SURFACE

Exploring its options

Described as its “bread and butter” income stream, the business of underground drilling has proved to be a stable money-earner for Boart Longyear amid a large retraction in the mining sector.

Gareth Tredway
Boart Longyear’s Drill Control Interface (DCi) offers fully electronic interface for safe, efficient drilling

Boart Longyear’s Drill Control Interface (DCi) offers fully electronic interface for safe, efficient drilling

As commodity prices have softened, major mining companies have pulled the reins in, refocusing on existing mines and cutting costs and capital expenditure. “Usually the first thing to go is surface exploration,”...

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