#96 – Richard Butcher and Andrew Bywater from Gold Fields

December 16, 2020
#96 – Richard Butcher and Andrew Bywater from Gold Fields
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#96 – Richard Butcher and Andrew Bywater from Gold Fields

Dec 16 2020 |

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Show Notes

Richard Butcher is the Executive Vice President – Technical at Gold Fields and Andrew Bywater is General Manager at the Granny Smith Gold Mine. In this yarn, we follow on from Richard’s original Modernation episode (#54) and discuss further about where Gold Fields is at on the Modernisation road map. With Granny Smith being used as the major test mine for multiple new technologies, Andrew details what each piece of technology offers and both the opportunities and challenges associated with their implementation. You’ll hear about systems such as Newtrax, Mobilaris and many more.

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