Comprehensive critical power turnkey solutions
As the mining sector embraces electrification and automation, reliable power and energy management has become essential to operational success. Unplanned supply disruptions are extremely costly — not only impacting production and capital expenditure but also posing risks to worker safety. Having a trusted power solutions partner is therefore vital to maintaining safe, productive operations.
Full cable management and lifecycle solutions
A true end-to-end service provider, PBE Rutherford provides complete lifecycle management of mining cables among its many other capabilities.
PBE Rutherford’s Cable Services division provides a comprehensive range of services, including on-site testing, cable repairs, cable supply, training and compliance audits, helping mining customers maintain safe and reliable power distribution.
All cables supplied are manufactured to relevant Australian and New Zealand standards, including AS/NZS 1802, AS 1972, and AS/NZS 1429 while all cable repairs and testing are carried out to AS/NZS 1747, ensuring operational safety, integrity and long-term reliability. Importantly, PBE Rutherford manages and maintains detailed cable records for customers, providing complete lifecycle history tracking to support compliance, performance monitoring and asset management.
This strict adherence to recognised standards ensures mining customers receive robust, certified solutions that minimise downtime and maintain safe, reliable power distribution across demanding sites.
Extending cable life through preventative maintenance, refurbishment and on-site testing helps customers reduce replacement costs and avoid unplanned outages.
PBE Rutherford recently opened a new Karratha workshop, strategically located in the Karratha Industrial Estate, purpose-built to support trailing cable repairs locally. As the only company currently offering these repairs in the region, this provides a significant advantage through reduced logistics costs and faster turnaround times, typically one to two weeks where downtime is critical.
The company also designs and manufactures its CouplerCo range of industry-leading cable couplers, manufactured to AS 1299, enabling fast and reliable cable connections that help reduce downtime during maintenance or equipment changeovers.
Now operating from six strategic locations across Australia, PBE Rutherford’s Cable Services division is the go-to supplier for power reticulation and trailing cables for electric vehicles in mining and infrastructure applications. The division is a supplier of mining cables from multiple global manufacturers and is the Australian distributor of Plymouth rubber repair tapes.
With global distribution and facilities in strategically located across Australia, PBE Rutherford is your go-to supplier of power reticulation and trailing cables.
Hybrid Power Station EPC Provider
PBE Rutherford also designs and constructs hybrid power stations including gas or diesel power stations, solar farms and battery energy storage systems. Its Hybrid Power Station and Electrical Infrastructure Projects division supplies everything required for a complete turnkey high-voltage power system solution, including design, manufacture, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance.
PBE Rutherford has successfully delivered numerous hybrid power station and electrical infrastructure projects, including grid-connected and off-grid remote power systems incorporating hybrid power systems (thermal, solar and BESS), high voltage substations up to 330kV and complete site-wide high-voltage reticulation infrastructure.
PBE Rutherford’s technical expertise, full lifecycle services and industry-leading products, backed by more than 48 years industry experience, ensure mining customers can operate with confidence, minimise downtime and extend the life of their critical electrical assets. The company brings extensive expertise and a proven track record in guiding customers towards a decarbonised future through electrification, energy management and other technologies.
Solutions provided by PBE Rutherford have been proven across small to large-scale mining operations throughout Australia helping customers minimise downtime, extend cable life and improve overall safety and reliability.
To learn more on how PBE Rutherford can support your mining operations, visit www.pberutherford.com
