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Modular Mining breaks new ground in Australia

BHP Billiton's coal operations in New South Wales and Queensland are set to start using Modular Mining Systems' state-of-the-art MasterLink wireless communications network, becoming the first mines in Australia to switch to the US-based Modular's wireless broadband technology.

Brad Ricks

This new system will enable W-LAN access across the mine sites with data transmission rates of 2Mb/s. The Mt Arthur coal operation in the Hunter Valley region of NSW has upgraded an existing Modular...

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