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February 2023 | Newsletter

Welcome to this special edition of the GeoGroup newsletter where we look at What's New at the GeoGroup this month.In this issue, we look at the following: Botswana, Here We Come! Drilling On Water Bodies and in Ports The New Secon Combination Drill Rig Core Writer Training Read all the stories here: ...

Drilling to Source Stone for Road Maintenance

In December 2021, the Geomech Africa team broke ground in the Free State province in South Africa to conduct Geotechnical Investigations as part of a 2-phase plan to drill for the discovery of quarry materials. These materials are to be used for the construction of new roads and the maintenance and repair of the existing roadway infrastructure. Project manager for the GeoGroup ...

January 2023 | Newsletter

January 2023 | Newsletter Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at the following: Drilling to Source Stone for Road Maintenance. Celebrate the Dedicated - Long Service Awards. Crossing Borders - Malawi Deployment. ...

December 2022 | Newsletter

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at: Season's Greetings 2022 in Review In the Media: Africa Mining Brief Read all the stories here: ...

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New Implements to Complement Tailing Testing Portfolio

NEW IMPLEMENTS TO COMPLEMENT TAILINGS TESTING PORTFOLIOUsed with permission from Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly, and miningweekly.comJournalist: Halima FrostCivil and mining geotechnical service provider GeoGroup has received the first of three new geotechnical surveying implements, which the company has commissioned to complement its range of tailings monitoring equipment.GeoGr ...

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November 2022 | Newsletter

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at: Core Recovery: Adjusting the Method for Maximum Results In the Media: New Implements to Complement Tailing Testing Portfolio Season's Greetings and Holiday Operating Hours Read all the stories here: ...

Euro Trip 2022 | New Technologies & New Possibilities

Within every industry, there will always be the constant of "change". With that in mind, it is imperative for any business to continually grow and expand its portfolio. As new tech or procedures becomes available, it often requires businesses to leap further into the future in order to provide top-quality services.In recent months, Royal Eijkelkamp, based in the Netherlands, in ...

Drill Site With a View - Hout Bay

It is always exciting to take on a new challenge, but it’s not often that challenges come with such a spectacular but distracting view as in the case of this geotechnical contract in Hout Bay that we conducted.Military Road in Hout Bay is a tiny narrow tree-lined street, situated high up on the hillside only accessible from Chapmans Peak Drive. The site which is situated on an ...

Celebrating Our Heritage

In celebration of Heritage Day, this month, we are taking a trip down memory lane. Let’s look at some of the highlights over the past 33 years. In 1989, the late Dave Rossiter started Geomechanics CC to service the geotechnical drilling and testing market. In this picture we see Dave operating the drill rig. Dave's brother-in-law, Barry Kruger, holding Dave's son, Brett Rossite ...

September 2022 Newsletter

Welcome to this edition of the GeoGroup newsletter. In this issue, we look at: Tailings Failures - "Prevention is better than cure" Celebrating Our Heritage Electra Mining Africa 2022 To read the full edition: ...