CMAC-THYSSEN Long Hole Drilling Inc. was founded Mr. Claude MacDonald in May 1995.

The company specializes in long hole underground and service hole drilling, in the
installation of cablebolting, in the blasting of inverse and drop raises, and in the hiring out and training of manpower.

 

CMAC-THYSSEN Long Hole Drilling Inc. is a member of numerous professional associations:

  • The Quebec Mine Contractors Association (QMCA);
     
  • The Ontario Mine Contractors Safety Association (OMCSA):
     
  • The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIMM);

 

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The company owns efficient and safe equipment designed to undertake drilling operations; the advantages of doing business with CMAC-THYSSEN Long Hole Drilling Inc. are noteworthy:

  • Access to a team of experts who have more than 100 years of experience in the field of long hole drilling;
     
  • Certified employees who hold the Modular Training Card (Quebec, Canada) and the Common Core Card (Ontario, Canada);
     
  • Quality control and operations accomplished in a fast, safe and efficient manner;
     
  • Highly specialized equipment with high precision equipment (laser);
     
  • Very competitive prices.

Services

  • Production drilling and blasting;
    Blasting and drilling of inverse raises (up to 65 feet) and drop raises (up to 100 feet);
     
  • Drilling, installation and cementing of anchoring cables;
     
  • Service hole drilling: 2” to 6” in diameter up to 100 feet in length, using a percussive pneumatic drill;
     
  • Service hole drilling: 2” to 12” in diameter up to 400 feet in length, using a hydraulic drill;
     
  • Down-the-hole drilling: 4” to 8” in diameter;
     
  • Installation of cable anchoring in raises;
    Training in all aspects of mining operations.

Quality Norms

CMAC-THYSSEN Long Hole Drilling Inc. is the only mining contractor to give a 100% warranty on the majority of its work involving drilling, long-holes and raises.

Throughout divisions of CMAC-THYSSEN Mining Group, the following equipment is available:

  • Long hole drilling jumbos: electric, hydraulic and pneumatic;
     
  • Face drilling jumbos: electric, hydraulic and pneumatic;
     
  • Scooptrams from 3.5 yards to 8 yards;
     
  • Underground haulage trucks 15 and 26 tons;
     
  • Surface haulage trucks and front-end loaders;
     
  • Utility vehicles: scissor lifts, crane trucks, tractors, service vehicles;
     
  • Track equipments: locos, muck machines, cars;
     
  • Alimak and Alicab climbers - air and diesel driven;
     
  • Shaft sinking equipments: hoist, cryderman clam;
     
  • Compressors - electric and diesel;
     
  • Various small equipments: concrete pumps, grout pumps, shortcrete pumps, winches.

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