Advanced water-powered technology for down-the-hole drilling

LKAB Wassara develop, manufacture and sell energy-efficient, high-performance drilling products and systems for both surface and underground drilling and surveying.

Key Benefits of our water-powered technology
Over 30 million meters drilled
The Wassara W100 DTH-Hammer has, as of 2026, drilled over 30 million meters in the LKAB iron ore mines.

What is water-powered DTH drilling?

The heart of our drilling system is the water-powered DTH hammer, developed and patented in the year 1988 by engineers at LKAB Wassara.

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Products

See technical information about our patented and water-powered DTH Hammers, Drill bits, Pumps, Surveying Systems, and more.

Hammers

Our patented water-powered DTH-Hammers

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Drill bits

Drill bits optimized for Wassara-hammers

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Systems

Borehole surveying systems, and more.

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A full range of DTH Hammers, Pumps, Drill bits and more.

Business areas & Applications

Ground engineering

Our technology is well suited for drilling in sensitive areas as well as for drilling long straight holes.

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Mining

Wassaras' water-powered technology provides accuracy and efficiency that pushes mining boundaries and eliminates previous limitations.

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Tunneling

Water-rich formations, high back pressures, requirements on the borehole (length, accuracy, etc.) and environmental concerns, are all tunneling challenges that our technology can solve.

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Dams

The Wassara-technology mets the demand on drilling equipment used in dams having the ability to not cause harm or distress to any structure being penetrated.

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Geo-drilling

Wassara-hammers have been successfully used in projects requiring boreholes up to 600 meters deep, proving their reliability for geo-energy and geo-thermal projects.

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Surveying

Using our own borehole surveying system, The Wassara Explorer™, Wassara-technicians perform accurate and efficient surveying in diffucult environments.

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Case study-archive – from 30 years of experience

In our case study-archive we present different projects from all around the world.

Success stories from real life!

Wassara Training Center – An online education plattform

Our goal is to share useful technical information and unique knowledge regarding water-powered drilling with our End users, Distributors, Partners and with new members of the LKAB Wassara team.

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LKAB Wassara
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+46 771 760 100 | info.wassara@lkab.com

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