What is Boart Longyear?

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Boart Longyear is a global drilling services, equipment, and performance tooling provider for the mining and drilling industry, operating since 1890. It serves mining and resource companies worldwide, and its offering spans contract drilling, drill rigs and tooling, aftermarket parts and service, and geological data technology through its Veracio business.

What Boart Longyear does

The company organizes its work around a few core areas:

  • Drilling Services — Contract drilling for mineral exploration, water services, and production drilling. The company positions this around safety, people, and equipment, and says it takes on technically challenging work in complex operating environments.
  • Products — Drill rigs and tooling engineered for long life and high performance, with safety features. This includes aftermarket parts and service.
  • Geological Data Services — Delivered through Veracio, which focuses on emerging technologies for mineral exploration, including products and services such as TruScan and block assays.
  • Careers — The company describes itself as the world's largest drilling company and recruits across its operations.

Who it serves

Boart Longyear's customers are mining and drilling companies, plus the broader resource sector. Its stated presence also extends into aftermarket parts and service, energy, mine dewatering, and oil-related work. If your organization needs a drilling contractor, rigs and consumable tooling, or exploration data technology, those are the entry points the company presents.

Why the history matters

Being established in 1890 is central to how the company markets itself: it frames long operating history as evidence of reliability and a track record for safety and innovative solutions. For a buyer comparing drilling contractors or equipment suppliers, that longevity is a signal about durability in the field, though it doesn't replace evaluating current capability, regional availability, and safety performance for your specific project.

How to decide if it's relevant to you

Ask three questions:

  1. Do you need a contractor or a supplier? Drilling Services covers contracted work; Products covers rigs, tooling, and parts.
  2. Do you need exploration data technology? Veracio is the relevant part of the business, not the drilling services arm.
  3. Where and what are you drilling? The company emphasizes complex operating environments and technical drilling challenges, so match its stated strengths against your site conditions.

For specifics on equipment models, service regions, or Veracio products, the company's own site sections for Drilling Services, Products, and Veracio are the places to look.