Black Rock Mine Operation, South Africa

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TBC continues its collaboration with longstanding partners Oculus and VuWall for an outstanding project for Black Rock Mine Operation, located in the Northern Cape region of South Africa.

The facility utilizes our longest continuous SmartTrac operator consoles and the largest SDVoE AV-over-IP video wall installation in an industrial setting to date.

Black Rock Mine Operations (BRMO) is a major manganese and iron ore mine operating in the Kalahari Desert. With three separate shafts producing 3.6 million tons of ore annually, BRMO faced challenges due to decentralized operations. To address this, BRMO collaborated with Jaco van Heerden and Oculus Operational Innovations to create the Integrated Remote Operations Centre (iRoc), a centralized control room solution.

iRoc, featuring a horseshoe-shaped videowall with 21 operator stations, utilizes 84 49-inch Prospectre screens for the main display and 84 24-inch screens for individual operator displays. Powered by VuWall’s TRx central management platform, the system integrates AV-over-IP distribution, multivideo wall control, and KVM management. The implementation of iRoc, along with VuStream 510 appliances, has significantly improved BRMO’s operational efficiency. Centralizing operations provided a comprehensive view of the entire value chain, enabling proactive decision-making.