Profile: Boart Longyear Limited (BLY.AX)

Boart Longyear Limited is an integrated provider of drilling services, capital equipment and consumable products for customers in the mining and minerals exploration, environmental and infrastructure, and energy industries. The Company conducts these activities through two operating divisions: Global Drilling Services and Global Products divisions. The Global Drilling Services division operates in over 30 countries. It provides services to a diverse customer base and offers a range of drilling technologies, including, but not limited to, diamond core, underground, reverse circulation, rotary and sonic drilling. The Global Products division manufactures and sells capital equipment and consumables primarily to customers in the drilling services and mining industries globally. In September 2008, the Company acquired Eklund Drilling Company Inc. In June 2009, the Company sold certain of its Sub Saharan African operations to Tranter Energy and Mining Services (Pty) Limited.