Completed Drill and Blast Projects
We take pride in delivering projects efficiently and safely.
Since our establishment we have completed many successful drill and blast projects including:
| Project | Location | Client | Commodity | Scope | Commenced | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caval Ridge | Bowen Basin, Queensland | BMA | Coal | Provision of blasting personnel and drilling services on a campaign basis. | Mar 15 | Mar 18 |
| Yandi Oxbow and Billiards | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Short term, civil drilling and blasting services for infrastructure works including roads and diversion drains. | Nov 16 | Oct 17 |
| Millennium | Bowen Basin, Queensland | Peabody | Coal | Overburden drilling services | Dec 16 | Apr 17 |
| Coppabella | Bowen Basin, Queensland | Peabody | Coal | Drillng services. | Dec 16 | Feb 17 |
| Callide | Bowen Basin, Queensland | Batchfire | Coal | Overburden drilling services. | Dec 16 | Feb 17 |
| Nammuldi Incremental Tonnes | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Provision of drilling and blasting services over a 24 month period. Utilising D65 down hole hammer and DML rotary drills. | Aug 15 | Feb 17 |
| Cloudbreak | Pilbara, Western Australia | Fortescue Metals Group | Iron Ore | At peak 10 large rotary drills and 2 down hole hammer drills delivering blast hole drilling services. | Feb 13 | Dec 16 |
| Burton | Bowen Basin, Queensland | Thiess | Coal | Provision of MPU and operators for blasting activities. | Dec 14 | Apr 16 |
| Goonyella Riverside Mine | Bowen Basin, Queensland | BMA | Coal | Provision of 1 PV275 rotary drill for production drilling. | Aug 15 | Nov 15 |
| North Star – Iron Bridge | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Second program of drilling and blasting services for establishment works. | Aug 15 | Oct 15 |
| Mt Owen | Hunter Valley, NSW | Thiess | Coal | Provision of MPUs and blasting labour. | Jan 15 | Sep 15 |
| Roy Hill Fibre Optic | Pilbara, Western Australia | Underground Services Australia | Iron Ore | Civil drilling and blasting services for fibre optic infrastructure works. | Feb 15 | May 15 |
| Solomon | Pilbara, Western Australia | Leighton Contractors | Iron Ore | Provision of supplementary drilling services and specialist maintenance personnel and services. | Dec 14 | May 15 |
| Nova Nickel | Goldfields, Western Australia | NRW | Nickel | Civil drilling and blasting services to develop box cut. | Feb 15 | Apr 15 |
| North Star – Iron Bridge | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting services for establishment works. | Feb 14 | Jan 15 |
| Isaac Plains | Bowen Basin, Queensland | Isaac Plains Coal Management | Coal | Provision of down the hole blasting services including MPUs, explosive supply and management. | Jul 12 | Dec 14 |
| Brockman B2 / B4 | Pilbara, Western Australia | MACA | Iron Ore | Civil drilling and blasting services for road construction. | Nov 14 | Dec 14 |
| Murray and Maitland | Pilbara, Western Australia | MACA Civil | Iron Ore | Civil drilling and blasting services for rail works. | May 14 | Dec 14 |
| Roy Hill Rail | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Civil drilling and blasting services to establish cuttings along 200km of new rail. | Nov 13 | Dec 14 |
| Coppabella | Bowen Basin, Queensland | Peabody Energy Australia | Coal | Supplementary production drilling services utilising one PV275 rotary drill. | Aug 14 | Dec 14 |
| Saraji | Bowen Basin, Queensland | BMA | Coal | Provision of blasting services including MPU and operators. | Apr 14 | Nov 14 |
| Onslow Quarry | Pilbara, Western Australia | Rock JV | Quarry | Short term drilling and blasting services for this granite quarry. | Jun 14 | Jul 14 |
| Nammuldi | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting services associated with infrastructure establishment. | Jul 13 | Apr 14 |
| Daunia Coal Mine | Bowen Basin, Queensland | BMA | Coal | Provision of one PV275 and training services. | Jul 13 | Jan 14 |
| Mooka | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting services in close proximity to active rail including establishment works for the ore car repair shop, a marshalling yard, siding and drain works. | Oct 12 | Nov 13 |
| Yandi JSE | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting services for infrastructure works and creek diversion. | Nov 12 | Aug 13 |
| Cape Lambert Port B | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Civil drilling and blasting services in close proximity to existing infrastructure, for the expansion of Rio Tinto’s ore handling facilities. | Apr 11 | Jul 13 |
| Western Turner Syncline | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting services for the mine development including haul road and site infrastructure establishment and production drilling and blasting services. | Feb 10 | Jun 13 |
| Hail Creek | Bowen Basin, Queensland | Rio Tinto Coal | Coal | Provision of drilling and dewatering services. | Sep 12 | Mar 13 |
| Summit North & South – Cloudbreak | Pilbara, Western Australia | Brierty | Iron Ore | Civil drilling and blasting services for rail works. | Jul 12 | Dec 12 |
| Western Turner Brockman | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting services for infrastructure works for crushing vault and associated works. | Apr 12 | Dec 12 |
| Solomon | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting services on contour to establish Fortescue’s mining operations. Over 9.7 million BCM blasted on some of the harshest contours in the Pilbara. | Jul 11 | Dec 12 |
| Cape Lambert – Ground Support | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Ground support services including high reach drilling, meshing and cable bolting. | Apr 12 | Oct 12 |
| Solomon Spur | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Civil drilling and blasting services for rail works. | Jun 12 | Oct 12 |
| Christmas Creek | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Production drilling and blasting services. | Mar 12 | Oct 12 |
| Gregory Crinum | Bowen Basin, Queensland | BMA | Coal | Provision of supplementary production drilling services. | Jul 11 | Oct 12 |
| Cape Lambert Port A | Pilbara, Western Australia | Macmahon | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting services for expansion of Rio Tinto’s stock pile areas at Cape Lambert. | Jul 11 | Oct 12 |
| FMG Main Line Upgrade | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Civil drilling and blasting for rail duplication of three sections of Fortescue’s rail from Cloudbreak to Port Hedland. | Jun 11 | Apr 12 |
| Christmas Creek | Pilbara, Western Australia | Downer EDI | Iron Ore | Provision of supplementary drilling services. | Jul 11 | Mar 12 |
| South Middleback Ranges | South Australia | HWE Mining | Iron Ore | Contour drilling utilising 1 D65 down hole hammer drill to establish and open up new pits at OneSteel’s operations. | May 12 | Sep 11 |
| Karara | Mid Western Australia | Karara Mining | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting to establish the new mine’s pit and also for infrastructure works. | Sep 10 | Sep 11 |
| RGP5 Chichester Deviation | Pilbara, Western Australia | NRW | Iron Ore | Drilling and blasting near heritage sites and in close proximity to active rail for BHP Billiton’s rail deviation. | Apr 10 | Jan 11 |