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SURFACE CORE DRILLING [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
CONT

The surface core drilling contract will continue with Norex Drilling. The underground core drilling contract is scheduled to be tendered and awarded over the next few months ...

OBS

core drilling: The process of obtaining cylindrical rock samples by means of annular-shaped rock-cutting bits rotated by a borehole-drilling machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
CONT

Major Drilling offre une panoplie de services de forage incluant le carottage souterrain et en surface [...]

OBS

carottage : Opération qui consiste, dans un terrain à prospecter, à détacher de la masse un cylindre vertical, dit carotte, de roche ou de terrain minier, avec un outil creux adapté à l'extrémité d'une sonde, afin d'étudier la composition et la structure de ce terrain.

Key term(s)
  • carottage de surface

Spanish

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