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  • ISEE
    2000 Blasting in the New Millennium - Timely Claims Reporting Can Make A Big Difference

    By Steve Dillingham

    A blast site incident has just occurred. Tensions are high, and, as the blaster, you’re in charge of the crisis at hand. Your mind is reeling, your thoughts frantic. The main areas of concern for you

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Journal: 100 Years / Petroleum By Sir Beverton Redwood London: Charles Griffin & Company, Limited 1906 Copyright

    By Robert Hopler

    Torpedoing Wells. – On the completion of the drilling, or when the production is found to decrease, it is usual to “torpedo” the well to increase the flow. This process was patented in 1862 by Colonel

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Journal: Old South Pole Demolition

    By John Horgan, Ethan Marcoux

    Explosives have been used to demolish many unsafe structures around the world. However, it is unlikely any demolition job has ever involved destroying buildings already buried 40 feet (12 meters) into

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Drill and Blast Digitalization

    By Ricardo Dr. Chavez, Mathieu Lachamp, Rob Dr. Farnfield

    Pueblo Viejo is an open pit gold mine in the Dominican Republic which is always looking forward to implement the newest technology in the industry to improve all processes. Focusing on one of the pill

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    "Journal: 100 Years / Annual Report of The Smithsonian InstitutionFor the Year 1914"

    By Edward P. O'Hern

    The importance of the so-called explosives and the increasing extent of their use are evident from the fact that the production in the United States for the year 1910, as shown by the United States Ce

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    An Unusual Accident Re-created

    By James Stuart

    A man died when the primed charge he was holding against his chest exploded. He was doing legitimate explosive work, and he was following all the safety procedures he had been taught. He and his colle

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Identification & traceability of civil explosives in Europe

    By Ashley Haslett

    A European Directive on Identification & Traceability of explosives came into effect on the 4th of April 2008. This directive is intended to establish a harmonised system for the unique identification

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Limestone Fragmentation Case Study Using Regular Rhythmic Timing

    By Tristan Worsey, Jhon Silva

    The paper discusses a limestone quarry case study that looks at change in fragmentation due to using different charge sequences when using the regular rhythmic timing method.

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Vibration Data Analysis to Increase Slope Adhesion

    By August Ferraz Ribeiro, Guilherme Dias Mendona, Paula Henrique Lisboa, José Silvio Corsini

    Correct slope adhesion is related to the conformity of the slope’s real geometry to slope planning. It is very important in mining because slope design has economic and safety implications. Slope desi

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Advanced techniques using microscopy to quickly assess emulsion quality and stability.

    By G. Cavanough, A. Torrance

    Emulsions have been developed for over forty years to become the most common water-resistant explosives used in the mining industry. An emulsion is a common commodity, with many examples in our day to

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Journal: 100 Years / US Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin

    By Harry Thompson

    In using explosives to blast stumps from the ground in order to prepare it for farming, it is comparatively easy to place the charge under a stump having a semitaproot or a lateral system of rooting b

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    A New Blast Vibrations Analysis Methodology

    By Francisco Sena Leite, Raquel Sobral, Vinicius Gouveia de Miranda, Céu Jesus

    "The urgent need for improvements in the control and mitigation of environmental and social conditions associated with the extraction and processing of raw materials is increasingly a demand imposed b

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Marvel Loch – Core and Shell Mass Blast

    By Joseph Hoang, Nick Reed, Scott Wishart, Michael Lovitt

    Marvel Loch Underground forms part of St Barbara Limited’s Southern Cross Operations which is located 360km (224 miles) east of Perth. Southern Cross Operations produces approximately 120,000 ounces o

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Underground Remote Firing System

    By Tom Paynter

    In an underground mining environment, the primary method of firing a blast is using a combination of an electric detonator and a detonating cord to initiate the Nonelectric detonators. This method has

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Close-In Shockwave Characteristics In Saturated Sand

    By L C. Taylor, H U. Lesiste

    This paper provides a preliminary description of the properties of the output pressure (shock) wave of an end initiated, cylindrical charge of low height to diameter ratio in saturated sand. The prope

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Encounter with Potential Acidic Sulphate Soil (PASS) and Bulk Emulsion Reaction in a South Africa Iron Ore Mine

    By Dirk Voogt, Quentin Steyl, D. Scott Scovira

    A South Africa iron ore mine reported a decline in blast performance and ore and waste fragmentation. Preliminary investigation by the explosives services company found that the straight gassed bulk e

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Cross Sectional Shape Effects on Small Explosives Driven Shock Tubes

    By Ethan Steward, Robert Eades, Kyle Perry

    Shock tubes, either gas or explosively driven, are often used for physical modeling of free field explosions or arena testing. The use of shock tubes often requires less setup time of subjects and sma

    Jan 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    Development of Ammonium Nitrate-Free Mining Explosives

    By Italo Onederra, Miguel Araos

    "Most of the current explosives for mining blasting activities are based on ammonium nitrate (ANFO, emulsions and watergels). AN-based explosives’ detonating properties were discovered in the 50’s and

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Firing Reliability of Electronic Detonators

    Electronic detonators are receiving increasing acceptance in the blasting industry. Electronic detonators offer several distinctive features over electric and non-el (shock tube) detonators including

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Displacement Control of Uncrushable Materials from Underground Mining Interacting with Open-Pit Operations Through Three-Dimensional Simulation

    By Hector O. Romero, Paulo C. Fernández A, Christian Rees Prado, Claudio C. Gajardo

    In open-pit mining operations, the presence of remnants from past underground labors represents a significant operational challenge, especially if they are in the surroundings of high-grade zones. The

    Jan 26, 2026