Rock drilling performance is pivotal in the optimisation of excavation and mining operations, with penetration rate analysis serving as a central metric for assessing efficiency. This field integrates ...

The advancement of rock cutting and drilling technologies is central to modern resource extraction and civil engineering practices. Significant progress has been achieved through the integration of ...

Oil and gas drilling could be blocked from a sensitive cave system in Lincoln National Forest, near the Permian Basin oilfields of southeast New Mexico. The U.S. Forest Service proposed withdrawing ...

An area of Lincoln National Forest known for a complex cave system was protected from oil and gas drilling and other mineral extraction, with the block on development extending for 20 years. The ...

LIMESTONE CO., Ala. (WAFF)— On Wednesday, the company working on a rock quarry in Limestone County received a restraining order to stop drilling and blasting rock. It’s the last ditch effort from ...

Chris and Jody Gertson have been married nearly 30 years and have spent most of that time in a cave. Chris is operations manager, and Jody is a "manager who wears lots of hats" for the Branson ...