GDI June 2010
Where sonic is making waves
GDI profiles the leading manufacturers of sonic drilling equipment and outlines their capabilities Full story...Comment
Making light work of hard rock
IN OCTOBER 2008, GDI reported that search engine Google had taken an interest in geothermal energy, through its philanthropic arm Google.org, investing over US$10 million in EGS technology... Full story...Reports
Bursting with new ideas
Cirrus has been using AirBurst Technology to rehabilitate and clean up water boreholes Full story...
Magco guides the way in Phoenix
Dan Gay, senior estimator/project manager at Magco Drilling, reports on two shaft-drilling projects carried out at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Terminal 4 and Guideway Full story...Projects
Aarsleff proves its worth
Worthing Borough Council has been performing essential maintenance on the timber-framed landing stage surrounding the end of the West Sussex town’s 150-year-old Grade II-listed pier. Full story...
Innovation energises Sauerland pyramids
The Sauerland pyramids in Lennestadt, Germany, situated on a mountain overlooking the town of Meggen, have undergone an innovative energy concept. Full story...Sonic rigs rescue Surrey school installation
TR3 Geological Services won a tender to install a geothermal grid during the summer of 2009, under what would be Woodward Hill Elementary School’s brand new, all-weather soccer field in Surrey. Full story...Schlumberger expands
Schlumberger has acquired GeothermEx, a California-based global provider of geothermal consulting services. Full story...Fugro in Sierra Leone
African Minerals has awarded Fugro a contract for a site investigation related to the development of Freetown Port in Sierra Leone. Full story...Trevi Icos Corp scoops US$4.6m Harvard Art Museum work
Trevi Icos Corp has been awarded a prestigious new contract in the US worth about US$4.6 million. Full story...Junttan Oy buys up ExcaDrill
FINLAND-BASED Junttan Oy is buying ExcaDrill, PiloMac Oy’s rock-drilling equipment unit. Full story...Quebec hard-rock bridging
In Quebec, a Spanish-Canadian consortium is building the Nouvelle Autoroute 30 highway, bypassing Montreal at the south towards the A20 and A40 in the west. Full story...Equipment
Devico to partner Atlas Copco in SA
Norway-based Devico has signed an agent agreement with Atlas Copco, the leading supplier to the exploration-drilling market in South Africa and neighbouring countries. Full story...
IMER signs pump deal
The IMER Group concrete machinery division is launching an innovative and complete range of truck-mounted concrete pumps. Full story...Hydraquip buys BCS
Hydraquip Hose & Hydraulics has acquired the assets of Grimsby-based BCS Hydraulics & Pneumatics, which it will be operating as a branch of Hydraquip Hose & Hydraulics from May. Full story...Deutz engine fluid tips
To coincide with the introduction of the new Tier 4 Interim/Stage III B engine generation, Deutz is making recommendations on the choice of service fluid. Full story...Nibe gains two firms
NIBE Energy Systems (previously NIBE Heating) has acquired two new companies: ABK in Norway and Lotus Heating Systems in Denmark. Full story...Glasmedia natural replacement
In the drilling industry, historically, conventional practice has been to use natural, round filter sands and gravels when installing monitoring and water-abstraction wells. Full story...Enoscientific sounds out wells
US-based Enoscientific has launched the Well Sounder 2010, a self-contained, portable, acoustic-ranging instrument, designed to find the distance through a pipe or borehole to an obstruction. Full story...Atlas Copco opts for EGR/DPF system
Atlas Copco Portable Air has selected the EGR/DPF system to make its portable compressors compliant with EPA Tier 4A/EU Stage III B. The first prototype of a XRHS 366 unit was shown at Bauma. Full story...McElroy socket tooling kits aim to make life simpler
US-BASED McElroy said its new socket-tooling kits are set to simplify the working lives of contractors. Full story...Van Walt launches SMS Well Modem
Van Walt has unveiled a well modem that uses SMS (text)/GPRS for remote wireless data communications. Full story...Boart upstages other bits
Boart Longyear has upgraded and expanded its Stage diamond coring bit line. Full story...People
Bauma hit by airspace closure
Bauer Maschinen GmbH has said exhibitors and visitors alike will remember Bauma 2010 as “the Bauma under the ash cloud”. Full story...
Greenfield exploration call
Australia’s reputation as one of the world’s foremost destinations for mineral exploration is under threat from a critical market failure. Full story...Bauer foursome tackles 3 Peaks Challenge
A quartet from Hertfordshire, UK-based Bauer Technologies Ltd has raised £5,500 for The COINS Foundation, a charity focused on tackling poverty in Africa. Full story...Lankelma seminar
Lankelma will hold a 10th anniversary seminar on June 10 at its East Sussex headquarters. Speakers will include Tom Lunne, of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, and Mike Long, from University College Dublin. Full story...SA drill insights
The Geological Society of South Africa will present a course in Johannesburg on drilling methods and techniques in exploration and mining from July 15-16. Full story...Eastern water focus
From September 26-29, the Ground Water Protection Council, in partnership with other US organisations, will host the second Water/Energy Sustainability Symposium. Full story...Euro energy target
The European Parliament’s second reading vote in plenary on May 18 strengthened the provisions of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Full story...NDA convention
Plans for the 2010 National Drilling Association convention are underway with the event due to take place September 29 to October 1 in Chesterfield, Missouri, US. Full story...Spectrometery course
The Spectroscopic Society of South Africa and the Central Analytical Facility at the University of Stellenbosch have introduced a five-day course in X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Full story...Northwest set for green training centre
A new training centre dedicated to green energy microgeneration technologies is to be opened later this year on the Wirral in the UK. Full story...Stuart Well Services teams up with Water for Africa
Stuart Well Services has donated supplies and drilling materials for the creation of water wells in deprived areas of The Gambia in Africa. Full story...Features
Where sonic is making waves
GDI profiles the leading manufacturers of sonic drilling equipment and outlines their capabilities Full story...
Diedrich sets out sonic stall
Until last year, US-based Diedrich Drill only sold its sonic head to other rig manufacturers, but then it decided to build its own sonic track rig using the knowledge it had learned from customers’ experiences, writes Diedrich Drill director Jim Lange Full story...Speed and accuracy score points for Newmont
Senior drill service consulting expert Denis Rousseau introduced sonic at Newmont Mining’s Minera Yanacocha gold mine in Peru almost eight years ago Full story...Core Issues
Buyers beware! How responsible are you?
Per Karschowski, director of Western, Central and Eastern Europe, at Achilles Group, highlights the risks and misconceptions surrounding health and safety issues, and second and third-tier suppliers – particularly pertinent to the construction sector Full story...Issue: GDI June 2010
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