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Mining World

Mining Weekly:
Medium sized multipurpose drill rig launched

Integrated exploration drilling products and services provider Boart Longyear's midsized LX11TM  has been received positively by the market.  Drilling contractors are impressed with the manoeuvrability and flexibility.

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Mining World

Australian Mining Magazine:
The rigs allow exploration teams to use a single drill for different ground conditions

Boart Longyear has improved safety features and track mounting on it's latest integrated mineral exploration drilling rig.

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Mining World

Mining World:
The Boart Longyear LX11TM is an economical multipurpose drilling rig.

The LX11TM features improved safety mechanisms, track mounting, a smaller footprint, and an overall lower cost of ownership.

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EM&J Mining Magazine

E&MJ Mining Magazine:
NIche Machines for Narrow-Vein Mining

While the world's major mines focus on bulk extraction, narrow-vein deposits demand a different approach-and different equipment.

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Mining World

Mining World:
Finding value in heap leach pads efficiently

Case Study for Boart Longyear using the LS600 sonic rig.

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International Mining

International Mining:
New Drilling Technology

Boart Longyear has it's LF130F model, which "is the only rig in it's class that offers large diameter PQ drilling capabilities" and is one of the largest heliportable rigs.

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MIning Magazine

Mining Magazine:
Boart Longyear describes the technology behind it's LS600 Sonic Drill

Sonic drilling technology is gaining traction in the mining-industry thanks to it's multiple uses and suitability to various ground conditions.

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MIning Monthly

Mining Monthly:
Boart Longyear SSUMX is a Diamond in the Rough

Difficult conditions presented the greatest challenge to a company working in Queensland's Galilee Basin.

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Australia Mining

National Driller:
Boart Longyear launches GTUMX Bit

Mineral exploration services and products provider Boart Longyear has launched the GTUMX diamond coring bit as the latest addition to its Ultramatrixline.

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Australia Mining

Mining Monthly:
Diamond Core Bits

Boart Longyear's GTUMX diamond coring bit is the latest addition to the UMX Line

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Australia Mining

Geo Drilling International:
Boart Longyear revenues up

It has been a promising start to the year for mining drilling services and products provider for Boart Longyear. Total revenue for the first half of 2012 was US$1,099 million and increase of 15% compared with US$959 million for the first half of 2011.

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Australia Mining

National Driller:
Boart Longyear opens Parts and Service Building

Boart Longyear has opened a new parts and service center in Salt Lake City which provides aftermarket equipment support for Boart Longyear’s third-party customers in the mining industry through technical support, repair, rebuild services...

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Mining World:
Trusonic a Case Study

Boart Longyear Drilling Services took on the challenge of drilling core samples from the unconsolidated waste rock dump at Kennecott Utah copper’s Bingham Canyon mine. 

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Australia Mining

Mining Magazine:
Boart Longyear expands Aftermarket Parts and Services

Boart Longyear is expanding its Aftermarket Parts and Services centers in key mining regions.

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Australia Mining

Australasian Drilling:
Boart Longyear Water Well sector

Controlling the water around mine sites is a top priority during the life of the mine.  Water plays an important role whether there is too little, too much or whether it needs to be monitored for safe mining practices.

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Asia Miner

Asia Miner:
Boart Longyear 6 yrs LTI free

Boart Longyear Drilling Services team working on the Martabe mine site celebrated six years lost time injury (LTI) free.

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Geo Drilling

Geo Drilling:
MINExpo 2012: Boart Longyear Booth

Boart Longyear offers mineral exploration services and drilling products for the mining industry, as well as water exploration, environmental sampling, energy and oil-sands drilling service is active in more than 40 countries.

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Pit & Quarry:
MINExpo 2012: Boart Longyear Booth 23018

Boart Longyear is expanding it's down-the-hole (DTH) bit options by releasing 18 new product configurations thar are compatible with more than 26 third party DTH Hammers.

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Mining World:
Safety: Martabe six years lost time injury free

Safety is emphasized daily on mine sites or operations, especially those in remote locations with high rainfall amounts.

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International Mining:
MINExpo attendees get firsthand impression

Boart Longyear will allow attendees to get a firsthand impression of the recently released LS600 Sonic Rig.

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Mining World:
Boart Longyear's New LS600 Sonic Drill

Boart Longyear the world's leading integrated drilling products and services provider for the mining industry, has taken a big step to remedy the overburden drilling challenges and has recently launched the LS600 sonic driill rig.

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Mining Weekly


Mining Magazine:

Boart Longyear expands DTH Bit Offering

Boart Longyear, a leading integrated drilling products and services provider, is expanding its down-the-hole(DTH) bit options.

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Mining Weekly
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Award-winning drilling company puts safety first

Safety is of significanct importance to mineral exploration drilling company Boart Longyear.

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Drilling Today
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Boart Longyear receives SHARP Award

Boart Longyear receives distinguished Safety and Health Achievement Award.

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Australian Resources & Investment:
Unique Mine & Water Service

Boart Longyear a global leader in mineral exploration and services for the mining industry identified a market need and has recently announced the expansion of their mine and water services into the Asia Pacific Market

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Forest & Mining:

10UMX™ Diamond Bit Launch

Boart Longyear is pleased to launch the 10UMX™ Diamond Bit.  This is the latest addition to its patented Ultramatrix™

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Aus Industry: 
Boart Longyear Puts its Future in the Hands of Great Staff
 

Thanks to a $7.3 million investment in new facilities, including almost $2 million of Australian Government funding...

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KSL Channel 5: 
Boart Longyear Sponsors FIRST Lego League

Boart Longyear, the world's largest mineral exploration company, is a proud sponsor off the Utah FIRST Lego League, which recently opened its 2012 season...

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Salt Lake Tribune: 
Boart Longyear Gets Top Safety Award from Utah's OSHA
 

Boart Longyear, the global drilling products and exploration services company based in Utah, received the Safety and Health Achievment Recogntion Program (SHARP) award for its Salt Lake City...

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Construction Europe: 
Right for the Job
 

New drilling technology is appearing all the time, and making the correct choices is important - no matter which area of drilling that technology is required for...

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Mining World: 
Boart Longyear Launches the 10UMX Diamond Bit
 

Boart Longyear, global provider of integrated drilling products and services has launched the 10UMX bit, the latest addition to the patented Ultramatrix (UMX) family of diamond coring bits...

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Australasian Drilling: 
Drill Rig News: Boart Longyear

With the recent resurgence in the drilling sector, Boart Longyear has developed and introduced new rigs for the exploration mining industry. Listening to customers' needs for safe, reliable, efficient...

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Geo-Strata: 
Sonic Drilling in Support of Geotechnical Investigation

The sonic drilling method has been used since the late 1980s, beginning primarily in the environmental, contaminated land and mineral exploration markets. ...

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International Mining:  
Facing the Future
 

Underground drilling remains a challenging environment, so continued improvements from key machine and component suppliers continues to jelp mines improve efficiency, particularly as operations go deeper...

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