COMPANY PROFILE
Black Diamond
Shines for
Ontario’s Ring
of Fire
Black Diamond Drilling Tools
Canada is now setting up
shop in Ontario, bringing
to Canada its high-quality
hammer and bit products,
as well as a well-deserved
reputation for exemplary service
known around the world
By Paul Adair
Black Diamond Drilling Tools Canada is the Canadian
arm of China-based Changsha Heijingang Industrial
Co., Ltd. Founded in 1999 by owner Riping Yang,
Changsha Heijingang Industrial is a well-known, pri-vately
operated enterprise located in Lei Feng, Wangcheng
that employs more than 800 people at its massive 1.5 million
square foot production plant. The company’s various facili-ties
are available for research and development, as well as
manufacturing and testing for its approximately 1,000 differ-ent
sets of rock drilling and pneumatic tools.
Changsha Heijingang Industrial currently manufactures
more than 20,000 hammers and over a quarter-million bits
annually for a number of industries, such as mining, quar-rying,
geotechnical, water wells and production drilling.
Although Black Diamond has only recently been building its
name and brand awareness here in Canada, the company’s
product offerings are popular around the world, where cli-ents
such as Australia’s mining giant, Rio Tinto, value Black
Diamond and its parent company for its deep-rooted com-mitment
to quality and service.
“Changsha Heijingang Industrial – and Black Diamond
– is known around the world for its use of high quality raw
materials, advanced production technology and strict testing
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BLACK DIAMOND DRILLING TOOLS CANADA
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