Tewkesbury, England

Orica Digital Solutions has reached a major milestone with the production of the 15,000th AXIS Champ™ Ori unit, marking a significant achievement for the integrated core orientation technology and highlighting growing global adoption.

AXIS Champ™ Ori delivered a major advancement in core orientation technology by integrating the measurement technology directly into the standard hardware used by drilling teams to retrieve core globally. For drill crews this eliminates the need to hold extra hardware and significantly reduces manual handling; while for geologists the integrated hardware design has been shown to deliver more successful measurements than previously available designs.

Manufactured at Orica Digital Solutions' Axis Mining Technology facility in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK, the milestone reflects years of innovation, engineering excellence and customer trust. The achievement underscores the important role the team continues to play in supporting exploration and mining operations around the world with reliable orebody intelligence technologies. 

This milestone reflects the hard work of the people who design, manufacture, support and continuously improve our products, and demonstrates the value of combining world-class technology with passionate, customer-focused teams.

Orica Digital Solutions Vice President Orebody Intelligence, Gordon Wallace said: 

“Reaching 15,000 units is more than a manufacturing milestone. It represents 15,000 examples of innovation delivered to customers, 15,000 tools helping geologists better understand their orebodies, and 15,000 reasons to celebrate the people behind the technology.”

“For more than a decade, our teams have continued to refine and advance this technology, earning the trust of customers across the global mining industry. This achievement highlights the important role our people play in crafting delivering innovations that improve mineral exploration outcomes". 

With a continued focus on customer outcomes, product innovation and manufacturing excellence, Orica Digital Solutions remains committed to advancing the future of drilling and orebody intelligence.

Digital Solutions’ Axis Mining Technology Team - Tewkesbury, England.

AXIS Champ™ Ori core orientation.