SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boart Longyear
(www.BoartLongyear.com), the world's leading provider of integrated
exploration drilling services, equipment and performance tooling,
is proud to announce that Edmund J. Longyear has been
nominated in the exploration category for the International Mining
Hall of Fame.
Longyear has been nominated for his influence in contract
diamond drilling, geological services and shaft sinking in the
early part of the 20th century, serving the rapidly
growing U.S. iron ore mining and steel industry
In 1890, Longyear drilled the first diamond core hole in
the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota. He later formed the E.J. Longyear
Company, which would eventually become Boart Longyear. The company
developed the wireline-retrieved Q core barrel, which
revolutionized the exploration business in the 1960s and is still
the standard used for exploration drilling.
"We were excited to hear that Mr. Longyear has been nominated
for this international award. As an early leader and innovator in
exploration mining, he help set the stage for our industry to grow
to where it is today," said Richard
O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer of Boart Longyear. "Boart
Longyear continues to honor his legacy by developing innovative
drilling methods, performance tooling and equipment."
A panel of 200 experts and leaders in the fields of exploration,
mining and processing will vote on the nominations for the
International Mining Hall of Fame — which proclaims to be the only
hall of fame to recognize the global innovators in the mining
industry.
Of the accepted nominations, only 14 will be inducted into the
International Mining Hall of Fame during a gala dinner hosted at
the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake
City, Utah on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
Categories for the nominations include safety, exploration,
underground development, underground production, underground load
and haul, underground support, surface mine production, surface
mine load and haul, mining software, comminution, concentration,
bulk handling, tailings management, and outstanding innovator.
In 1990, Longyear was also inducted into the National Mining
Hall of Fame in Leadville,
Colo.
To learn more about Boart Longyear visit:
http://www.boartlongyear.com.
About Boart Longyear
With over 120 years of
expertise, Boart Longyear is the world's leading provider of
drilling services, drilling equipment, and performance tooling for
mining and drilling companies globally. It also has a substantial
presence in aftermarket parts and service, energy, mine
de-watering, oil sands exploration, and production drilling.
The Global Drilling Services division operates in over 40
countries for a diverse mining customer base spanning a wide range
of commodities, including copper, gold, nickel, zinc, uranium, and
other metals and minerals. The Global Products division designs,
manufactures and sells drilling equipment, performance tooling, and
aftermarket parts and services to customers in over 100
countries.
Boart Longyear is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, and listed on the
Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney,
Australia. More information about Boart Longyear can be
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Contact: Monika
Portman
Director of Corporate Communication
Phone: +1 801-952-8451
Email: monika.portman@boartlongyear.com
SOURCE Boart Longyear