Fri August 11, 2006
Texas Mall Goes Underground With Directional Drill
The directional drilling equipment routinely used for installing underground utilities is turning up in some unusual places as project and property owners become more aware of the benefits offered by the trenchless technology....
Wed August 09, 2006
Dig-R-Tach Attachment Allows Backhoes to Drill Into Earth
General Equipment Co.’s Model 471 Dig-R-Tach hydraulically powered earth drilling attachment system is specifically designed for use with lower-auxiliary hydraulic system flow rates found on popular models of compact loader backhoes, mini-excavators and compact utility loaders....
Tara Deering - Tue May 09, 2006
Big Warrior Attacks Bigger Utility Job in Alabama
Sometimes big jobs call for big machines. When Big Warrior Corp., based in Cleveland, AL, was faced with installing a 12-in. natural gas transmission line spanning 2,000 ft. (610 m) in solid rock, the company’s horizontal directional drilling (HDD) experts enlisted its biggest HDD machine — a Vermeer Navigator D200x300....
Wed April 26, 2006
National Drilling Association Announces President, Board
The National Drilling Association (NDA) board of directors has appointed Larry Gibel the new president of NDA at the recent board and committee meetings in Atlanta. P. Don Ulses, who had served as president since early 2004, announced his retirement from Boart Longyear and the drilling industry as well as his resignation from the position of NDA president....
Sat April 15, 2006
MPS Machinery Adds Sandvik’s Driltech and Tamrock Drills
MPS Machinery, a Texas dealer in the aggregate industry, recently added Sandvik Mining and Construction’s Driltech and Tamrock drill lines to its line of Sandvik crushers. Since 1978, MPS has carried Sandvik Rock Processing’s Jawmaster, Hydrocone H and S series, Impactmaster and Merlin vertical shaft impact crushers....
Fri May 13, 2005
Tamrock Drills Keeping Up With the Joneses in Bustling Atlanta
J.B. Jones Drilling is one of the busiest drilling and blasting contractors in the equally busy Atlanta area, where new residential and commercial construction sites seem to appear as naturally as Georgia peaches in the spring....
Wed July 07, 2004
Ditch Witch Gives FL Workers Fresh Drilling Directions
Ditch Witch of Central & South Florida recently hosted a series of half-day HDD training workshops featuring directional drilling. Ditch Witch designed the sessions to educate directional drillers on all aspects of the job....
Fri February 20, 2004
Atlas Copco to Buy Ingersoll-Rand Drilling Solutions
Ingersoll-Rand has agreed to sell its Drilling Solutions business unit to Atlas Copco AB, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, for approximately $225 million. The transaction, which is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2004, is subject to government regulatory approvals....
Jeff White - Thu September 18, 2003
HDD Proves Valuable in Rural Iowa Water Projects
As one might guess, a rural water district in the Midwest — especially Iowa — by its very nature may cover hundreds of square miles of farmland, prairie, and forest, with a small to mid-sized town here and there....
Thu October 17, 2002
Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd.: Permitting Completed for Additional Drilling in Nevada
Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. has announced that permitting for a Phase II drilling program on the Company’s South Carlin project is now complete.
The 17-sq.-mi. (44 sq km) project is located on the Carlin Trend between Newmont Mining’s Gold Quarry Mine (20 million ounces) and Rain Mine (1.5 million ounces) in Elko County, NV....
