Drillcon Drilling and Geotechnical Services to Mining Clients
Drillcon delivers drilling and geoservices to firms in the mining industry, to help achieve cost-effective boring and technical solutions.
Diamond Core Drilling and Raise Boring
Industrivägen 2,
713 30 Nora,
Sweden
Drillcon’s drilling services consist of surface and underground diamond core drilling, geophysical surveys and raise boring. Drillcon has around 45 drilling units, and drills around 300km of core drilling a year. The company’s drilling rigs range from lightweight units on rubber tracks to heavy-duty computer-controlled units with capacities of more than 2,000m.
Drillcon Core and Smoy’s main business is core drilling and geological services in Scandinavia. Drillcon Iberia is the operational base for raise boring in the group, in addition to providing core drilling services on the Iberian Peninsula.
Surface and underground diamond core drilling is performed by diesel or electric powered units. Drillcon’s capabilities include:
Percussion drillings are usually performed to obtain soil or rock samples or for securing a rock surface. Samples are taken by:
Drillcon offers a range of technical surveys and services related to drilling, including:
Drillcon Iberia is the base for Drillcon’s raise boring operations. Drillcon introduced horizontal raise boring to the area in the early 1990s and has today performed more then 80,000m of raise boring.
The company currently has a fleet of ten raise borers with capacities ranging from 0.66m to 5m in diameter. Drillcon has worked throughout Europe, from Greenland to Greece, and has recently carried out projects in Turkey, Israel and Bulgaria. Clients range from hydro power utilities and mining companies, to wastewater authorities.
Drillcon´s Finnish subsidiary, Smoy, offers a large range of instruments and equipment for geophysical, geological and geotechnical services, including:
Drillcon Group is Europe’s leading company in diamond core drilling and a major raise boring contractor. Drillcon was established in 1963 and has been a public company since 2006, listed on Nasdaq OMX First North on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
The company’s head office is located in Nora, Sweden. The Drillcon Group consists of the parent company with the following subsidiaries:
Drillcon delivers drilling and geoservices to firms in the mining industry, to help achieve cost-effective boring and technical solutions.
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Industrivägen 2
713 30 Nora
Sweden
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