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  • ISEE
    Regulatory Compliance for Drillers, Blasters and Distributors Hotspots and Pitfalls

    By Paul Downing

    Anyone in business today knows how difficult and time consuming it is to keep abreast of new and revised federal regulations. Those in the explosives industry know that such a task can be next to impo

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Techno-Economics of Blasting in Tunnels Using High Energy Slurries

    By Kate Satish

    M/s Konkan Railways Corporation are constructing 760 kms long rail road in the Western Coastal Region of India. The rail road encounters 75 tunnels through the Western Ghats of India with a total leng

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Explosion Shock Separation: A New Approach in Pretreatment Technique of Lignocellulosic Materials

    By Wang Xuguang, Tian Ruigi, Xiong Shangbin, Xiong Daiyu

    Combining action features of explosive shock with those of natural lignocellulosic biomass structure, we have successfully developed a new explosive shock dilatation and separation technique for pretr

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Standards, Environmental Regulations and Consequences for Tunnel Blasting Projects in Urban Areas in Sweden

    By Rundqvist

    The best method to minimise disturbances from traffic to the neighbourhood and in Urban is probably to go underground. For obvious reasons this will cause vibrations, noise and other environmental eff

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Dynamite Daze

    I attended a funeral in West Monroe, Louisiana, for one of the best powder peddlers I’ve ever known. He started work in 1948 for Dixie Dynamite, a seismograph explosive distributor. His first job was

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Variations in Vibration Signals from Single Hole Quarry Blasts

    By Rob Farnfield, Yuill Gavin

    The rock blasting industry continues to be under pressure to reduce the level of vibration induced by the use of explosives. In recent years much research and development has been directed to minimizi

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Standard of Care for Blasting Negligence

    By Timothy Stark

    Blasters are usually strictly liable for injury or damage caused by flyrock (trespassory invasion) and blast-induced vibrations (non-trespassory invasion). The application of strict liability to non-t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Professional Steps in the Blasting Process

    By Mark William Withey

    "Blasting safety in surface mining is a necessary industrial goal. Proper techniques and disciplinesexercised during the blasting process enhance the probability of achieving that goal.The blasting pr

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    A Study of Misfires in Mining

    By Larry R. Fletcher

    A misfire results when explosives fail to detonate as planned during a mine blast. Accidental detonation of misfires is a frequent cause of personal injury, equipment damage, and lost production. In a

    Jan 1, 1983

  • ISEE
    The Development of an Inhibited Explosive for Black Pyritic Reactive Shale (7d7c104e-e6d0-4205-a9a2-1931966d478c)

    By P Bellairs

    The Hamersley Province is located 1000km to the North of Perth the Capital City of Western Australia and is of major economic significance due to the mining of extensive deposits of Haematitic Iron Or

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Preventing and Dealing with Blasting Complaints

    By Michael Ostrowski

    While the words “explosives” and “blasting” cause insurers to become apprehensive, skilled contractors using modern techniques under controlled conditions rarely cause serious damage or injury. Howeve

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Journal: Make a Good Impression / Pre-blast Surveys

    By Sandra Penttinen

    There are several ways to get a positive reaction from neighbors to blasting projects. When you need to enter structures to conduct a pre-blast inspection, the impression you make on the structure own

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Predicting Rotary Drill Performance

    By George P. Jr Schivley

    Looking at the process of drilling rock from the standpoint of the power required, yields an equation that relates Force-on-the-Bit; Torque, to rotate the bit; and bit Angular Speed to the Penetration

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    Gravois Bluffs: Review of a Successful Large-Scale Blast-Monitoring program.

    By David Weidner

    Public relations, regulatory compliance, determination and implementation of pre-blast inspections, and accurate blast monitoring data are all essential components when conducting blasting operations

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Iron Ore Blast Designs and Cap Testing at the Minntac Mine

    By Jack Eloranta

    To improve control of blasting, tests were performed to assess non-electric cap accuracy. Simultaneous testing using a Velocity of Detonation Recorder (VODR), Red Lake Lo-Cam and an Instantel DS-677 b

    Jan 1, 1992

  • ISEE
    Investigative Blast Programme for Chek Lap Kok

    By Alastair Torrance, George Boucher

    The authors were involved in the Trial Blast work at Chek Lap Kok, the site of the new Hong Kong Airport. As part of that work a series of computer programs including 3x30, QFRAG, DESIGNER and 3DMUCK

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    Blasting in the New Mellinnium: Are We Learning from Mistakes

    By Steve Dillingham

    There are some blasters and blasting companies that just seem to have better safety reputations than others. This is in spite of the fact that they are essentially doing the same type of work under si

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Blasting in the New Mellinnium: Safety and CredibilityA Recipe for Success

    By Steve Dillingham

    In every aspect of conduct, on the blast site or off, the issue of credibility is raised. Promises are made, commitments are satisfied, safe practices are obeyed, communication is maintained, and prov

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Water Overpressure Monitoring during an Arctic Winter

    By Jeff Peterson, Alastair Grogan

    During the winter of 2001/2002, a number of seismic exploration projects were carried out in the Mackenzie River Delta area of the Northwest Territories, in Canada. The purpose of the seismic projects

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Blasting in a Cement Kiln

    By Ray Patterson

    A planned modification to a cement kiln at the Holnam Portland Cement Plant near Florence, Colorado required the removal of a ring of cast-in-place (CIP) refractory lining. The CIP lining was approxim

    Jan 1, 1999