TECHNOLOGY

Avatel rising

A SEMI-automated explosives delivery system that moves the industry a step towards autonomous underground mine development is due to debut at Newcrest Mining’s Cadia copper-gold mine near Orange in New South Wales in the second half of 2022.

The Avatel machine underground.

The Avatel machine underground.

Called Avatel and co-developed by Epiroc and Orica, the system enables a single operator to prepare and wirelessly charge a development face from within the cab. A critical enabler of Avatel is the...

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