- 1. Blasting solutions that take mines into digital age
- (Supplier News)
- As mining companies rapidly shift their strategies and operating models to leverage digital transformation, new technologies in blasting and explosives are making an ever more vital contribution to bottom-line ...
- Created on 24 July 2019
- 2. Orica reaches 100 million electronic detonator milestone
- (Latest)
- Orica, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, has reached a milestone of producing 100 million electronic detonators at their manufacturing facility ...
- Created on 02 May 2019
- 3. The industrial ecology of explosives will blow your mind
- (Waste to Energy)
- ... of ANFO production, the most effective way to do that is to tackle that part of its life cycle, which produces the most GHG. That is exactly what the explosives industry did. As Brent mentions in his article, ...
- Created on 25 September 2018
- 4. Orica delivering a step change in productivity and on bench safety
- (Product News)
- ... delivering explosives safely and efficiently, while reducing the total cost of operation for the mine. Fortescue Chief Executive Officer, Elizabeth Gaines stated, “Fortescue has a proud history of embracing ...
- Created on 17 May 2018
- 5. BME breaks into US market
- (Product News)
- Africa-based blasting and explosives leader BME has taken its first steps into the US market with a number of successful test blasts making use of its cutting-edge digital initiation system, blast planning ...
- Created on 16 November 2017
- 6. Trial success for wireless electronic blasting
- (Product News)
- Orica, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, has announced successful production trials of the premium WebGen™ 100 wireless electronic blasting system. ...
- Created on 19 October 2017
- 7. Pakrut recovering from avalanche
- (Latest)
- ... drainage work while the repair and restoration of explosives library, oil depots and other facilities is ongoing. Conditions at the mine site were so severe that full access was restricted until May ...
- Created on 12 October 2017
- 8. What is and why mining?
- (Asian Intelligence)
- ... weights often exceeding 400 tonnes and regular blasts set off by explosives. Yet statistics from Australia, where the mining industry generates about US$130 billion in annual sales revenue, show an average ...
- Created on 09 August 2017
- 9. HRB technology ready for global roll-out
- (Product News)
- ... need to use explosives; No blast effected damage inflicted to the tunnel sidewalls; The structure of the tunnel is stronger due to the circular profile of the tunnel; Reduced rock support costs; ...
- Created on 11 July 2017
- 10. Revolutionising the blasting process
- (Asian Intelligence)
- ... explosives. The internationally patented technology reduces the amount of explosives required in blast holes by using contained and controlled hydraulic energy to optimise and redirect the blast wave forces ...
- Created on 11 July 2017
- 11. New Cat MD6250 blasthole drill
- (Product News)
- ... comes with a variety of standard and optional auto drilling features to ensure drill pattern and depth accuracy, so operations can lower explosives costs, improve blast performance and optimise muckpile ...
- Created on 25 May 2017
- 12. Australian METS in demand
- (Around the Region)
- ... equipment and components, mineral beneficiation equipment and components, explosives, environmental technologies, mining safety and mining skills training. While India has the world’s fourth largest ...
- Created on 04 April 2017
- 13. Positive signs for mining recovery
- (Asian Intelligence)
- ... explosives in the narrow-reef environment. “The system at Modder East is the result of three years’ hard work, but we’ve achieved what no-one has accomplished,” Modder East explosives and technical manager ...
- Created on 04 April 2017
- 14. Dryshot improves blasting performance
- (Product News)
- ... to instantly seal off explosives from problematic water and mud in standard blast holes and stop stemming dilution into explosives in large diameter holes. Dryshot can isolate toe water and mud, creating ...
- Created on 22 December 2016
- 15. Trial mining imminent at Talisman
- (Latest)
- ... the company will equip the site and install accommodation. Construction of the ventilation lock and primary fan installation will follow along with fit out of the explosives magazine and construction of ...
- Created on 13 July 2016
- 16. World’s biggest blast at Queensland mine
- (Supplier News)
- ... master control box. The blasting team was initially trained and certified by AIS, an Australia-based blasting optimisation company who are supplied by leading explosives firm BME. Both companies are subsidiaries ...
- Created on 09 May 2016
- 17. Masbate production similar in 2016
- (Around the Region)
- ... of approximately 16% compared to the 2015 cost guidance of $740 to $775 per ounce, mainly attributable to lower projected prices for diesel fuel, heavy fuel oil (used for power generation) and explosives. ...
- Created on 27 April 2016
- 18. World’s biggest blast at Daunia
- (Latest)
- ... and certified by AIS, who are supplied by leading explosives firm BME. Both companies are subsidiaries of diversified agricultural, mining and chemicals group Omnia Holdings, which is listed on the Johannesburg ...
- Created on 04 March 2016
- 19. Working capital funds for Tembang
- (Around the Region)
- ... effect of commissioning the processing plant eight weeks ahead of schedule, the earlier than anticipated ramp-up of the plant to nameplate capacity, a delay in the permitting and delivery of explosives ...
- Created on 20 January 2016
- 20. Similar Masbate production expected
- (Latest)
- ... oil (used for power generation) and explosives. Masbate is budgeted to process an average of 18,360 tonnes of ore per day for a total of approximately 6.7 million tonnes of ore for 2016, reflecting an ...
- Created on 15 January 2016