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  • ISEE
    Delicate Demolition - Bizarre Tragedy Leads to Record-Setting Blast in Canada

    By Brent Blanchard

    An emergency demolition project related to a bizarre plane crash has reportedly set a new world record for the tallest structure ever explosively demolished. On Sunday, April 22, 2001, 38-year old Gil

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Frequency Analysis and the Use of Response Spectra for Blast Vibration Assessment in Mining

    By David E. Siskind

    In the period 1989 to 1994, the U.S. Bureau of Mines assisted the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) in studying a high-complaint situation near an active surface coal mine. A

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Journal: Safety Talk / Safety Shortcuts -- The Longest Distance Between Two Points

    By Steven D. Sandbrook

    A man by the name of Louis Binstock once said, “Too often the shortcut, the line of least resistance, is responsible for evanescent and unsatisfactory success.”

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Status of International Standards on Blasting

    By Gerald R. Coonan

    I'm really here to talk about my pet subject of government relations. I've been in Peabody's Environmental Quality Department, working on regulations, for over five years, and I have seen a number of

    Jan 1, 1980

  • ISEE
    Windows-Based Automated Blast Loading and Reporting System

    By Ronald Joseph

    Windows-based automated blast loading systems have long being conceptualised and never really taken off in the surface mining sector. However, with the introduction a windows-based automated blast loa

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Ammonium Nitrate Blasting Agents from Manufacture to Field Use

    By Fred C. Drury

    The introduction and growth of modern chemical explosives based upon prilled ammonium nitrate has been the most significant development in the explosives industry during the 20th century. These modern

    Jan 1, 1980

  • ISEE
    Modelling Complex Shock Tunnel for Shock Interaction and Transfer Testing

    By Catherine Johnson, Barbara Rutter

    The shock tunnel located at the Missouri University of Science and Technology Experimental Mine is 65 feet 9 inches (20.0406 m) in length. The tests performed inside of this tunnel are either arena te

    Jan 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    Worsey-Silva Equation for Modeling Fragmentation Caused by Row Timing

    By J. Silva, T. Worsey

    The Worsey-Silva equation determines the optimal row timing for the smallest fragmentation and allows fragmentation models to be adjusted due to row timing. The equation utilizes the concept of dynami

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Are Electronic Initiation Systems the Unique Answer to Solve Blasting Issues?

    By Jesus A. Pascual de Blas

    After 30 years of development and introduction, electronic initiation systems are now well established in blasting applications, both mining, quarrying and civil works. In terms of blast technology, i

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    Ground Reaction Time Measurement and Modelling for Improved Blast Outcomes

    By Richard Turnbull

    Maules Creek mine is an open cut coal near Boggabri in the Gunnedah Basin of New South Wales, Australia. The mine is currently operating at an annualised run rate of 9.5Mt of saleable coal. The plan i

    Jan 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    Journal: Safety Talk, Drilling Safety – Minimizing Risk Factors

    By William Reisz

    Many different types of drills coming in a wide range of sizes and configurations are used in the blasting industry today. While each system may have its own unique attributes and capabilities, it may

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    The Importance of Computerized Blast & Inventory Management Systems for the Explosives Industry

    By Frank Wilder, Mark Ferrero

    One of the challenges currently facing the explosives industry is how to transition its workforce and its business systems to respond to the increasing pressures for improved inventory and records man

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Blasting Procedures at the Republic Mine

    By R C. Berglund

    Since the Republic Mine began production in the mid 1950's, drilling and blasting practices have continually changed. In recent years, progress has been achieved through the development of more precis

    Jan 1, 1980

  • ISEE
    Buffer Blasting Techniques in Open Pit Mines

    When CIL presented their new theory of the Breakage Process and Delay Blasting at the 74th Annual Meeting of the CIM in 1972(1), there was hardly any open pit operation in Canada that was using longer

    Jan 1, 1979

  • ISEE
    Oxygen Balanced Emulsion-ANFO Blends for Use in Flammable Atmospheres

    By Michael J. Sapko, Eric S. Weiss

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines has been conducting research on the secondary explosion hazards associated with the mining of oil shale under gassy mine conditions. Explosive incendivity tests have been cond

    Jan 1, 1990

  • ISEE
    The Swedish Approach to Contour Blasting

    By R Holmberg, P A. Persson

    Recent developments in the methods of measuring rock motion close to the contour at the moment of blasting have given an improved understanding of the extent of rock damage caused by different charge

    Jan 1, 1978

  • ISEE
    Protection from Liability Before, During, and After Blast Detonation

    By Ralph E. Burnham, J. Kelly Ratliff

    "The words “dynamite,” “TNT,” “explosives,” and “blasting” typically cause the general public, andjurors, apprehension and fear. Although blasting operations conducted by well-trained, skilled, andexp

    Jan 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    A System for Remotely-Controlled, Continuous Drill and Blast Excavation

    By Carl R. Peterson, Robert G. Lundquist

    The development of a remotely-controlled drill and blast excavation system is desirable both because it is potentially more economical than mechanical tunneling in hard rock and for safety. A serious

    Jan 1, 1983

  • ISEE
    Optimum Design for Blasting Plastic Material Using High Speed Photography

    Case histories in blasting show that Livingston's cratering technology has been applied successfully to blast designs with explosives having a charge length to diameter ratio not larger than 6. But th

    Jan 1, 1987

  • ISEE
    Digital Delay Blasting At United Taconite LLC

    By William Everett, Jack Eloranta

    United Taconite is an iron ore mine operated by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (Cliffs) located near Eveleth, Minnesota. The mine, originally known as Eveleth Taconite Mines, was purchased in December 2003 by C

    Jan 1, 2006