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  • ISEE
    DynoMiner™ APS Underground Explosive Loading System

    By Daniel Roy

    This paper introduces a new, safer bulk emulsion loading system for underground mining operations. The features and benefits of the equipment, along with the use of Dyno Nobel Inc. patented gassed emu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Electronic Blast Initiation - A Practical Users Guide

    By John Watson

    New Technologies, New Challenges and New Opportunities For quite some time now, numerous explosive manufacturers have spent untold man-hours and millions of dollars trying to develop a blast initiatio

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Application of the Blast Fragmentation Models in a Sandstone Quarry

    By Türker Hüdaverdi, Özge Akyildiz

    "In this research, image analysis technique, Kuz-Ram and KCO Models were used to examineefficiency of the quarry blasts. Investigations were performed in Cendere region, Istanbul. As a firststep, imag

    Jan 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    Public Relations Program on a Deep Tunnel Project in Atlanta

    By Gregory B. Poole

    As part of a $3.5 billion program to improve the antiquated waste water system in the city of Atlanta, the Nancy Creek Tunnel is being constructed across the northwest portion of the city. This tunnel

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    Geotechnical Influences on Blast Induced Stress Wave Propagation, Copper Cliffs, Ontario

    By Roger S. Jackson

    "This study interprets vibrations produced by single underground shots, recorded on surface by 135 digital seismographs laid out in four linear arrays. Several vibration anomalies were observed and ar

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    "Journal: 100 Years / Keystone Placer Testing and Mineral Prospecting Drillers Catalog No. 2Keystone Driller Company Beaver falls, Pennsylvania 1907"

    By Oliver Finn

    Gold dredging has made such rapid strides of late and there is such a widespread interest in this branch of mining that I venture to contribute a detailed account of the way in which a Keystone drille

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Vibrations from Seismic Exploration Blast

    By David Siskind

    The authors studied small seismic exploration blasts for vibration characteristics and effects on structures in Mexico. Obtained were 267 three-component recordings of ground vibrations and structure

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Recent Projects - Hilton Hotel Beirut, Lebanon Shot Date: Sunday, July 14, 2002

    By Stacy Loizeaux

    The Beirut Hilton Hotel, which was built in 1975, but never occupied, was imploded on Sunday, July 14, 2002 by Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland and their client, Optimal Engineer

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Quarry Blast Permitting in the Urban Environment

    By Chris Breeds, Ken Johnston, Omar Fulton

    This paper describes the process typically involved with obtaining permits for quarry blasting in urban, suburban, and rural areas, including: content of SEPA (State Environmental Policy Act) driven d

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Seismic Section- Video Review - Understanding Vibrations from Blasting

    By Keith Pucalik

    Understanding Vibrations fr om Blasting focuses on explaining blast vibrations and their effects on people and homes while keeping an eye on the importance of the use and significance of explosives i

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    High Resolution Seismic Refractin Temography for Determining Depth of Blast Induced Damage in a Mine Wall

    By J A. Singer, S R. Iverson, C A. Link

    High resolution seismic refraction tomography has proved to be a useful tool to effectively estimate depth of blast induced damage in a mine face. Excavation blast damage can be as shallow as 1 to 2m

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Top Hammer Drilling-The Way Things Work

    By William D. Hissem

    For those blasthole applications which require the use of holes ranging from 1” to 5.5” in diameter, the use of top hammer drills has been the equipment of choice for several generations of drillers.

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    600 000 M.T to move, a High Risk Operation

    By Jean-Sébastien Lambert, Serge Roberge

    "At the end of 2014, Holcim Canada (Demix Aggregates Division) considered the possibility of drillingand blasting a big volume of rock in order to expose a high-quality limestone bench in one of their

    Jan 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    Application of Cast Blasting in Moroccan Phosphate Mines

    By Mansour Asri, Philippe Somogy, Youssef Daffi, Amor Karim

    Very few cases of Cast Blasting use in phosphate mining are reported. However, in open-cast coal mining, Cast Blasting is a common practice. And yet, the geological structure of both types of deposits

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Concrete Bridge Pier Removal in an Environmentally Sensitive River

    By Paul Kunze

    When a new bridge was needed across the upper reaches of the Yellowstone River in Montana, removing the old concrete bridge piers became an environmental concern for the highway department engineers.

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    3D Computer Simulation of Bench Blasting with Precise Delay Timing

    By Dale S. Preece

    "Detonation delay timing has been an important aspect of quality rock blasting for decades. Detonators that enable delay timing have improved over the years especially with the recent advent of precis

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Using Explosive Risk Assessment Tools for Emergency Operations Planning

    By Dean Nichols, Matt Ortel

    Explosive accidents in the United States have brought increased attention to emergency operation plans (EOP) at all facilities that manufacture, transport, or store hazardous materials – particularly

    Jan 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    Effect of Firing Multiple Geophysical Charges in a Borehole on the Amplitude and Frequency Content of the Generated Seismic Wave

    By D S. Preece

    The aim of the present work is to investigate the effects of shooting multiple explosive charges, in the same borehole, on the amplitude and frequency content of the generated seismic wave. The work a

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Economics of Blasting around Steep Dipping Coal Seams at the Mt. Owen Mine

    By Trevor Howie, Mal Edwards

    "Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd. designed and operate the Mt Owen Mine in the Hunter Valley of NewSouth Wales, Australia on behalf of the owners of the mine, BHP Coal Pty Ltd. The mine is a multiseam open

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Modeling Effect of Delay Scatter on Peak Particle Velocity of Blast Vibration Using a Multiple Seed Waveform Vibration Model

    By R Yang, M Lownds

    This paper reports studies showing the effects of delay scatter on the peak particle velocity (PPV) of blast vibration using a multiple seed wave (MSW) vibration model developed in recent years. The c

    Jan 1, 2011