SALT LAKE CITY,
Jan. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Boart
Longyear (www.BoartLongyear.com), the world's leading provider of
integrated exploration drilling services, equipment and performance
tooling, is honored to announce that Edmund
J. Longyear will be inducted into the International Mining
Technology Hall of Fame's inaugural class for his role in
exploration. Fourteen inductees will be honored during a gala
dinner hosted at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
Longyear's influence in contract diamond drilling,
geological services and shaft sinking in the early part of the
20th century served the rapidly growing U.S. iron ore
mining and steel industry. This led to him winning the exploration
nomination.
"Edmund truly was a pioneer in mineral exploration and
drilling," said Richard O'Brien,
president and chief executive officer of Boart
Longyear. "He deserves the recognition that the
International Mining Technology Hall of Fame bestows upon its
inductees."
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.
A panel of experts and leaders in the fields of
exploration, mining and processing determined the final inductees
from a large field of nominations from the international mining
community. The International Mining Hall of Fame is the only hall
of fame to recognize the global innovators in the mining
industry.
Longyear will join the 14 other inductees from the areas
of 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 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
found at www.boartlongyear.com. To get
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Contact: Monika
Portman
Director of Product Management, Marketing and
Corporate Communications
Phone: +1 801-952-8451
Email: monika.portman@boartlongyear.com
SOURCE Boart Longyear