Major Drilling Group International
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| Public | |
| Traded as | TSX: MDI |
| Industry | Drilling |
| Founded | Moncton, New Brunswick (1980) |
| Headquarters | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
Key people | Francis P. McGuire[1] |
Number of employees | 3,797[1] |
| Website | www.majordrilling.com |
Major Drilling Group International Inc. (MDGI) is one of the largest drilling service companies in the world in the mining industry. The company is headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick and has offices in Canada, the United States, South America, Central America, Asia, Africa and Australia. MDGI is a public company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange as MDI. The company was founded in 1980 as a small drilling operation and now does drilling all over the world for mining companies. They are capable of drilling using various methods including:
- Surface Wireline Core Drilling
- Underground Wireline Core Drilling
- Multi-Purpose Drilling
- Reverse Circulation Drilling
- Directional Drilling
- Water-Well Drilling
- Grade Control Drilling
- Environmental Drilling
- Geotechnical Drilling
- Coal-Bed Methane - CBM Drilling
- Shallow Oil and Gas Drilling
Companies in Canada that offer drilling services like Major Drilling include: Black Rock Drilling, Foraco Drilling, Orbit Garant, Energold Drilling Energold, Boart Longyear Boart Longyear, G4, and more.
References
- 1 2 "Company Profile for Major Drilling Group Intl Inc (CA;MDI)". Retrieved 2008-10-15.
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