Wenco International Mining Systems has commissioned a fleet management system at the Agnico Eagle Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Meadowbank is a low Arctic operation located about 2,600 km northwest of Toronto. Wenco MobileOT™ hardware and software components were installed on a total of 38 pieces of equipment, including eight high-precision BenchManager™ systems on excavators, loaders, and backhoes.

“Our fleet management system will give Meadowbank mine enhanced ability to maximise worker health and safety while improving productivity and availability of equipment and personnel,” explained Wenco Vice President of Sales and Marketing Glen Trainor. “Additionally, our ruggedised hardware can operate without difficulty in the extreme cold weather environment of the low Arctic.” Meadowbank began producing gold in 2010 and is expected to produce over 1 Moz/y of gold from 2013 to 2015, with an expected mine life through to 2018.