World’s top mining and drilling contractors 2016

Company Based Principal activities Main operating regions/districts Revenues (latest Listing(s) Market cap
annual USD) (April 7 USD)
1. CIMIC Sydney, Australia Surface mining, drilling and Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, $2.19 billion ASX: CIM $9.05 billion
blasting Mauritius, Chile, Mongolia
2. PAMA Jakarta, Indonesia Surface mining Indonesia $2 billion (est contract Jakarta: UNTR $4.2 billion
mining)
3. Downer Sydney, Australia Surface mining, drilling and Australia, New Zealand, Papua New $1.14 billion (contract ASX: DOW $1.16 billion
blasting Guinea, South America, southern Africa mining)
4. Redpath North Bay, Canada Shaft sinking, underground Americas, Australia/Asia, southern Africa $1.1 billion (est) NA NA
mine devt, production, raise
drilling, underground
construction
5. Byrnecut Perth, Australia Underground mine Australia, Africa, Europe, Middle East, $640 million NA NA
development; mining; Central Asia
drilling; raise drilling/boring
6. Boart Longyear Salt Lake City, USA Surface and underground USA, Canada, Australia $636 million ASX: BLY $59 million
drilling
7. NRW Holdings Perth, Western Australia Surface mining, drilling and Australia $555 million ASX: NWH $42.4 million
blasting, and construction
8. Ausdrill Perth, Western Australia Surface exploration and Australia, Africa $548 million ASX: ASL $106 million
production drilling; openpit
mining
9. Aecon Calgary, Canada Mine site development Canada; USA $508 million TSX: ARE $714 million
including overburden
removal and piling services
10. ThyssenMining Regina, Canada Shaft boring, raise drilling, North America $500 million NA NA
underground mine devt/
prod
11. Murray & Roberts Johannesburg, South Africa Underground hard rock Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia $478 million JSE: MUR $374 million
mining, raise drilling, shaft
sinking
12. Macmahon Perth, Australia Surface and underground Australia, Malaysia $472 million ASX: MAH $108 million
drilling; raise drilling
13. Stracon Lima, Peru Surface/underground Peru, Chile, Panama, Colombia $439 million NA NA
mining, earthworks,
construction
14. MACA Perth, Australia Surface mining, crushing/ Australia, South America (Brazil) $430 million ASX: MLD $169 million
screening
15. Barminco Perth, Australia Underground mine Australia; sub-Saharan Africa $352 million NA NA
development; mining; drilling
16. BGC Contracting Perth, Australia Surface mining, construction Australia $286 million (est mining) NA NA
17. Dumas Toronto, Canada Underground mining, shaft North America, South America $280 million (est) NA NA
development
18. Major Drilling Moncton, Canada Surface and underground Canada, USA, Mexico, Latin America, $222 million TSX: MDI $417 million
exploration/production Asia, Africa, Ireland
drilling
19. Watpac Brisbane, Australia Surface mining Australia $203 million ASX: WTP $125 million
20. North Am Construction Edmonton, Canada Surface mining, construction Western Canada $200 million NYSE/TSX: NOA $66 million
21. Foraco Marseille, France Surface drilling Global (working in 24 countries). $185 million TSX: FAR $21 million
Principal operating regions are Canada,
Brazil, Australia and Russia
22. Pybar Orange, Australia Underground hard rock Australia, South-East Asia, Africa $172 million NA NA
mining, development
23. African Mining Services Perth, Western Australia Underground devt/ Sub-Saharan Africa $163 million NA NA
production mining services,
underground drilling, fleet
maintenance
24. Mastermyne Mackay, Australia Underground coal mining/ Australia $124 million ASX: MYE $12.5 million
devt
25. Layne Christensen Texas, USA Surface exploration drilling, North America, Brazil, Africa, Australia, $120 million NASDAQ: LAYN $138 million
specialty drilling, mine Europe
dewatering, borehole
services
26. Master Drilling Gauteng, South Africa Raise bore drilling Africa, Latin America, North Asia $119 million JSE:MDI $139 million
27. Trollope Mining Johannesburg, South Africa Surface mining, drilling and South Africa $100 million (est NA NA
blasting contract mining)
28. Sentula Johannesburg, South Africa Surface mining, surface South Africa $91 million JSE: SNU $12.4 million
drilling and blasting,
geotechnical drilling
29. Swick Mining Perth, Australia Underground diamond Australia, North America, Asia $86 million ASX: SWK $28 million
drilling, surface/underground
production drilling
30. Capital Drilling Ébène, Mauritius Surface production/ Africa, Latin America, North Asia $80 million LSE: CAPD $57 million
exploration drilling,
underground drilling
31. Basil Read Johannesburg, South Africa Surface mining Southern Africa $79 million JSE: BSR $27.7 million
32. Brierty Perth, Western Australia Surface mining, mine devt, Australia $76 million ASX: BYL $17 million
infrastructure and earthworks
33. Hughes Drilling Gold Coast, Queensland Surface coal exploration/ Australia $75 million ASX: HDX $12.8 million
production drilling
34. ACM Perth, Australia Underground mining, shaft Australia, Papua New Guinea, southern $71 million (est) NA NA
development Africa
35. Bergteamet Boliden, Sweden Underground mine Europe $65 million (est) NA NA
development, mining
36. Exact Mining Adelaide, Australia Surface mining, earthworks, Australia $64 million (est) NA NA
construction
37. Orbit Garant Val-d’Or, Canada Surface exploration drilling North America, South America, Africa, $57 million TSX: OGD $20.6 million
Central Asia
38. Wallis Drilling Perth, Australia Surface exploration/ Australia, Africa, Middle East, SE Asia $54 million (est) NA NA
production drilling
39. Delta SBD Sydney, Australia Underground coal mining, Australia $48 million ASX: DSB $5 million
development, longwall
relocations, mine services
40. SRG Mining Perth, Western Australia Geotechnical drilling/services Australia $47 million ASX: STS $37 million
41. Golding Brisbane, Australia Surface mining/construction Australia $36 million (est) NA NA
42. GBF Perth, Australia Underground mining/devt Australia $35 million (est) NA NA
43. Drillcon Nora, Sweden Surface and underground Sweden, Finland, Norway, Portugal, $33 million Stockholm $20 million
diamond drilling; raise boring Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria Stock Exchange:
DRIL
44. Mancala Melbourne, Australia Underground mining; raise Australia, Vietnam, PNG $29 million NA NA
drilling
45. Geodrill Accra, Ghana Surface exploration drilling Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, $26 million TSX: GEO $26 million
Zambia
46. Energold Vancouver, Canada Exploration drilling North America, South America, Africa $25 million TSXV: EGD $35.2 million
47. Global Mining Perth, Australia Surface mining Australia $23 million (est) NA NA
48. Mackay Drilling Perth, Australia Surface drilling Australia $22 million (est) NA NA
49. Lesedi Johannesburg, South Africa Underground diamond South Africa $20 million NA NA
drilling
50. Cabo Drilling New Westminster, Canada Surface/underground North America, South America $11 million TSXV: CBE $0.72 million
exploration, production and
geotechnical drilling