Mincon Chile Wins Safety Award
Mincon Chile has been recognised for its excellent safety track record, after two years without any accidents or operational loss at the Radomiro Tomic Copper Mine in Chile, operated by Minera Codelco. The team at Mincon Chile has a service contract for supplying drilling consumables and conducting drilling for all operations at the mine. Mincon […]
Mincon Canada’s North Bay Factory Supports “Curling for Kibble”
Mincon Canada recently participated in the “Curling for Kibble” charity bonspiel, hosted by the North Bay and District Humane Society. The event, which took place on 21 January 2023, was a resounding success, with 22 teams coming together to raise over CA$9,100 for the Pet Food Bank and the shelter’s food and litter program. Mincon […]
Fresh Water For A Community In South Africa
In December 2022 the team at Mincon South Africa officially cut the ribbon for the unveiling of its most ambitious CSR projects to date: a water borehole for a primary school in South Africa. Work on the project started in August 2022, when a drill team – using Mincon drilling tools – sunk a 64-metre-deep […]
Mincon Australia Raises Money for Mental Health Awareness
Mincon Australia recently helped raise funds and awareness for mental health through its sponsorship of the Strong Minds, Strong Mines charity boxing event. This wellness program aims to eradicate the stigma and discrimination that unfortunately continues to be associated with mental health. The event was organised by Soa “The Hulk” Palelei, a former UFC and […]
Safe Drilling on the Shoreline: Mincon Spiral Flush Leveraged for Crown Bridges Light Rail Project in Helsinki, Finland
The Crown Bridges Light Rail (Kruunusillat) project is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Finland in recent years. When the projected is finished in 2027, a total of three new bridges, including a 1,200-metre-long bridge that will be the longest one ever built in Finland, will connect Helsinki downtown to the expanding suburbs of […]
Mincon launches new DTH hammer line-up for 2023
Shannon, Ireland, 24 October 2022 – Mincon Group plc has unveiled its next-generation DTH hammer range that will be available starting in 2023. The product range is centred around high-efficiency DTH hammers that combine class-leading penetration rates with proven energy savings that will help customers reduce their drilling costs and carbon emissions. Mincon’s MP-series is […]
Dam, It’s Sensitive: The Case of Melo Hydroelectric Powerplant in Finland
Mincon’s Geotechnical Centre in Ylöjärvi, Finland has a very special work site in its backyard: the Melo hydroelectric powerplant and its adjacent embankment dam, which produces clean and renewable energy in the city of Nokia. It is also a place where Mincon’s expertise was used for renovating the dam, to help it remain in excellent […]
Mincon’s Social Impact assists hundreds during first half of 2022
Mincon Group’s Social Impact CSR programme has made a meaningful difference to hundreds of students during the first half of 2022. Initiatives headed up by the team at Mincon South Africa have helped to provide basic necessities for hundreds of disadvantaged youth and adult students at four schools and one community support organisation. The team […]
Mincon Peru Supports Sports To Engage Local Communities
Sports is an activity that substantially serves to improve physical and mental health. As part of our commitment to create opportunities for the communities in which we operate, Mincon Perú proudly sponsors the Lima-based Pietro Varisco football club to help promote good sports practices based on competitive spirit, transparency, and fair play. Pietro Varisco has […]
Mincon’s MP40-MQ DTH hammer proves its reliability and cost-savings
Drillers at Bam Ritchies, a leading geotechnical contractor in the United Kingdom, now have first-hand experience of the cost-saving performance offered by Mincon’s next-generation DTH hammer, the MP40-MQ. Serviced by our UK distributor, Stratum Drilling Solutions Ltd, a drill rig operator at a Bam Ritchies limestone quarry in the north of England has managed to […]