Underground Contract Mining

The Byrnecut Group engages in mechanised underground mine feasibility, mine development and mine production.

This includes shaft sinking, shotcreting, raise-drilling, the provision of high-quality equipment rebuilds, maintenance engineering, labour hire and training for the mining industry, plus mine engineering consultancy services. Principal customers include first-world mine owners across the globe.

The purpose of a contract miner is to deliver the short-term schedules and targets for the mine and manage all necessary personnel and equipment required to make this happen.

Byrnecut has the systems, skills and resources to operate an underground mine, allowing the mine owner to focus on the technical and financial aspects of the orebody. We provide expert supervision, skilled operators, state-of-the-art mining equipment and processes, plus comprehensive and robust safety systems with logistic support to drill, blast, excavate and transport material out of the mine.

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Over our 30+ year history, Byrnecut have worked for

Our fleet

We operate a modern fleet of mechanised mining equipment from leading global equipment manufacturers, which is continuously updated to the latest generation models.

Byrnecut mining development drill Sandvik DD421, Longhole drill rig

Development Drills

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Development Drill:

  • Sandvik DD420 
  • Sandvik DD421 
  • Sandvik DD422i 
  • Sandvik DT290i tunnelling drill
Byrnecut mining production drill Sandvik DD421, Longhole drill rig

Production Drills

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Production Drill:

  • Sandvik DL420
  • Sandvik DL421
  • Sandvik DL430
  • Sandvik DL431
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Ground Support Drills

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Ground Support Drills:

  • Sandvik DS420 Cabolter
  • Epiroc
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Support Vehicles

Komatsu HD605, Byrnecut mining truck

Trucks

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Trucks:

  • Atlas Copco MT6020
  • Caterpillar AD55B
  • Caterpillar AD60
  • Caterpillar 775F
  • Komatsu HD605
  • Sandvik TH663
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Loaders

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Loaders:

  • Atlas Copco ST18
  • Caterpillar R1700G
  • Caterpillar R2900G
  • Caterpillar R3000H
  • Caterpillar 988H
  • Sandvik LH621

Remote control and automation

Byrnecut are at the forefront of remote control and automation in underground production and have introduced automated loading systems to numerous operating mines. We have expertise in various methods of loader control and automation including:

Byrnecut remote bogger operator monitoring underground mining development

Sandvik AutoMine

Mining automation with Caterpillar Command truck

Caterpillar MineGem / Command

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Nautilus Automated Guidance System (AGS)

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RCT ControlMaster

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Byrnecut Raisedrilling machinery, Robbins 61R Drill Rig

Raise Drilling

Byrnecut Shaft Sinking equipment being placed in Telfer project

Shaft Sinking

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Training and Development