- 1992 - Rod Bertram establishes a Raiseboring Division for a leading Diamond Drill Contractor.
- 1992 - Rod Bertram introduces the concept of down-reaming to the Australia market at Mount Isa Mines.
- 1994 - Rod Bertram achieves a management buy-out of the Raiseboring Division to found Raisebore Australia – a privately owned company – and becomes Managing Director.
- 1995 - Raisebore Australia introduces the first* ‘intrinsically safe’ raiseborer for use underground in coal mines at Cordeaux Colliery in New South Wales, Australia.
- 1996 - Raisebore Australia acquires Drillcorp Raiseboring’s assets, enabling the excavation of long, large-diameter coal mine shafts (BHP Tower Colliery was the first project in the same year), and retains senior personnel.
- 1997 - Raisebore Australia acquires the raiseboring assets of Pasminco Mining, allowing raises of four metre diameter (this coincided with the need for large diameter ventilation shafts in new Australian mines).
- 1997 - Raisebore International Pty Ltd was established and incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Raisebore Australia Pty Ltd.
- 1997 - The new company undertakes its first project in Hong Kong.
- 1998 - Raisebore Australia accepts a 50% Joint Venture Partnership offer from JS Redpath Ltd to launch Raise Contractors International.
- 1998 - Raise Contractors International purchases equipment for raises up to five metre diameter and diversifies its fleet with five Alimak systems to offer an alternative to mechanised raiseboring.
- 2000 - Raisebore Australia buys out Redpath to wholly own Raise Contractors International and sells off Alimak systems due to safety concerns and to specialise its fleet.
- 2000 - Raisebore Australia formed Australia’s first ‘Slot Hole Division’ of raiseborers (five units designed to ream raises up to and including 1.5 metre diameter and able to ream in up-hole mode or down-ream).
- 2000 (Aug) - Raisebore International expands its international operations into Europe, with the first project in Portugal.
- 2001 - Raisebore International ceases international operations following the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York.
- 2007 - Raisebore Australia resumes international operations with projects in New Zealand and Vietnam.
- 2009 - Raisebore International starts operations in West Africa.
- 2010 - Raisebore International’s first project begins in India.
- 2010 (Jan) - Raisebore Australia acquires the Atlas Copco 415 volt 91RH.
- 2010 (Nov) - Raisebore Australia introduces a new visual identity, symbolising a new era of global focus.
- 2014 - Raisebore Australia acquires Atlas Copco 1000 volt 91RH.
* As of March 2014, it still is the only machine of its type in Australia.
Look at Raisebore Australia’s experience.