Downhole Surveys has released the GyroSmart, a portable gyro designed to survey inside drill rods to remotely monitor and diagnose the exact position and relative deviation on a rig’s drill hole.
Mutiny Gold is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for employing old techniques in a new and innovative way.
Coal and Allied has begun trialling a coal bed methane extraction project at its Hunter Valley Mount Thorley Warkworth mine to reduce its emissions footprint.
Swick Mining is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for its development of the underground diamond drill rig.
SANDVIK has just launched its new three-boom DD530 development/construction drill to the Australian market.
SANDVIK has launched a drill that is designed for use in rapid decline development in hard-rock mining, civil construction tunnelling operations, and for drilling 12 to 75 m² cross sections.
THE right information about the success of drilling and blasting patterns can be attained with the latest surveying and in-hole data capture technology.
DRILLSTRING failures, the bane of underground and surface drillers everywhere, may one day be less of a problem. Sarah Belfield writes
A WHALEBACK Mining Six Sigma Business Excellence team has made blast hole drilling a more efficient and less costly task.
MINE managers need to be more strategic when looking at drill and blast services, according to Orica’s blast based services manager Angelo Labriola.