s only automated RC drill rig. That rig will soon be dispatched to Rio Tinto’s West Angelas mine, located in the Pilbara region of...

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