drilling Archives

September 12, 2017

Maximising drilling fluid performance in HDD

Geodrilling International speaks to Daniel Galpin, Drilling Optimisation Specialist at AMC about the maximising drilling fluid performance in HDD.

October 10, 2017

METS company IMDEX unveils new branding and solutions focus

IMDEX Limited (ASX: IMD) (“IMDEX” or the “company”), a leading mining equipment, technology and services (METS) provider to the global minerals industry, today announces the launch of its new branding, which includes the corporate logo and IMDEX’s leading brands AMC and REFLEX.

December 12, 2017

How the IoT is affecting exploration mining – a Q&A with Michelle Carey

We ask Michelle Carey, IMDEX’s Global Manager Integrated Solutions how the IoT is affecting exploration mining.

December 15, 2017

The breakdown on biodegradable drilling fluids

AMC has a strong commitment to minimising environment impact, providing appropriate resources to comply with legislative requirements and assisting our clients to do the same.

March 7, 2018

Rising to the challenge of waterwell drilling in Cape Town

As dam levels in Cape Town, South Africa sink to critical levels, the city is well into its Water Resilience Plan. Both council and residents are now turning their attention to groundwater to reduce some of the pressure on municipal water sources. In the harsh summer heat, residents have been reduced to a usage of around 25 litres of water per day, from one of 200 collection points spread out across Cape Town.

March 28, 2018

Getting to the core of hand and finger injuries

At REFLEX, our technologies focus on improving the overall drilling process by providing solutions that are fast, accurate and easy to use, with the least disruption to the drilling cycle. The REFLEX CORE REMOVAL TOOL™ is part of our Drilling Optimisation solution, and is one of our products designed to minimise risk of injury, as well as protecting the core sample and orientation mark.

April 18, 2018

Innovating safety alongside productivity

Safety and productivity don’t often go hand-in-hand. So how do you continually minimise risk and create positive flow-on effects to operations? Find out how IMDEX is pinpointing improvements in the industry here.

May 15, 2018

The truth in real-time

Drilling holes is the universally accepted means to find ore bodies, so much so that some have nicknamed the drill a ‘truth machine’. Whatever the stage of exploration, the drilling life cycle is a critical element of the decision making process. The interpretation of data generated from drill samples helps us validate or update an ore body model and ultimately make a decision on how to proceed…often drilling another hole!

May 17, 2018

Drilling data tools driving change to geologist’s roles

Drill rig geologists can expect their roles to change from being data collectors to being data interpreters as the quality of drilling data continues to improve.