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“I love all international contacts”

…and the hammer that won the battle of Phoenix rock

100 years of rock drill evolution

A better way to presplit

A brave new world

A formidable drill rig fleet is making a major contribution to the mine’s success

A helping hand in the Pilbara

A Home Run for Symmetrix at Yankee Stadium

A light heavyweight

A New Chapter in the story of Rio Tinto

A new opening to save time and money

A quantum leap to water

A robust rig for a robust business

A room with a view

A smart choice

A test laboratory for high-rise lifts to be built in a Finnish limestone mine

A Viper for the Copper King

A Whole New Dimension

ABC TOTAL gains ground in Canada

ACM gets milestone Minetruck

ADJARA hydro races ahead – the largest private investment ever in renewable energy in Georgia

Advance rate rockets for Lemcon

Advanced automated bolting at Kiruna

After midnight …

Ahead of the game

Ahead of the pack

All clear in the automation zone

All eyes on Jinping

Apatite for extraction

ARGENTINA: El Aguilar

Arrivederci congestione

As good as new – Meeting market demands for remanufacturing

Atlantic challenge

Atlas Copco and Rio Tinto win top design award

Atlas Copco at Bauma 2010

Atlas Copco at Intermat 2006

Atlas Copco Attachments: Bridge Demolition Nonstop

Atlas Copco compressors improve safety and efficiency for Czech coal miners

Atlas Copco expands its hydraulic CombiCutter line with the CC 4700

Atlas Copco goes green with new range of electric loaders and trucks

Atlas Copco HB 7000 breaker turns a nuclear facility into a valuable property

Atlas Copco hydraulic breakers in the bleachers demolition of Mineirão Stadium

Atlas Copco in construction of Leipzig City Tunnel

Atlas Copco introduces a new generation of LP 18 power packs

Atlas Copco launches Boomer T1 D to meet the challenges of narrow-vein mining

Atlas Copco launches compact rock bolting rig

Atlas Copco launches five new underground products at Bauma in Munich

Atlas Copco launches new generation of vibro-reduced handheld hydraulic breakers

Atlas Copco launches new website for Silent Demolition Tools

Atlas Copco opens training centre for

Atlas Copco Pit Viper Drill Rigs – The Kings of Collahuasi

Atlas Copco RD10+ a perfect plus for PerfoChile

Atlas Copco Simulator Training goes Global

Atlas Copco’s LHD goes green with Electric Scooptram EST1030

Atlas Copco: Demolition at a lofty height

Atlas Copco: low-emission demolition work carried out on hospital grounds

Atlas Copco: new underground rock drills

Atlas Copco: Three new heavy hydraulic breakers with PowerAdapt and optimized power-to-weight ratio

Atlas Copco´s heavy breakers for rip-rap and armor stone supplier in Virginia, USA

Atlas Copco´s Xtended Life Program: second-hand hydraulic breakers restored as new

Atlas Copco’s new four-boom drill rig drives to success in Gothenburg rail tunnel

Attachment Teamwork in Berlin

Australia makes automation history

Australian quarry increases productivity with SmartROC T45

Automatic bit changing for Simba

Automatic for the people

Automation at Aimex show

Automation test goes “live”

Autonomy in the Andes – Chile’s copper giant Codelco puts Scooptram ST14 to the test

BACK TO WORK with the help of RigScan technology

Banking on fresh air

Bauma 2013: Springtime in Munich

Behind the gray walls – the art of shotcreting

Bestselling Scooptram ST7 racks up 100 sales

Better reach, more punch

Big Boomer to Veidekke

Big raise underway at Kiruna Mine

Big step underground

Bigger and Better Than Ever

Blasthole Drilling at High Altitude

Boliden’s Garpenberg Mine doubles productivity with Atlas Copco’s Minetruck MT42

Booming in Japan

Boosting output in Bulgaria

Boosting Siberian Energy

Brave and responsible people collaborating freely….it’s innovation

Brazilian gold

Breaker and Hammer AIR-OIL

Breaking ground in Brazil

Breaking new ground below the surface

Breaking through bedrock

Breaking Traditions

Breathing easier underground

Bridge demolition 25% faster

Bringing stability in THE BALTIC

Built for heavy production

Built to last – for 100 000 years

CARETAKERS of the Czech Republic

CC 2500 U: Stadium renovation in India

CEBRAT’ – The region’s most demanding task

Celebrating 50 years of raiseboring

Celebration as Zinkgruvan marks 150 years

CEMENTING RELATIONS WITH CHINA

Certiq takes fleet management to the next level

Challenging conditions demand powerful tools

Chamera charges to completion

Changing times at Tara

Charging ahead in Chile

China moving on from pneumatics to hydraulics

China´s treasures of the soil – mined by Atlas Copco hydraulic breakers

Cleaner and safer mining with Scooptram ST7 Battery

Clearing the way for a luxury hotel

Click to track performance

Close co-operation forges Norwegian links

Cluster drill solution for Rio bridge

Cluster of Success

Combining resources for strata control

Complete modernization in less than a year

Complete package for pipe roofing solutions

Complete solution for Europe’s largest gold mine

Concrete results down the road

Conquering the Mountains of Malaysia

COP 3038 – a true high frequency performer

Croatian contractor in fast lane for highways

Czech contractors take the “Smart” road

Demolition job for an Atlas Copco grapple

Demolition tools make room for the new Fellbach tower

Designers meet the challenge as low profile range expands

Developing Dalian

Digging deep to become a Mine 4.0

DM30 II – In the coal of Indonesia

DM30 II – In the limestone of China

DM30 II – New kid on the block

Drilling below the artic ice

Drilling dream team

Drilling for knowledge

Drilling from a distance

Drilling in safety

Drilling in the alps

Drilling the BIG ones

Driving the future of rock support

DTH choice cuts costs at Navachab

Dynamic duo behind success at McCreedy West

Dynamic start for Diamec Smart 6 in Turkey

E-Force Set for Take-Off With New Boltec, Simba and Boomer Rigs

Easing the Makkah pilgrimage

Efficiency as strong as iron

Eight Atlas Copco heavy-duty hydraulic attachments working on a major demolition site in Rutesheim

Electrifying mining

Elemex case drilling solution for sensitive environments

Embracing diversity

Enabling Automation

Endurance test for CC 2500 S

Enter the “E” series

Excore bits set new standard for core drilling

Excore wins Canadian approval

Expanding into New Areas Under Ground with GIA

Expanding Kovilovaca

Expanding the Panama Canal

Explorac 100 – An expert in grade control on the snow-covered plateau

Explorac 100 and Explorac 235 – Two new exploration rigs for RC drilling

Exploration Drilling Deep in the Heart of Serbia

Exploration in the mountains of Molango

Exploration on the rise in Africa

Extended warranty on hydraulic breakers

Ferbasa finds its way with slit drilling

Financing for the future

FINE BOLTING IN FINLAND with the new Boltec EC

Finns face underground challenge

First PowerROC T35 in Mexico shows its power

First reverse circulation kit to use an DM 45 for in-pit grade control

FlexiROC series gets even more versatile

FlexiROC T45 proves its superiority

Flying high in fjord country with Atlas Copco’s Häggloader

For a greener life… add Blue!

FORTY YEARS ON THE BENCH

Foundation for the future

FRESNILLO’S SILVER continues to shine

From Scotland with competence in large and deep hole drilling

From the industry

Fuel Efficiency – and how to get the best results in the industry

Full marks for Pit Viper 311

Full marks in Svappavaara for FlexiROC T45

Future. Safe.

Gas Landing Precision

Gender diversity on the rise in Mongolia

Genuine Parts and Service – The recipe for success

Getting it right – via satellite

Global launch for Chargetec

Going deeper at Rudna mine

Going Super Deep

Golden stars of Ghana

Goldfingers!

Good choice in the land of the llamas

Good Energy for Colombia’s Future

Good learning ground in Seoul with Secoroc QL 120 DTH hammer

Gramazini ramps up productivity

Ground engineering in tricky Scottish ground

Handheld core drills relaunched

Handheld hydraulics in aboriginal arts protection

Hands-on approach gives Blu Rock a flying start

HB 10000: Keeping peace with the neighbours

Heading for Paris and Intermat 2012

high demand for aggregates

High speed haulage

Historic foundations

Hole lot of reasons Balfour Beatty choose Atlas Copco

How sharp rock drilling tools put money in the bank

How the digital dream became an industry standard

How to combat the rising cost of fuel

Hydraulic breaker at Kamchatka platinum winning

Hydraulic breakers in a shopping center project

In for the long haul

Increases safety with BenchREMOTE in Savage River Mine

India’s longest tunnel is taking shape

Innovation Through Interaction

Inside information – The driller’s best friend

Insight on Africa

Insight on automation

Insight on Innovation

INSIGHT ON Latin America

Insight on mining

Insight on safety: Interview with Atlas Copco’s safety expert

Insight on UNDERGROUND TRENDS

Intelligent demolition with AutoControl

Introducing Easer – a better way to create opening holes in underground mining

Introducing PowerROC T25 DC

iPad app for the underground world

It´s a blast!

It’s never been easier

Kazakhstan gears up for growth

Keeping a low profile

Keeping a low profile in Portugal

Keeping floods at bay

Keeping Russia’s Pellets Rolling

KING OF CABS

Know-how at your service

Korea’s Olympic Champion – Raiseborer stars in major tunnel project for Winter Games 2018

Korean initiative pays off

Kristineberg Mine – How the working environment was improved for diamond drilling workers

Lappberget up and running

Large & Small

Las Vegas debut for new surface crawler

Latest Roofex bolt sets new standard

Launching Boomer XL3 D – for large tunnels in civil engineering projects

Lean and green in Poland Optimized quarrying with SmartROC T35

Lemcon’s Choice

Lightning Bolting – Rock reinforcement deluxe

LISA – MASTER BLASTER

Little giant starts to grow

Loading optimizer in Fjord Country

Long Mast boosts ROC productivity

Long-term support cements relationship

Look who’s talking

Looking for a revolution?

Looking good in Canada

Low profile solution for Two Rivers

Lower emissions with Tier 4 engines

Machinery seen in action – be surprised by the wonders of change

Maintaining uptime with ROC CARE

Major upgrade for ROC L7 range

Make way for Boomer M1 L

Making Its Mark in Australia

Making room for science

Making the face a safer place

Making the grade

MANAJLE & PREDEJANE – Preparing for EU membership

Masters of the art

MB 1500: simple design for a lot of power

Meeting a need for speed

Meeting the big three

Meeting the construction upswing

Meeting the demand for wells

Mexican Milestone

MG 1500 increases productivity in India

Milestone for Boomer S1 D as 500th rig goes to Macedonia

Mine development company discovers Boltec’s speed and dependability

MINERA MARIA’S PRE-SPLIT PIONEER

Minetruck MT2010 good to go

Minetruck MT42 – The Pride of Bell Creek

Minimizing human error

Mining Record for Yunnantin

Modern miners of the Alps

Modern technologies in Poland

Money to burn?

More than a match for Scotland’s coal

Muffled rig solves sensitive problem

MultiGrapple range extended

NAVIGATION WITH HNS – A MILESTONE IN HOL

Navigation with HNS – a milestone in hole positioning

New 3-ton hydraulic breaker with PowerAdapt

New big hole hammer cuts costs

New box-shape jaw for higher recycling rates in demolition jobs

New breaker ventilation for tunnelling applications

New bucket boosts loading efficiency

New cabin for low seam miners – Scooptram ST7LP

New CC 650 CombiCutter with hydraulic rotation device

New COP W4 hammer saves time and money

New drill rig success for China

New exploration rig from Atlas Copco makes grade control easy and safe

New FlexiROC design platform is a winner

New generation of Cobra petrol drill and breakers

New Hammer Rocks

New HB 3600: more performance per kilo

New horizons for safety Diamec Smart series brings automation to core drilling

New Hydraulic Breaker HB 4100 from Atlas Copco

New integration system for underground mines

New life for Sasa

New MB 750 hydraulic breaker

New names for ROC family

New productivity records with exploration drill rigs; a big win for China’s tin

New range of vibro-reduced pneumatic hammers

New RC kit for blasthole rigs

New remote station for surface drillers

New Reverse Circulation kit for Atlas Copco’s DM45

New Rig Control System offers unique operator interface

New rig for stone drillers

NEW ROAD TO DRILLING AC

New rock drill puts consistency first

New SB 452 hydraulic breaker

New silenced kit now even quieter

New Simba offers more for production drilling

New SmartROC C50 drill rig is an outstanding performer

New solution for rapid micropiling

New surface drill rig for Russian gold

New teeth for Crocodile River Mine

New Terranox hammers for sensitive ground

New water mist kit for surface drilling

NICE RIDE IN NAPLES – How raiseboring engineers beat the “booms” in new deep metro

Nigeria raises its game

No time to waste

Northern star shines bright

Off to a fine start!

Olympian achievement

Omega is the rotary drilling bit of choice at San Cristobal

On the right track

On the rise for suitable solutions

One rig to rule them all

One small step for man

Optimization in the quarries, Norwegians show the way

Optimizing loading

Optimizing processes

OVCIARSKO – The challenge in the ground

Peak performance – a perfect solution to a loading challenge in Peru

Peak performance with 15 tonne scooptram

Pedestal booms go global

Pioneering precision at Garpenberg

Pit Viper 311 and Minetruck MT85 – The stars of MinExpo

Pit Viper 351 rigs for Sishen Mine

Pit Viper Beats the Chill

Pit Viper drilling for Africa’s iron

Pit Viper fleet for Batu Hijau

Pole Position in Brazil

POL’ANA – Linking two nations

Považský Chlmec – Speeding up the trafﬁc ﬂow

Power in the Fjords

PowerROC T50 gives mighty performance in tropical Indonesia

PowerROC T50 makes its debut at Bauma China

Precious Metals in Minnesota’s Arrowhead Region

Predator Drilling System – Star of India

Predictable productivity

Preparing for the upturn

Problem solvers at the Doha Metro – a surface drilling solution to an underground dilemma

Process optimization with SmartROC C50

Prosperous cooperation

QED and Epiroc partner towards drilling productivity

Quality Air at the new London Underground

Quality assurance in rockbolting

Queensland sun shines on PowerROC

Raises on the rise

Rapid development in mining

RCS – The control system with unlimited potential

READY FOR ROOFEX

Reconstruction brings new hope to Japans earthquake victims

Record time demolition of famous Mumbai flyover

Reliance relies on the Scooptram ST1520

Reloaded! New Boomer M-series available worldwide

Remanufacturing on the Rise

Remote-controlled drilling in Quebec’s Grand Nord

Renewable energy on the Rhine

Revolution or evolution?

RIG Scan – New technology for optimum performance

Right here, right now

River deep, mountain high

ROC D7 on track at Oman’s mountain challenge

ROC L830 joins GTI’s winning team

ROC maintenance programme pays off

ROC-ing in ukraine

Rock Buggy rocks!

Rock drills for tough conditions

Rocket Boomer S1 D unveiled

Rolling out the new Scooptram ST 18

Rolling out the red carpet for operators

Rollover feed creates new opportunities

Round-the-clock for Ghana’s gold

Safer together

Safety deep in the mountains

Safety First

Safety first with Radio Remote Control

Safety in Africa

Safety on the benches – Radomiro Tomic mine introduces remote control

Safety on the surface – with a new protective guard

Šarani – On budget and on schedule

Scooping up the Praise – New Scooptram ST18 passes tough Swedish test

Scooptram gets more versatile with the side-dump bucket

Scooptram ST18 – Australia’s new Gold Standard

Scooptram ST7 wins operator approval

SDA’S – the quick answer to slope stabilization

Searching for the optimum in the land of the midnight sun

Second breath in the pit

Securing the future of Otjihase

Seeing the light! with the new compact light tower

Sensitive tunnelling in Slovakia

Sharing is caring

Showtime at Atle quarry

Simply accurate

Simulator training a 21st century approach

Slovakian siderite still going strong

Small baby with a big performance

SmartROC T40 is a smart solution

SmartROC T45 drilling at height in Italy

SmartROC T45 Gaining Ground

SmartROC with HNS paves the way

Smashing performances by BVBA Baldewijns & Co at the Lummen highway interchange

South African rental company purchases 12th MB 1700 hydraulic breaker from Atlas Copco

South Korea goes Smart

Spartan shines in Barcelona marble

Speeding to success in Gothenburg rail tunnel

SpeedROC 2F demonstrates productivity in Greece

SpeedROC 2FA convinces dealers and end customers in the Jura and beyond

Squeezing ground at MITHOLZ

ST1520 impressive in Australian trials

Standing the test

Star on the surface

Strategic partnership for global expansion

Streamlining service

Stronger together

Subsea success for geobor core sampling

Success on the Surface Construction recovery is good news for drillers

Superior productivity with the Minetruck MT42

Sustainable demolition for Brazil´s 2014 World Cup stadiums

Swedes put upgraded Scooptram GET bucket to the test

Symmetrix solution builds solid foundations

Symmetrix the solution as IKEA goes geotherman

Symmetrix: Opening doors to a new world of construction

T-WiZ drilling system proves its value in quarrying

Tackling poor ground at Tauern

Taking advantage of single-pass drilling

TAKING GOOD CARE OF TURKEY

Taking service to the next level!

Technically Speaking – High Precision Tunnelling

Technology for big boys

The beast and the viper show their high-tech teeth in Australia

The black heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains

The blockbuster drill rig

The Boomer of Black Rock

The dam builders’ dream

The drill rig that brought good fortune to Malaysia

The driller’s choice – ROC D series

The Fuel Cost Killer of Queensland

The golden hammers of La Herradura

The Golden Twins and Copper King of Mexico

The great Czech road link

The heroes of Veladero with the Pit Viper 271

The importance of service

The key to efficiency in underground haulage

The Klipspringer of Black Mountain

The MEYCO Versa, all-in-one concrete spraying mobile unit

The next level in preventive maintenance

The Omega secret – a top performing rock drilling tool product

The OREalyzer value – a new technique for pinpointing ore in the bench

The perfect seal

The power behind PORCE III

The Power of Quality

The proud father who gave birth to the first “baby”

The recipe for a successful partnership

The revival of Jacobina

The right rigs for rapid rail link

The rise and rise of rigscan

The rocket at St. Martin

The salvation of St. Peter’s – Turkey’s iconic cave church gets rock bolt protection

The Scaletec effect at Tara Mines

The second wind, as good as new

THE STAGE IS SET!

The surgeons of drilling

The transformation of a giant

The ultimate driving experience

The underground option – A solution to the quality of big city life

The winner in Michilla

THE WINNING EDGE IN CANADA

The Workhorses of Glensanda

The yellow giants of Triassic park

The zinc king of Rajasthan

THE ZINC KINGS

This is how Sweden’s oldest mine is to be automated

Thor packs a mighty punch

Three rock drills and doubled production

Thumbs up for Roofex

Top of the world

Total Control in Cordoba with Powercrusher and PowerROC

Total support in Spain

Tough challenge below the streets of Manhattan

Tough Tasks in Turkey

Tracking the progress of the world’s fastest rock drill: COP 3038

Training for drill rig operators

Trucking to the future

Trusted drilling contractor in Ostrobothnia

Tunnel fever in Central and Eastern Europe

Tunnelling for a better life

Tunnelling to the future in India

Turkey discovers how to keep running costs down with the surface drill rig SmartROC T40

Turkish delight as ROC F6 boosts production

Turnaround in the andes – significant increase in equipment availability

Turning up the heat – Roc-Drill joins the quest for copper with the help of COPROD technology.

Twin Pit Viper drill rigs join Kevitsa fleet in Lapland

Under the Spanish umbrella

Underground in Mexico

Underground Manager a great tool for the digital age

Underwater drilling at Leixoes

Unforgiving Ground

Upgraded bolts for improved productivity

Upgraded ROC D3: Leaner, faster, stronger

Upgrades in the D-family

VERSATILITY IS KING FOR CZECH CONTRACTOR

Victory at Austerlitz

Victory in the Alps!

Vikings Drill to Victory

Water on the way

Weight is not equivalent to performance

Welcome to Epiroc, Fordia!

When a complete solution makes all the difference

When size REALLY matters

When Speed is King

Why Norway Has EDGE

Why sweden‘s rock team is ‘on a roll’

Winning the Day in Norwegian Clay

With the CC 6000 Atlas Copco are extending their line of hydraulic CombiCutters

Work smarter, improve continuously, enhance skills… TARA MINES’ ROADMAP FOR SUCCESS

Working together at Barrick Goldstrike

World centre for rock reinforcement

World cup fever – ALL EYES ON GAUTRAIN

World record smashed for drill and blast

World zink giants expands

World´s biggest hydraulic breaker

World’s biggest raise?

World’s biggest raiseboring project

Worth their weight in gold

A wild card in Dovregubben’s Hall

“Records are meant to be broken”

“Solving problems is never boring”

“Supergrouter” goes to Veidekke