Consbec Mining + Construction
Drill rigs being serviced inside the Consbec shop

Our Innovative Group

Drills | Explosives

Vertically Integrated

From the drill hole to the rock

The Consbec group sells and rebuilds drills, makes and supplies explosives, and contracts surface and underground work. Owning each step means we control the equipment, the product and the crew on a job, from the drill hole to the broken rock.

It is still a family company. Standard equipment across the fleet, a large parts warehouse and one health and safety program keep it working the same way on every site.

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The Group

Three parts, one group

Drilling

  • G.D. Drilling

    Surface + Underground

    Former Gardner Denver / CAT distributor since 1985

  • Everdigm

    Hydraulic Rock Drills

    Official distributor of Hyundai Everdigm drills

Contracting

  • Consbec Inc.

    Mining + Construction

    Surface | sub-contractor

  • Consbec

    Mining + Tunneling

    Underground | mine contractor

Explosives

  • Whitson Manufacturing

    Canadian manufacturing and distribution

  • BME Mining Canada Inc.

    50% JV — explosive / accessory / technology supply

Drilling

The shop

Drills are rebuilt, maintained and stocked in-house — a 30,000 sq ft shop backed by an extensive parts warehouse.

Drill rigs under rebuild on the shop floor beneath a 10-ton overhead crane
Shop Floor
A technician rebuilding a drill component at the bench
Rebuilds
Racks of drill parts and components in the parts warehouse
Parts Warehouse
Parts being prepared and logged at the parts counter
Parts Counter
Aerial view of the maintenance shop building and yard in winter
The Shop
A BD1100-4 hydraulic hammer in the Breakers Drills shop
Breakers Drills

Explosives

Nairn Centre

The explosives site at Nairn Centre: plant and rail siding. It is the base of the group’s explosives operations.

Aerial view of the Nairn Centre plant with rail tank cars on the siding
The Plant
A rail tank car and railcar mover on the plant siding
Rail Siding
Wide aerial view of the Nairn Centre plant buildings along the rail siding, forest beyond
The Site

Head Office

Val Caron

Head office and yard on a 10-acre site at Val Caron, outside Sudbury.

Aerial view of the Consbec head office and equipment yard in winter
Head Office
The Canadian flag flying over the head office building
Home Base