AUSTRALIA -- A major natural resource company selected MIDEL's biodegradable synthetic fluid to retrofill their first transformer.

The client company's portfolio includes copper and zinc-lead-silver mining and processing operations in North Queensland.

As part of the mine safety and risk mitigation program, the company identified mineral oil-filled transformers at its copper mine as a potential fire risk. The transformers were flagged for further investigation.

The mining company invited the MIDEL team to the site to present options for reducing the risk posed by the transformers and opted to retrofill the first transformer using MIDEL's 7131 biodegradable, synthetic transformer fluid.

With over 3,000 workers operating in Australia's deepest underground copper mine at 1,900 m, safety at this location is paramount. Synthetic fluid-filled transformers are significantly more fireproof and can be placed closer together, the manufacturer said in a press release.

Source: MIDEL