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  • ISEE
    A New Integrated Workflow to Increase Drilling Accuracy using Post Process Kinematics(PPK) Drones and Smart Drills

    By Ravi Sahu, Kris Jeremiah

    This paper aims to study the benefits of using Post Processed Kinematics(PPK) surveying methodology combined with Drone photogrammetry to achieve highly precise positioning (X, Y, Z) of drill holes b

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Peak Particle Velocity versus Gravitational Acceleration as a Stability Criterion for Earth Retaining Walls Subjected to Production Blast Vibrations

    By Dale Preece, Joergen Pilz, Zavis Zavodni

    An overland conveyor was constructed at a surface coal mine to reduce the truck haul distance and make the operation more efficient. An important element in this system is a truck dump facility to tra

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Managing Risk – Evaluating Existing and New Tools Used in Industry

    By Kristen R. Bingham

    "Today, more than ever, drilling and blasting contractors are challenged to manage the ever-changing risks associated with blasting operations. New neighborhoods are encroaching upon mine sites and bl

    Jan 1, 2017

  • ISEE
    Pump Protection Systems on Mobile Equipment

    By Tom Watts

    This paper will focus on the design, manufacture and use of pump safety systems on MMUs (Mobile Manufacturing Units – Bulk Trucks) with progressive cavity pumps. The practice of pumping bulk blasting

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Winning thin coal seams with Stratablast™- improving coal recovery and sustainability at Anglo Coal’s Drayton Mine

    By Matthew Graham, Tapan Goswami, Geoff Brent

    In dragline coal mining operations, throw blasting is used for the controlled placement of overburden to maximise coal exposure rates or to minimise overburden removal costs. This may necessitate sacr

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    How Genetic Algorithms and Cloud Processing Optimise

    By Mark Roberts

    Automation, data analytics and optimisation are key trends in the mining industry. Doing more, and better, while expending less resources targets KPIs around efficiency and productivity. With the expl

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Explosives Safety and Security

    By Joseph A. Meyers

    NYC has always been a high-profile target for both foreign and domestic terrorists. Explosives have always been the go-to tool for terrorists to bring about serious physical injury, death, and propert

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    The Effect of Porous Muckpile on Dilution of Blasting Induced Fumes

    By Agus Sasmito, Akash Adhikari, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan, Purushotham Tukkaraja

    Previous studies on blast fumes(CO + NO2) clearance and workplace re-entry time have overlooked the effects of toxic gases entrapped in the muckpile. The currently available models forcalculatingthe m

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    Blasting in the Lower Shaft Station of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's Underground Research Laboratory

    By P A. Lang, J G. Ayotte, R W. Humphries

    Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has the responsibility for research, and development of technologies, for the safe and permanent disposal of Canada's nuclear fuel wastes. As part of this compre

    Jan 1, 1986

  • ISEE
    Holistic scientific approach to address wall damage and berm loss from blasting in large open cut metal mines

    By Tapan Goswami, Stephen Jeric, Geoff Brent

    Highwall failures in large deep open cut mines have very significant safety and commercial implications. There are many factors influencing the stability of highwalls. The major influence is the inter

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    High-Performance Emulsion-Based Booster

    By Soseol Kim

    A high-performance Emulsion-based booster explosives has been developed that can be used as a booster for bulk explosives. Currently, Pentolite booster, which is mainly used as a booster for bulk expl

    Feb 6, 2023

  • ISEE
    Effect of delay time on stress induced damage and fragmentation: An analysis of the findings of small scale tests using observations of free face movement and calculations

    By N Gkikizas-Lampropoulis

    Selection of delay times to optimize fragmentation has been a controversial topic among researchers and blasting practitioners. This paper interprets previous experimental information on the effect of

    Jan 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    A Reanalysis of Fragmentation Data from the Red Dog Mine - Part 2

    By Norman Paley, Finn Ouchterlony

    Detailed fragmentation data for different blast delay timing tests at the Red Dog mine in Alaska are analyzed. This work is a continuation of previous work in which the crusher output was found to be

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Correlation of Measurement-While-Drilling Parameters to Fragmentation

    By Kain Petterson, P D. Katsabanis

    Blast fragmentation, determined using image analysis was correlated to drill monitoring parameters in an open pit operation. Average fragment size and 80% passing size showed strong correlation with s

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Prediction of blast induced ground vibration and its associated dominating frequency using a comprehensive support vector machine model

    By T. G. Sitharam, P. B. Choudhury

    Prediction of ground vibration (peak particle velocity, PPV) and frequency is an important task in geoscience. Till date, many empirical equations are derived from conducting trial blasts in the mines

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    The Environmental Disturbance from Special Effects Blasting in Open Water

    By C. Adcock, R. Farnfield, G. Adderley

    The use of explosives to create special effects in the film industry is a well-known past time. A recent production required simulation of a large scale water splash from the effect of a statue fallin

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Analysis of Environmental Effects Induced by Cautious Blasting During the Excavation of Istanbul Subway Construction

    By Ali Kahriman, Abdulkadir Karadogan, Alper Celtikci, Ahmet Varol, Ertugrul Kaya, Turgay Ozat

    This paper presents analysis of environmental effects induced by cautious blasting during the construction of the Istanbul Subway 4 Levent - Ayazaga Darulsafaka Metro Tunnel Project carried out by the

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Bulk Emulsions and Emulsion/ANFO Technology - A Consumer's Guide

    By Catherine L. VanOmmeren

    Emulsion quality characteristics such as shelf life, handling, and sensitivity are critical to the end-user. It is therefore important that the consumer be prepared to ask his suppher specific questio

    Jan 1, 1992

  • ISEE
    Success Case: Technical and Operational Assurance of Blasting Near Neighboring Mine Structures

    By Hector O. Romero, Paulo C. Fernández A, Claudio C. Gajardo

    Phase 06 of the Los Bronces mine, currently under extraction for development, has the particularity of being close to the installations and buildings of a neighboring copper mine. Therefore, the blast

    Jan 21, 2025

  • ISEE
    Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Associated to Blasting Operations Close to House

    By Pierre Auger, Benoit Levesque, Richard Martel, Guy Sanfacon, Louis-Charles Boutin, Marc-Andre Lavigne, Patrick Brousseau, Luc Trepanier, Louise Galarneau

    Explosives used for blasting operations in civil engineering works, like construction of piping systems under roads, of pools, of houses and buildings can generate large volumes of carbon monoxide (CO

    Jan 1, 2002