- 1. Blasting tech takes mines into the future
- (Supplier News)
- Built on innovation since its inception more than three decades ago, global explosives provider BME – a member of the JSE-listed Omnia Group – paves the way for mines to leverage the latest technologies ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 2. Epiroc, Orica planning to take automation underground
- (Latest)
- Epiroc and Orica have revealed they are collaborating on a prototype of the first-ever semi-automated explosives delivery system, positioning them in the initial stages of a transition to underground automation. ...
- Created on 26 November 2020
- 3. Orica having a blast with Glencore
- (Latest)
- Orica has been selected by Glencore for a five-year explosives technology and services contract for the producer’s copper and zinc operations in Australia. The new agreement, effective January 2021, ...
- Created on 11 November 2020
- 4. Blasting During COVID-19
- (Features)
- ... site-specific conditions and to optimise blast explosives loading and initiation designs. This includes being able to ensure that the designed blast is accurately translated into the actual fired blast. ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 5. Safety net tightens for Queensland resources workers
- (Latest)
- ... – also launched on 1 July. It has responsibility for regulating safety and health across the state’s mines, quarries, petroleum and gas sites, and the explosives supply chain. The regulator will report ...
- Created on 02 July 2020
- 6. Saracen Mineral awards A$70 million D&B contract to SRG Global
- (Supplier News)
- Western Australia-based Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd awarded a new five-year, A$70 million drill and blast contract to SRG Global Ltd. Scope of services include production drilling, explosives supply and ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 7. Orica and Epiroc partner to deliver blast automation
- (Product News)
- Orica and Epiroc Rock Drills AB will jointly develop a semi-automated explosives delivery system, enabling safer and more productive blasting operations in underground mines. As mines go deeper and ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 8. Safe explosive technologies for the mining industry
- (Product News)
- ... in the explosives sector Dyno Nobel provides new ideas in design and development, along with state-of-the-art technology in the field of explosives and blasting services. The combined personnel experience ...
- Created on 12 May 2020
- 9. Saracen Mineral awards A$70 million D&B contract to SRG Global
- (Latest)
- Western Australia-based Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd awarded a new five-year, A$70 million drill and blast contract to SRG Global Ltd. Scope of services include production drilling, explosives supply and ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
- 10. Blasting leader goes global with home-grown tech
- (Supplier News)
- Pioneering beyond its manufacture and supply of cold emulsion explosives, BME has become a home-grown South African success story now exporting blasting technology to mining countries world-wide. ...
- Created on 11 February 2020
- 11. New Orica digital fragmentation measurement technology key to unlocking downstream benefits
- (Supplier News)
- Orica, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, announced the release of its new automated rock sizing measurement technology, FRAGTrack™. ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 12. Weld Australia calls on Government to mandate compliance to Australian Standards
- (Leading Developments)
- ... Alberto Calderon, explained their billion dollar-plus Pilbara explosives plant was shut down after a “terminal cancer of leaks” caused by faulty welding done in China. Mr Calderon said the 330,000 tonnes-a-year ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 13. 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
- 14. 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
- 15. 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
- 16. 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
- 17. 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
- 18. 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
- 19. 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
- 20. 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