From Russia with core strength: RS-90 drill rig manufactured by Rusmining Export by Rusmining Export Press Office
The revenue from mining operations is usually a large part of any country’s budget. Therefore, the top priority task is reprocessing and building up the mineral resources base. Exploration of new deposits, as well as their commercial development, requires innovative drilling equipment. 30
After the break-up of the Soviet Union and, therefore, the discontinuation of the domestic production of exploration equipment, only imported drills were used for these purposes over the last decades. The sanctions against the Russian Federation led to extremely long deliveries from foreign partners and importing substitutes required massive effort. A number of manufacturers stopped delivering exploration equipment altogether. This situation motivated the Rusmining Export (RME) team to create its own action plan. Designers and engineers were engaged to work on the development of in-house drill rigs by analyzing Coring Magazine #18
