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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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