December2020

 December 2020 print issue
VIEWPOINT

That was the year that was

It has without a doubt been a year like no other and for all the wrong reasons

25 November 2020

 The battery-powered MacLean 975 Omnia scaler-bolter in action
MINING

From the ground up

MacLean Engineering's Patrick Marshall maps out the industry's need for advanced vehicle technology

23 November 2020

 Robertson Geo has a fleet of service logging vehicles fully customised and comprehensively equipped with subsurface data acquisition and surface winch deployment equipment; ready to go whatever the location or application
GROUNDWATER

How a specialist deals with borehole maintenance and monitoring

Robertson Geo provides GDI with a definition of borehole survey techniques

17 November 2020

 The development of the manual water well drilling industry in the DRC has reached a turning point
GROUNDWATER

The rise or fall of the manual drilling sector in the DRC

An insight into the problems concerning the delivery of manual drilling for water wells in the DRC

12 November 2020

 IMDEX’s COREVIBE uses high-frequency, energy pulse-assisted drilling for wireline coring to provide significant advancements in productivity
CORE SAMPLING

A licence to drill — the next major improvements in core drilling

With core bit reaching the limit of improvements, IMDEX concentrates on other aspects of technology

12 November 2020

 Darren Hughes, from D Hughes Well Drillers checking the images produced by the Laval R-CAM 1000 XLT borehole camera to identify that a borehole was collapsing
GROUNDWATER

How to get to the bottom of borehole problems

Advice from Geoquip Water Solutions on investigation and treatment options for boreholes

11 November 2020

 A view of how Seequent’s geomodelling software is being used to develop the 3D geological model for Crossrail 2 in the UK
SITE INVESTIGATION

Seequent's technology transforms critical infrastructure projects

How modelling software from Seequent is being used on major UK infrastructure projects

10 November 2020

 The latest generation of Epiroc’s lightweight water well drilling rigs, the TH10-LM is travelling around Brazil
GROUNDWATER

On the road in Brazil with Epiroc's TH10LM water well drilling rig

Microcrystalline limestone in Brazil is no problem for Epiroc's TH10-LM water well drilling rig

10 November 2020

PARTNER CONTENT

Geothermal Game Changer

Customer-inspired engineering leads to fieldwork simplified

PARTNER CONTENT

A Sneak Peek at the Future of Drilling Data

Drilling is the first step in an optimised mine value chain, so it is crucial to

PARTNER CONTENT

Gain Ground on the Competition

Rigs, tooling designed for direct push propel profits, production across industries

PARTNER CONTENT

Simplify your geotechnical Jobs

Multi-application drill rigs and enhanced tools boost productivity and profits.