Drilling operations at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, have broken through to the miners trapped 2,070 feet underground. October 9 (The San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile) -- The Center Rock drill ...

YAHOO.COM - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has pounded into a Red Planet rock with its drill for the first time, bringing the 1-ton robot a big step closer to initiating its first full-bore drilling ...

Any contractor who has ever encountered a rock formation during an installation project knows all too well that boring through rock is a time-consuming and often costly process, especially if the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

The HCR900-ES II and HCR900-ES20 rock drills have a self-adjusting drill system designed to maximize drilling efficiency through to the bottom of the hole. By automatically controlling... Furukawa ...

With the new approval of tax incentives by the City Council, OliverBuchananGroup plans to build a mixed-use development at the Rock Drill site that will preserve some of the historic buildings.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is making strides toward bringing its rock-boring drill back online. On Oct. 17, Curiosity pressed its drill against a Martian rock for the first time since December 2016, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has drilled into a Martian rock and collected samples, marking the first time any robot has ever performed this complicated maneuver on the surface of another planet. The 1-ton ...