Rajant Corporation and Mine Site Technologies Announce Partnership to Deliver Global Mining Communications Solutions
23 January 2008 14:05
Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of portable, reliable, and adaptable wireless networking solutions, announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Mine Site Technologies (MST) to support both underground and open-pit mines with wireless communications.
The world's largest open-pit copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto) recently selected the Rajant BreadCrumb network as its primary communications platform for the entire copper mine. Mine Site Technologies is a leading mining solutions provider, specializing in the development and supply of technology and services to the global mining industry.
"Over the last twenty years, Mine Site Technologies has developed a strong reputation as the leader in mining services and communication technology," said Gary Anderson, Senior Vice President of Mining for Rajant. "Their experience and expertise in mining communications used for safety and operational improvements is exactly what we were looking for in a global partner. They have great long term relationships with a major part of the industry – from the largest open-pit mine operators to the independent underground coal operators."
Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, MST has offices and authorized distributors throughout North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa to support mining customers worldwide. MST has already been working with the Rajant BreadCrumb system in several successful mine installations and will become an integral partner in the sales, delivery and product creation of wireless mining solutions. MST will work with Rajant on wireless feasibility studies, site surveys, aerial mine photography (unmanned aerial vehicles-UAVs), installation, training, maintenance, and operation of BreadCrumb networks.
The Rajant network is composed of BreadCrumb devices that form a wireless, meshed, self-healing network for fleet dispatch, health monitoring and other critical mining applications. Many devices that require wireless communications are constantly on the move throughout the mining network. The Rajant network's BreadCrumb nodes can rapidly adapt to any changes in the network topology, assuring that IP traffic uptime and bandwidth are maximized.
"MST is honored to be a Rajant Solutions Partner," said Mike Foletti, Vice President of Mine Site Technologies USA. "Their BreadCrumb solution has proven itself in helping mines become safer and more efficient. It is hard to find any other technology that can handle the harsh mining environment as well as Rajant can. We look forward to working with the Rajant team on developing and delivering additional world-class mining solutions."
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