Mission-critical mining communications
"Mission critical" sounds impressive on paper - until you're in the middle of the desert, miles from anywhere, and your operations depend on communications that simply cannot fail. APD Global doesn't just supply comms equipment: it delivers robust, reliable, purpose-built communication solutions for Australia's most demanding mining environments.
From remote sites to large-scale operations, APD Global partners with key clients to design, deploy and support critical communications infrastructure that keeps material moving, safety standards high, and downtime to an absolute minimum. In mining, every minute counts - reliable connectivity is what keeps the product flowing 24/7.
The field kit matches the terrain: portable solar and radio trailers, lattice towers and the crews that climb them. Telco design and construct →
Proven on site
From Pilbara substations to plant control systems.
BHP NPI Inland HV SCADA upgrade
SCADA and communications design, configuration, testing and commissioning at Yandi and Junction - the critical NPI HV assets powering the Yandi and MAC mining operations.
Roy Hill switchboard PMS integration
A 33 kV switchboard repurposed from Roy Hill Port, configured and tested by the EIC team for integration into the Mine Power Management System - SICAM, Siprotec 5, IEC 61850, FAT and site commissioning.
BHP Southtown substation design
Electrical, SCADA and communications design of the new 66/11 kV BHP Southtown Substation in Newman, Western Australia.
Silvergrass East commissioning
Process control system commissioning of the new plant - enabling automatic operation of the new plant equipment and ensuring plant ramp-up for operations.
Power load management upgrade
Design and implementation of the Power Load Management Control System and network upgrade.
Pilgangoora fuel facility control
Fuel facility control system for the lithium power station, delivered to the client's specifications - with post-delivery support for the power station operators.
MAC TLO sliding gate integration
Control system integration of the MAC TLO Working Platform Sliding Gate - electrical and instrumentation with testing and commissioning.
Port Hedland 35 MW BESS
Complete detailed design - primary, secondary, protection and full grid connection documentation - for the 35 MW battery on the North West Interconnected System, the grid behind the Pilbara's iron ore supply chain.
Alumina refinery GPS registration
Generator Performance Standard registered with AEMO for a fifty-year-old alumina plant on Western Power's SWIS - site testing, validated models and full compliance for a minerals-processing giant.
Mine-site power, SCADA, comms and process control
The capability runs across the whole site. Power: electrical, SCADA and communications design for substations like BHP's 66/11 kV Southtown in Newman. SCADA and control: from the Yandi and Junction HV upgrade - replacing standalone late-90s Areva e-Terra systems where critical faults could mean losing remote control of both substations - to power load management and plant control integration.
Comms: the mission-critical networks above, designed, deployed and supported in the field. Process control: commissioning that takes new plant to automatic operation and ramp-up, as at Silvergrass East - with Siemens SICAM, Siprotec 5 via DIGSI 5, IEC 61850 MMS and GOOSE, IEC 60870-5-104 and SNMP monitoring in the toolkit from the Roy Hill PMS integration.
The studies bench serves industrial and mining clients on islanded systems and compliance - including a fifty-year-old alumina refinery plant brought to full GPS compliance on Western Power's SWIS, and Woodside's Pluto integration with the North West Interconnected System. Power system studies → · The GPS case → · Pluto NWIS →
In the field
Mission-critical comms, in the field.
Design, deploy and support for remote mining operations - portable solar and radio trailers, lattice towers and the crews that climb them.
