Mining Operations

The Companhia de Ferro Ligas da Bahia (Ferbasa) is located in Ipueira, a municipality in the state of Bahia in ...Read more

Mechanical cutters significantly impact mining speed by enabling continuous excavation, unlike the cyclical drill and blast method. This continuity reduces ...Read more

This stoping method, along with its variations of sublevel stoping, vertical crater retreat (VCR) or end slicing, is especially suitable ...Read more

The video shows a blast in an Open Pit mine. Please share your thoughts on the blast and any suggestions to ...Read more

Coal washing, also known as coal beneficiation or coal preparation, is a process used to remove impurities from raw coal ...Read more

One crucial factor in the explosives industry is the velocity of detonation (VoD), which establishes how quickly a detonation wave ...Read more

The suitable drilling technique is selected depending upon the depth and size of the borehole, mineral to be investigated, sampling ...Read more

?Designed by the German business Krupp for the mining and energy company Rheinbraun, Bagger 288 is a mobile strip mining ...Read more

Interesting blasting video with a high speed camera to see the motion of the ground movement. Source: Steffen Lehmann

The inclination of drill holes in blasting operations can have a significant effect on the fragmentation of the rock mass. ...Read more