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'It's a statement': Boart shifts drill rod manufacturing to US

Drilling equipment giant now making three models of its drill rods in Salt Lake City using US steel

Boart Longyear's XQ rod

Boart Longyear's XQ rod | Credits: Boart Longyear

Boart Longyear has brought the manufacture of three exploration drill rod models back to the US "for the first time in 70 years," the drilling giant announced yesterday. Boart's SuperQ, RQ, and XQ thread...

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