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  • ISEE
    Blast Vibration Monitoring Instrumentation at Noranda Minerals

    By David Sprott

    The effect that underground blasting has on the stability of hangingwalls, pillars and other rock structures is an inherent part of Noranda's geomechanics and mine design program to improve mine safet

    Jan 1, 1988

  • ISEE
    Tug Fork Big Bend Cutoff Blast Monitoring Study

    By Charles E. Joachim

    Railroad and blast induced vibrations were measured in the vicinity of the proposed Big Bend Cutoff. Peak horizontal and vertical particle velocity relations were developed using least squares regress

    Jan 1, 1984

  • ISEE
    Diggability, a Measure of Dragline Effectiveness and Productivity

    By Clive-Workman Davies, K K. Kabongo, Mensah Frimpong

    Given the capital intensity of the dragline operation coupled with rising cost of explosives, the onus is on mine operators to make maximum use of explosives in blasting to assist dragline diggability

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Practical Aspects of Cast Blasting at Bulga Coal Australia

    By Tapan Goswami, Geoff Keith

    "At Bulga Coal, the objectives of drilling and blasting are to maximise safety and to minimise the totalcost of mining. A recent audit of two overburden blasts established that the standard of drillin

    Jan 1, 1999

  • ISEE
    Performance Evaluation and Effects of Standoff on 10,500 grain per foot Linear Shaped Charge

    By Kevin Phelps, Jason Baird, Philip Mulligan, Dominique Nolan

    The basic metric for linear shaped charge performance is the amount of cutting distance that the charge can effectively yield given a specific standoff and target. Due to its size and restricted produ

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Specialized Blend and Delivery Equipment Optimize Emulsion/ANFO Applications

    By Thomas F. Mechtenberg, Michael S. Powell

    In the past several years many coal operators and stone producers have reduced drilling and blasting cost by utilizing Bulk Emulsion/ANFO blends. For many operators the cost of equipment to handle ble

    Jan 1, 1990

  • ISEE
    Development of a new contour blasting system using bulk emulsions

    By Peter Moser, Mark Ganster, Radoslava Ivanova, Florian Bauer

    Blasting accurately in underground drifts and creating a smooth contour requires proper drilling, knowledge about the apparent geology, a well designed blast pattern and ideally a smooth blasting prod

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Dilution and Ore-Loss Optimization in Underground Mines

    By Sami Kara, Marsel Nabium

    As a mining project is developed from conceptual to production phases, there exists a variety of uncertainties and difficulties that affect the operation’s designs and economic values. A notable desig

  • ISEE
    Influence of the Geomechanical Characteristics of the Rocks and of the Type of Explosive on the Absorption of the Energy Induced in the Rock by the Explosives

    By F M. Dantini, P Berry

    An experimental investigation on the trend of cratering induced by explosives placed on rock masses was carried out. By using various types of explosives and rocks having different geomechanical param

    Jan 1, 1981

  • ISEE
    Blasting Techniques to Prevent Coal Loss and Damage

    By Visitor Makiyi, Chris Batten

    Poor coal recovery due to coal damage or loss caused by blasting can have a significant impact on a mining operation. Increasing coal recovery by reducing blast damage can provide a significant opport

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Laboratory Study on Prevention Method of Detonation Failure Caused by Channel Effect

    By Fumihiko Sumiya, Kunihisa Katsuyama, Yuji Ogata, Yukio Kato, Yuji Wada, Yoshikazu Hirosaki

    Smooth blasting technique is widely applied for tunneling road or railway construction in Japan. However, smooth blasting technique often causes problem related to detonation failure in explosive colu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Seed Wave Modeling to Natural Caves Protection in Mining Operations

    By Alejandro Rosario, Ricardo González

    The restrictions imposed by the Brazilian environmental legislation regarding natural caves lead to a block of substantial amount of mineral reserves. Mining activities can released caves, as long as

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    Drilling and Cost Analysis Usign a Personal Computer and Spreadsheet

    By William D. Hissem

    The purpose of this paper is to advise people about the methods, use, and possible applications of current "personal computer" hardware and software with regard to the economic cost analysis of percus

    Jan 1, 1986

  • ISEE
    Energy, Strength and Performance, and Their Implications in Rating Commercial Explosives

    By B Mohanty

    Several parameters such as, Energy, Strength, Brisance, Impulse, and Bubble Energy, are in common use in the explosives industry today to rate commercial explosives in terms of blasting performance. H

    Jan 1, 1981

  • ISEE
    Utilising a Dual Belly Auger MPU to Manufacture Bulked Inhibited Explosives

    By Jason Rock, Rob Thompson, Lee Julian

    This paper presents an innovative shift in inhibited bulk products with specific reference to their manufacture and application.

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Enhancing Blast Performance Evaluation through 3D Muck-pile Fragmentation Analysis: Overcoming Surface-Based Limitations

    By O. Cermak, F. Degonld

    Although 3D fragmentation analysis is a relatively new technology, it is rapidly gaining popularity among mid-sized mining operations and quarries. The results provided by this technology are adequate

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Observations from the Laboratory Testing of Resistorized Electric Detonators

    By David Leidel, James Stuart

    The 50 ohm resistorized electric detonator is commonly used in the oilfield for initiation of wireline conveyed perforating guns and other downhole explosive tools. This type of electric detonator pro

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Computer Aided Design of Ring Blasts

    By Calvin Konya, Theodore R. Myers, Robert Lundquist

    The design of a single, large mass blast using ring drilling may take two to three months. This time requirement inhibits the evaluation of multiple designs. It also reduces the flexibility to redesig

    Jan 1, 1990

  • ISEE
    Understanding Single Salt, Dual Salt, and Multiple Salt Bulk Emulsions and Emulsion Blends

    By Dr. Bronwynne Victor, Quentin Steyl, D. Scott Scovira

    Bulk emulsions and emulsion blends may be formulated with a single salt, dual salts, or multiple salts. Blasting professionals familiar with single salt ammonium nitrate emulsion products may be less

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Instrumentation and Monitoring Criteria to Determine Structural Response from Blasting

    By H Y. Fang, H Sutherland, R M. Koerner

    Due to the increased number of complaints by property owners to blasting related industries an apparent need for a clearer understanding of blasting-related damage is needed. We feel that direct struc

    Jan 1, 1976