Perenti Global-owned Barminco and its division African Underground Mining Services (AUMS) hold a long-standing partnership with RCT working together to deliver innovative solutions to overcome challenges at their mining operations, and recently this has included application of speed control technology on 60 t class underground trucks working at a West African gold mining client site of AUMS.

RCT states: “We are constantly embracing new technology that will deliver value to our clients. The most recent innovation we have partnered together on is to eliminate transmission and engine damage of the Atlas Copco MT6020 vehicles at an AUMS project in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Together we have installed a speed limiter, engine overspeed system into the vehicles, through our collaboration it ensured a smooth installation of this new system.”

This system is used to monitor speeds both on the surface and underground to ensure safe works on declines within the mines, to ensure safety in a restricted environment, reduce damage on the engine, driveline and overall reduce damage to the machines while underground. By installing this device, RCT says it can continue to deliver safer and more productive mining operations for its clients.