Mining software tested.

AuthorRoss, Ian
PositionSudbury Report - Brief Article

A Sudbury industrial automation firm is expecting big things from two new "revolutionary" software products now being tested at Falconbridge's Sudbury mines over the next few months.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Known as PORTAULS (Plant Optimization Resource Tracking Asset Utilization and Data Logging Software) and AVS (Automated Ventilation Scheduler), BESTECH, a Sudbury IT company, is burning the software at Falconbridge's Craig and Thayer Lindsley mines.

"It's all Web-based and revolutionary," says BESTECH president Marc Boudreau. "Nobody is really doing this yet in the world."

The software allows mine managers to monitor production performance and ventilation efficiencies in real time.

The fast-growing 18-employee company, which...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT