Search Documents

Search Again

Search Again

Refine Search

Publication Date
Clear

Refine Search

Publication Date
Clear
Organization
Organization
  • ISEE
    Optimization of Blast Design Parameter for Ring Blasting in Underground Hard Rock Mine Using Numerical Simulation

    By VIVEK KUMAR HIMANSHU, Murari Prasad Roy, Kaushik Dey, Rakesh Kumar Singh, Ashish Kumar Vishwakarma

    Sublevel stoping is commonly adopted method in underground hard rock mining. Proper planning and its execution is the key requirement for stope extraction using this method. The stope extraction has b

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Increasing El Toro Mining Productivity through the Application of Massive Blasting Techniques while Reducing Environmental Impact on Neighboring Communities

    By César Ugaz Castañeda, Paulo Fernández Alvarado, Richard Sotomayor Oblitas, Rocke Enríquez

    Mina El toro has been making substantial changes in its operation to improve its social impact and productivity. Because of the use of gasified emulsions and electronic initiation system, it was possi

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Transforming Underground Blasting Operations into Primary Crushing Operations

    By Christopher Jon Preston, Troy Williams, Daniel Roy

    There has been significant progress made with narrow vein gold mines in which a second option for crushing has begun to attract attention. To ensure the profitability of a mine that has based its econ

    Jan 1, 2019

  • ISEE
    Western Europe's Largest Underground Blast

    By P McConnell, T Garrigan

    Tara Mines Limited, in Ireland, is Western Europe's largest zinc mine. Annual metal production, from 2.5 million tonnes of ore, consists of 180,000 tonnes of zinc and 34,000 tonnes of lead.

    Jan 1, 1989

  • ISEE
    Driving Continuous Improvement Through Blast Design Technologies in a Surface Quarry

    By Toby Forney, Joshua Schoonover

    In typical surface quarry operations, productivity and efficiency related to pit development begin with drilling and blasting efforts. By embedding technology within drilling and blasting operations,

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Permitted Explosives Research work in Australia

    By Duncan Chalmers, Rob Nowell, Miguel Araos

    Australian underground mines produce in excess of 60 mtpa of coal. Most of these use the longwall method, and they require the use permitted explosives (which are called “permissible” in other countri

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    How to Achieve 100% of Advance in Tunnel

    By Alan Diaz Butron, Eng. Thierry Bernard

    "In tunnel blasting the most challenging objective is definitively obtaining the maximum advanceassociated to a minimum overbreak. Achieving 100% of advance with no overbreak is the targetchallenge by

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Effect of Artificial Discontinuities Formed by Presplitting with Different Depths on Structural Damage Risk

    By Enver Alan

    This Research & Development (R&D) study was conducted in the field of applied blasting engineering in Ethiopia, within the AKH Railway Project, which was built in Girena, within the boundaries of the

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Blasting in Tunneling

    By Midori Sakamoto, Nobuaki Sakuma, Tsuyoshi Murashita

    Recently, tunnel blasting works near the residential area and existing building are increasing and environmental problems caused by vibration have become serious public concern. In order to solve thes

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Low Cost Raw Materials for Emulsion Explosives Applications

    By John Manka

    Emulsion explosives consist of an aqueous oxidizer phase, a fuel phase, and an emulsifier. The ability to use lower-cost sources for any of these raw materials presents an obvious economic advantage t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    An Energy Equality Approach to Blasting

    By Daniel Scott

    Mines have used explosives for economical fragmentation for many years. It can therefore be expected that the mining industry has thoroughly researched how to achieve the most efficient blast. However

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Integration of Mine Resources in the Optimization of Shot Documentation

    By Kyle Apple

    The following is a case study of how LuckStone Corporation improved their blast monitoring and documentation program. A number of resources already at their disposal have been utilized to improve the

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Journal: Haz Mat 101, PART 2 – Hazardous Material Placarding for Highway Transportation in Commerce of Explosives, Oxidizers, and Combustible Liquids

    By Tom Snyder, John Brulia

    "The U. S. commercial explosives industry annually transports thousands of tons of hazardous materials (HM) in the form of explosives, oxidizers, and combustible liquids by highway in truck-tractor/tr

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Case Studies Using the Multiple Blasthole Fragmentation (MBF) Model at Open Pit Mines in Canada

    By Scott King, Norm Patterson, Ruilin Yang

    The multiple blasthole fragmentation (MBF) model developed by Orica models the contributions from multiple blastholes to fragmentation at any given point in the rock and simulates a production blast w

    Jan 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    Vibration Monitoring Standards Connected to the Use of Explosives in Different Countries

    By Johan Finsteen Gjødvad, Mathias Jern

    The paper is part of the ongoing work of the Environmental committee of EFEE. To assist the European experts working with explosives one of the aims is to improve the common knowledge of similarities

  • ISEE
    Vibration Monitoring Standards Connected to the Use of Explosives in Different Countries

    By Johan Finsteen Gjodvad, Mathias Jern

    The paper is part of the ongoing work of the Environmental committee of EFEE. To assist the European experts working with explosives one of the aims is to improve the common knowledge of similarities

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Tehachapi, CA, Double-Track Project, Rock Slope Design and Excavation

    By Thomas Pallua, William C. Gates

    "Two major railroad companies have identified several segments along the railroad corridor betweenTehachapi and Bakersfield, Kern County in California that require construction of a second track to im

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    A Review of Contemporary Blast Design Data and Rules of Thumb

    By David La Rosa, Matthew Craft, Lee Julian

    Rules of thumb are ubiquitous in blasting. Typically presented as ratios, they assist with the initial assumptions of blast design and provide guidance for best practice. Examples include the blast ho

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Design Software for Electronic Detonators

    By Kia Riihioja, Mike Higgins

    A major difference between electronic and pyrotechnic detonators is that, in almost all but the simplest of blast layouts, computer software is required to plan a blast using electronic detonators. Wh

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Gas and Dust Explosion Research at the UKERT Lab

    By Jaco van den Berg, Dr. Todor Petrov, Dr. Josh Calnan, Dr. Jhon Silva

    This paper shows and reviews the similitudes and differences in explosions generated by high explosives and gas explosions, the reasons why gas explosions are difficult to replicate using high explosi

    Feb 1, 2020