On June 12th, Enterprise Ireland hosted a Seminar on Business Opportunities with the World Bank. Jointly delivered by the Department of Finance and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Seminar heard from speakers drawn from the World Bank Group (WBG) and from Geoscience Ireland member companies. Read more
Geoscience Ireland (GI) is pleased to announce that Geo Drilling Solutions has joined GI, bringing membership to 36 member companies. Read more
Vertase FLI, part of the FLI Group, was nominated in three categories in this year’s Ground Engineering (GE) Awards, held in London on June 6th. Read more
The FLI Group has announced the acquisition of QDS, a UK based industry-leading soil and water remediation solutions company. Read more
Geoscience Ireland along with five member companies recently featured in the Engineers Journal April edition. You can view the feature by clicking here.
The companies featured in the piece are Nicholas O’Dwyer, FLI Group, Murphy Surveys, Fehily Timoney & Company and Compass Informatics.
Geoscience Ireland attended a series of events taking place around a trade mission led by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphries TD. Read more
Mincon PLC based in Shannon, Ireland, designs and manufactures rock drilling tools for mining, quarrying, hydrocarbons and groundwater industries. With manufacturing facilities in Ireland, Australia, USA and more recently the UK, Mincon reported record Revenues of €97M for 2017, and a 38% increase in Operating Profit to €14M. Read more
The Government has published its Action Plan for Jobs (APJ) 2018, which is the strategic plan for job creation aimed at meeting the long-term, sustained goals outlined in ‘Enterprise 2025’. The 2018 plan builds on the progress achieved by past APJs and continues to support cluster development with Geoscience Ireland outlined as a successful case study (GI Case Study). Read more
Sean Kyne TD, Minister of State for Natural Resources, provided the closing address at the “Ireland – Open for Business” forum at the Prospectors and Developers Association Canada (PDAC) Convention and Tradeshow held in Toronto, March 5th. Read more
The annual Mining Indaba was held in Cape Town in early February. Stronger commodity prices underpinned a more buoyant mood this year which was reflected in a greater presence by over 50 junior exploration companies and a 50% increase in attendance by African Governments. Innovation and Sustainability were to the fore with the Inter-Governmental Forum on Sustainable Mining (IGF) hosting a well-attended series of workshops. However, a large proportion of exploration funds are being directed into near-mine activity rather than grassroots searching for new deposits. Read more
