Leading autonomous solutions provider RCT has opened an office in Santiago, Chile to provide comprehensive business and technical support to existing and potential clients in the regional mining industry.
Situated in the business district of Conchali, the office represents the latest develop in RCT’s longstanding business dealings in the country, which span nearly 20 years.
The office contains a meeting/training room, commercial office space and a workshop and storage area.
The office is home to a core group of multilingual staff comprising a business development team and an engineering and field servicing team with space to accommodate additional staff in the future.
RCT Business Manager – South America Rafael Tarud welcomes the opportunity to host mining industry figures at the office in order to better understand their company’s needs.
“We are now better placed to service mining companies throughout the Latin American region with our local engineers able to respond quickly to developing situations and enquiries,” he said.
“RCT has worked in Chile for a long time including delivering automation projects at the El Teniente copper mine for Codelco and our new office will help us to provide additional support to existing and new projects.”
“We welcome the opportunity to engage with the regional mining industry and share our expertise to deliver real benefits.”
RCT Chile is located at Av. Panamericana Norte 5001, Conchali, Santiago 8550678, Chile
All enquiries can be made to Rafael Tarud at Xxxxxx.Xxxxx@xxx-xxxxxx.xxx
The Sixth International Congress on Automation in Mining will take place in Chile from June 6 – 8 and RCT’s Custom Manager, Rob Derries will be taking to the stage to present.
This prestigious event will provide an important international forum to meet and discuss recent innovations and developments in control, automation and robotic systems applied in mining and metallurgical operations to reduce costs and increase productivity and safety.
Derries will be joining a distinguished line-up of speakers from 11 different counties where he will present papers on two of the company’s most significant projects executed by RCT Custom in recent times.
The presentations will discuss the implementation of RCT’s Automation solutions at the Roy Hill iron ore mine in Australia and the world’s largest underground copper mine, Codelco’s El Teniente mine in Chile.
Derries said he chose these two projects to present as they are momentous, with both projects achieving what is believed to be world-firsts.
The Roy Hill project is a great example of RCT’s extensive capabilities and flexibility when it comes to delivering projects to clients.
“We played a huge part in implementing the first dynamic multiple Geofence package to have been successfully interfaced to fixed and mobile asset elements within the boundaries of the Coarse Ore Stockpile (COS),” said Derries.
“It showcases RCT’s collaborative capabilities as well as highlighting our abilities to implement solutions at surface mine sites.”
At El Teniente, the Custom department was able to deliver a ControlMaster® Automation solution to allow operators to access the copper-rich mud to be accessed with minimum risk.
“It’s the first time this solution has been used in an underground mine in this environment and prior to this solution being available, they simply weren’t able to mine in some areas,” he said.
RCT’s involvement in the Chilean mining market has been extensive of late, with numerous projects completed.
“This has really exposed the market to RCT and showcased our capabilities, so being asked to present at Automining 2018 was great recognition.”
“Mining companies in the Chilean region are strong adapters of technology and I’m really looking forward to presenting at this esteemed event,” he said.
Derries has more than 25 years of experience in the automation field worldwide. He joined RCT in 2011 and today he is involved in reviewing mine infrastructure and mining methods, technical feasibility reviews and reporting, identifying and generating engineering scope of works and estimating in addition to managing the Custom team.
RCT itself has more than 45 years’ experience in the mining industry and it the number one Automation solution provider for any machine, regardless of make or model and for every stage of our clients’ automation journey.
Automining 2018 will take place from June 6-8 at Hotel Santiago, Chile. Rob’s presentation on El Teniente will take place in Ballroom A on June 7 at 5.40pm and he will present on Roy Hill in Ballroom B on June 8 at 9.30am.
RCT deemed Expomin 2018 a great success after a busy five days exhibiting at the largest mining fair in Latin America.
The team, joined channel partner Fasser at the biennial event which attracted about 70,000 visitors throughout the five day event.
Fasser is RCT’s South American distributor for RCT’s auto-electrical and protection systems and fleet management solutions to assist customers to increase profit by optimising the performance of their existing fleets.
“While there was a lot of interest in these solutions, there were numerous enquiries for RCT’s ControlMaster® Guidance automation solutions to help increase productivity and profitability on site,” said RCT’s North America Regional Manager, Andrew Sells who partook in the event.
“A lot of the mining companies in Peru and Chile are looking to further increase copper production, despite already accounting for 40 per cent of the world’s output of the metal currently so our range of automation solutions were of great interest,” he said
Expomin was not only a great opportunity to further showcase RCT’s solutions to the South American market, it was also a great way to introduce the company’s newest BDM for the region, Carolina Toro.
“With more than 12 years of experience in the mining industry and a passion for innovation and automation, Carolina has proven to be a real asset to the team already!” said, Mr Sells.Expomin has been described as one of the world’s most important expos and Mr Sells said he’d have to agree!
“It is by far one of the best expos I’ve been apart of to date,” he said.