Roobuck's project - BHP Olympic Dam Mine South Australia - Roobuck - a leading provider of Cap Lamps, Safety Signal Lights, other Explosion-proof products and MineIoT Solutions

Overview

The Olympic Dam mine is a large poly-metallic underground mine located in Roxby Downs, South Australia, 550 km NNW of Adelaide. It is the largest underground combined Uranium and Copper mine in the world. Copper is the largest contributor to total revenue, accounting for approximately 70% of the mine’s revenue, with the remaining 25% from uranium; and around 5% from silver and gold. BHP has owned and operated the mine since 2005.

The Roobuck/BHP Relationship

Roobuck enjoys a strong and long-standing relationship as a manufacturer and supplier of choice to BHP. BHP Illawarra Coal Mines were our first customer for Coal Mine Cap Lamps. Today, Roobuck supplies BHP’s Olympic Dam Mine via Blackwoods and other BHP Mine sites throughout Australia.

The Challenge

Change over from Corded Cap Lamp to Cordless Cap Lamp for whole mine
Miners required for light weight equipment
IECEx certified Cap Lamp preferred
Management and controls over the quality and charging facility of mix of Cap Lamps including both corded or cordless.

In mind 2019 we received an enquiry from Olympic Dam Mine. They were planning a change over from Corded Cap Lamp to Cordless for the whole mine as the Corded Cap Lamps are too heavy. Miners are weighted down with self-rescuer breathing apparatus so they required a light weight slim lined cordless Cap Lamp. On average a Corded Cap Lamp is 600 g whereas the lightest Roobuck Cordless Cap lamp is only 95 g. For absolute safety and peace of mind the mine wanted IECEx certified Cap lamps. Due to the high number of miners and Cap Lamps they required safe central charging system.

The Solution

KH3E-Ex IECEx certified Cordless Cap Lamp Performance Series and light weight only 153g

X1500

CB53E charging bank and charging bank stand for Central management for charging of the Cap Lamp

X29

One-year free replacement warranty
Stable local supply – Roobuck average stock level in Sydney is over 1000 Cap Lamps
Best fit Charging solution with stands for centralized PPE Kiosk, with the option to upgrade to WiFi Cap Lamps using the same Charging infrastructure
Proven track record of reliability and ruggedness in underground mine operations

The Benefits

Roobuck won the deal against three competitors. We have the great feedback from our customer

Australian IECEx Certified in Sydney
Great Quality and local services
Great value and discount for the whole project.

Roobuck’s project – BHP Olympic Dam Mine South Australia