Fintan Kelleher, Proprietor of TrackLink WA recently decided to fit his compact track loader with a Trimble GCS900 system to allow him to offer a compact machine control solution to the Western Australian earthmoving market. Fintan is able to offer the advantages of a Trimble GCS900 Universal Total Station (UTS) Read more…
Desert Run earthworks contractor based in Cervantes, WA. Jason Clarke and his wife started Desert Run back in 2013 and currently have a Cat 279D CAT Multi-Terrain Loader, a 3.5t excavator and a 6 wheeler truck. Jason completes all earthworks jobs from small house pads to large commercial builds. Earlier Read more…
In Western Australia’s scenic south-west region near Collie, lies the BHP Billiton run Worsley Alumina refinery. Worsley alumina is the world’s fifth-biggest alumina producer and home to one of the world’s longest conveyor belts at 52km. For over 25 years, B & J Catalano have held the contract for constructing Read more…
At the FMG iron ore mine site of Christmas Creek in the East Pilbara, UEA is operating Vermeer surface miner machines using Trimble GPS guidance for 24-hour production. Due to the geology of the resource and the fact that most of the ore is horizontally layered, the mining process lends Read more…
On the Pilbara coast, VDM in joint venture with NRW Holdings, are currently involved in the construction of a 3.6km breakwater for the Cape Preston Magnetite Mine. Over 6 million cubic metres of rock are expected to be excavated by completion of the Project and the placement of the core Read more…
Port Geographe is a canal and marina development just east of Busselton in WA’s South West. Since its construction, the marine entrance has been plagued with sand and seaweed build up causing environmental and health problems, erosion and ongoing maintenance costs to remove the sand and seaweed. A study commissioned Read more…
Doral Mineral Sands operate an open cut mineral sands mine near Dardanup in the South West of Western Australia. Ore is progressively mined via a series of open-cut pits using dry mining techniques. The mining utilises a conventional machinery fleet which includes bull dozers, excavators, dump trucks and scrapers. The Read more…
