Mining operation uses Exalt equipment to connect to site office

Exalt Communications announced that General Moly. Inc., which may become the world’s largest primary producer of molybdenum (moly) through two mining operations in Nevada, has deployed Exalt microwave backhaul systems to connect its Mount Hope, Nev., mine with its site office in Eureka, Nev.
The Exalt solution provides a multi-hop, multi-band data link that carries information between the two sites as General Moly awaits federal permits to begin mining. Moly is a metal ore with one of the highest melting temperatures of all the elements and when added to steel, increases strength, hardness, toughness, elevated temperature strength and corrosion resistance.
General Moly and Exalt partner KNS of Denver, Colo., deployed ExtendAir all-outdoor 5 GHz, 11 GHz, and 23 GHz systems, configured to carry 100 megabits per second (Mbps) of Ethernet traffic to span 24 miles between the office in Eureka and the server at the mine on Mount Hope. All Exalt systems are built on Exalt’s universal technology platform to allow for rapid deployment of multi-hop, multi-band systems.
“The Mount Hope facility will be one of the largest and richest moly mines in the world when it goes into production, and we need a high capacity communications link that will be rock solid under all conditions,” said Donna Peske, manager of IT at General Moly Nevada Mines.
Exalt ExtendAir systems provide General Moly with “pay-as-you-grow” scalability, field-upgradable capacity, guaranteed throughput, and 99.999% availability.
“Mining operations require a robust backhaul infrastructure, and in this case multi-hop, multi-band, and fiber-quality,” said Amir Zoufonoun, president and CEO of Exalt Communications.