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    RCT Pedestrian Alert System at Queensland mines: collision-risk lessons for engineers

    July 7, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    First reported on International Mining – News

    30 Second Briefing

    RCT – Powered by Epiroc has deployed its Pedestrian Alert System (PAS) across a northwest Queensland mining and smelting complex to reduce collision risk between heavy mobile equipment and on-foot workers. The PAS uses personnel tags and machine-mounted detection units to identify people within configurable exclusion zones around loaders, trucks and other plant, triggering in-cab alarms and external visual warnings. Integration with existing fleet and radio infrastructure allows site-specific zoning in high-traffic areas such as crusher feed pads and smelter transfer bays, targeting known near-miss hotspots.

    Technical Brief

    • Similar PAS deployments are increasingly being written into site traffic management plans as a formal control layer.

    Our Take

    RCT – Powered by Epiroc’s work at the northwest Queensland complex aligns with its recent deployments of AutoNav systems in Canada and at Vertex Minerals’ Reward gold mine, signalling a push to offer a full safety–automation stack from collision avoidance through to tele-remote and semi-autonomous operation.

    Within our mining safety-tagged coverage, Australia frequently appears as a test bed for new Epiroc and RCT technologies, suggesting that Queensland operators may gain earlier access to integrated OEM-backed safety solutions than many peer regions.

    The focus on a smelting complex in northwest Queensland broadens RCT’s footprint beyond pit and underground environments seen in the Canadian nickel and Hill End gold articles, indicating that its pedestrian alert and control systems are now being tuned for congested plant and materials-handling layouts as well as mobile mining fleets.

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    Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.

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