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Demolition of the Milwaukee Railroad Trestle Pier, Lind, WA
By William C. B. Gates
Demolition blasting next to an active railroad can be very challenging because of track safety, blasting vibrations, potential track fouling by blast debris, and short work windows on a live track. Re
Jan 1, 2016
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A Revolutionary, New Microballoon Ammonium Nitrate Prill that Increases Explosive Performance Through Controlled Porosit
By Attie J. Goosen, William L. Spiteri
Although the physical characteristics of ANFO made from porous prilled ammonium nitrate (PPAN) have been altered by the addition of crystal modifiers, the optimisation of prilling processes and the ad
Jan 1, 1995
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Controlled Underwater Blasting in Santos Port, Brazil
By Paulo José Costa Couceiro Junior, Manuel Lopez Cano
The biggest Port of Latin America - the Santos Port in São Paulo, Brazil - has been drilled and blasted by controlled underwater techniques in order to remove around 40,000 m3 (52,318 cubic yard) of r
Jan 1, 2016
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Journal: Safety Talk / The Cell Phone: A Potential “Digital Danger”
By John Brulia
You’ve probably heard the old expression, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” But the adage doesn’t seem to hold much water when it comes to making a telephone call on the road. Thi
Jan 1, 2008
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Current Blasting Practices for Open Pit Gold Operations in Nevada
By Ed Coulter
Nevada has a population of 1.2 million people of which only 21% or 312,rIXl are native born Nevadans. he population between 1980-1990 grew a record of 389%. and ls the fastest growing state in the uni
Jan 1, 1991
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Systems Integration of a Global Explosives Security System at a MultiNational Explosives Manufacturer Using Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) Based Technologies for Tracking and Monitoring Explosives and Detonators
By Thomas Zukovich, Robert Morhard, Thomas Gelormino
The ExploTrack Explosives Tracking System is a sophisticated integration platform designed to track explosive products in both fixed locations and mobile environments globally, in real-time, on a 24/7
Jan 1, 2007
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BAI Workshop Presentation - New Stem Plug Devices and Applications
By Brian Carr
This workshop will display all of the existing products that are available as stemplug devices and discuss the general concept of the use of them. Actual results will be discussed along with several c
Jan 1, 2000
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Modeling and Optimization of Wall Damage in Underground Stope Blasting
By Abraham Lindo
"Blasting plays a key role in hard rock underground mining. It is by nature a violent and destructiveextraction method designed to economically fragment the rock into a suitable size for it to be load
Jan 1, 2016
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Wireless Electronic Blasting
By Daniel Mallette, Richard Goodridge, C M. Lownds
Despite a world of mobile devices that has many of us taking the ability to communicate wirelessly for granted, an in-hole wireless initiation system was thought to be not viable. The known and common
Jan 1, 2016
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Sources of Nitrate in Groundwater Near Roadway Rock Blasting Sites
By David M. Langlais, Krystle Pelham
"Explosives used in blasting operations, natural and anthropogenic sources such as septic systems,fertilizers, and decomposing vegetation can potentially contaminate groundwater with nitrate in thevic
Jan 1, 2016
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Journal: 100 Years / Mining & Scientific Press San Francisco March 18, 1905
By Robert Hopler
This article, advocating having employees whose specific job would be to fire blasts in underground coal mines in llinois, was written 5 years prior to the establishment of the U.S. Bureau of Mines,
Jan 1, 2006
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Analysis of Sympathetic Detonation in Detonating Cord
By Abigail Styer, Paul Holmgren, Josh Calnan
Detonating cord is a staple of the explosives industry, used widely in the civil and defense industries. Detonating cord is a thin, flexible plastic tube filled with pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN
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Blasting for Avalanche Control Above Snoqualmie Pass and Chinook Pass in Washington State
By Craig Wilbour, John Stimberis, Rob Gibson, Lee Redden
An avalanche is a snow slide. A simple explanation is that the snow on a slope will slide (avalanche) when the snow strength can no longer support its own weight. Snow avalanches happen when the load
Jan 1, 2004
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The Advantages of Recycled Oil in Blasting, a Refreshing Approach
By Joseph Daly
This is the detailed evaluation of the establishment and implementation of an ‘oil recycle plant’ located on site at Boggabri Mine NSW, (Australia); its production, its use and its value. Also discuss
Jan 1, 2014
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Toxic Fume Comparison of a Few Explosives Used in Trench Blasting
By Marcia Harris, Richard Mainiero, Michael Sapko
Since 1988, there have been 17 documented incidents in the United States and Canada in which carbon monoxide (CO) is suspected to have migrated through ground strata into occupied enclosed spaces as a
Jan 1, 2003
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Small Scale Testing to Investigate Air Blast Loading on Plates
By H Ulrich Leiste, Leslie Talor
This paper describes a series of small scale tests conducted to investigate the loading applied to a flat plate by the detonation of a cylindrical charge very close (between two and three charge radii
Jan 1, 2009
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Protection Against Litigation with Good Pre-Blast Surveys, Damage Inspections and Record Keeping
By Randall Wheeler, R. Frank Chiappetta
2000 HIGH-TECH SEMINAR Blasting Technology, Instrumentation. and Explosives Applications - Orlando, Florida, USA July 24 - 27,200O 2000 BAI - PROTECTION AGAINST LITIGATION WITH GOOD PRE-BLAST SURVEYS,
Jan 1, 2000
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Stratablasttm - A New Mining Method
By T Goswami
The conventional practice in open cut coal strip mining has been to blast the overburden or coal layers in separate blast events. This is done in order to maximise the benefits from throw blasting and
Jan 1, 2006
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Common Test Methods Used to Measure Properties of Commercial Explosives
By Gary Eck, Kevin Tallent
Over the past decades, the science of energetic materials has advanced dramatically in both the fields of military munitions, as well as industrial explosives. Out of necessity, test methods to measur
Jan 1, 1998
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems Use in Blasting Operations
By Lon Santis, Dale Ramsey
The use of aircraft to support blasting operations in mines, quarries and construction sites goes back to the early days of aviation. Invaluable at times, aircraft use has been limited by cost, the un
Jan 1, 2016