MINING

The town that shaped a mine

How strict noise limits at a mine site led to the development of a hybrid Epiroc drill rig

Matt Shea
 Working with Ravenswood Gold, Roc-Drill has a fleet of hybrid Epiroc rigs, featuring the boom assembly and noise reduction kits designed for a T40 fitted onto larger SmartROC T45 carriers

Working with Ravenswood Gold, Roc-Drill has a fleet of hybrid Epiroc rigs, featuring the boom assembly and noise reduction kits designed for a T40 fitted onto larger SmartROC T45 carriers

Quaint colonial timber houses. Handsome Federation-style brick pubs. Vibrant bougainvillea and poinciana trees. Ravenswood could almost be any Australian small country town. Almost, but for the enormous...

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