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 ...
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. ...
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, ...
... 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. ...
... – 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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™.
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... 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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, ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...