Scott Ellenbecker is editor-in-chief of multiple
in-house publications for Atlas Copco, and the president of Ellenbecker
Communications, an international communications firm specializing in the
drilling, mining and construction industries.
Anderson Drilling is a respected and experienced foundation contractor known for tackling big foundation jobs in California. Anderson operates a high-quality and well-maintained fleet of foundation drills and cranes, and the traditional tooling capable of completing these often monumental projects. In order to be more efficient in the recent downturn in the construction economy, Anderson looked at newer technology, specifically Atlas Copco’s 48-inch cluster drill, as a way to speed up the foundation drilling process.
In spite of extreme cold weather arriving earlier than expected, Copper Mountain Mining Corp.’s careful planning, perseverance and high tech investment in reopening a 15-year dormant copper mine remains on track to achieve full production by June 2011.
For cows to produce milk, it is, of course, necessary for them to drink water – about 25 gallons each per day. At Norswiss Farms Inc., in Rice Lake, Wis., geothermal cooling is just as important as drinking water.
Based in Glenmoore, Pa., B.L. Myers Bros. does it all – residential, geothermal, monitoring, recovery, production, irrigation and de-watering, as well as soil borings and probably any other type of well or hole you can think of.
The Arrowhead region of Northern Minnesota is a wilderness covered with trees, lakes and open pit mines. One lake, less than a mile from the Birch Lake Exploration Project, once was an open pit iron ore mine.
There are as many ways and reasons to put a hole in the ground as there are variations in geology. Although many drilling contractors will never use all the tools that are available, it often is interesting to see how our colleagues working in other applications do their jobs.
