Communications Solutions for Mining

Tait is a leading supplier of integrated, open standards-based communications solutions to a wide range of mining operations both above and underground.

Communications that meet the highest demands regarding safety, responsiveness and flexibility are crucial for mining companies who must ensure safety and efficiency is never compromised.

Tait equipment is designed to cope with the harshest of environments, and is ideal for mining operations requiring reliable, robust and instant communications to link all operational facilities and staff in a rough and ever-changing environment.

Tait products ideal for mining operations

Tait TM8000 mobile radios and Tait Orca 5000 portable radios are sealed to meet the water and dust ingress standard of IP54, and have also passed a number of Military Standard tests.

Tait Orca 5000 portable radios can be supplied with Intrinsically Safe (IS) and Non-Incendive (NI) features for use around hazardous materials.

We can deliver customised voice and data mobile radio products and solutions suited to even the most demanding mining environments - and our class-leading products mean customers gain wide area radio coverage with the minimum amount of infrastructure.

Tait mining solutions

Tait has provided mining communications solutions to the following mining operations:

Minerva Mine, Queensland - Tait has supplied Minerva Mine with TM8110 mobiles and a mobile TB8100 repeater, which provides coverage to the mobile and portable radios anywhere in the mine site.

Rio Tinto mine, the Pilbara, Western Australia - Tait radio communications equipment is used for transporting data, including a significant number of Tait SINAD voters deployed in the West Angeles, Paraburdoo ad Yandie mines.

Lihir Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea - This gold mine relies on a TaitNet trunked radio system for communications.