A MINING OASIS

DOMESHELTER AUSTRALIA'S FABRIC SHELTERS HAVE BECOME AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MINE SITES ACROSS THE GLOBE.

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According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a key physiological need for humans is shelter. This is especially true in the Australian mining industry, where workers operate under challenging weather conditions daily.

Enter DomeShelter Australia, a leading fabric shelter manufacturing company based in multiple locations across Australia.

“Our mission is to protect people and assets from the elements, quickly, simply and effectively,” DomeShelter Australia’s director of global sales Roy Fawkes told Australian Mining.

“Mine sites are dynamic environments, with commodity prices, expanding and contracting operations, and the weather all dictating what a site looks like and needs. Our semi-permanent DomeShelter Structures adapt to these changes.

“Our shelters are relocatable, reusable, repairable, and resellable, meeting the needs of evolving mine sites.”

As a mining operation expands, its design and infrastructure scope changes. A site might require a maintenance facility to be built close to the mining area, to eliminate travel time and operational downtime.

This is where DomeShelter Australia comes to the fore, with its fabric shelters offering an array of benefits, including the ability to be swiftly installed, disassembled and relocated.

“Instead of heavy vehicles travelling to a maintenance facility off-site, they can visit a purpose-built DomeShelter nearby,” Fawkes said.

“Then as the mine changes or expands, the mining company can easily relocate as needed. Being semi-permanent, our structures can adapt to suit the evolving nature of a mine site.”

The mobility of the shelters also has environmental advantages.