Mining Operations

Backbreak is the unintended fracturing or damage to the rock mass behind the final row of drill holes after a ...Read more

Introduction Water gel, sometimes known as slurry explosive, is a relatively new explosive that has supplanted conventional explosives. Slurries are made ...Read more

Delay blasting reduces blast-induced vibrations through a controlled timing mechanism that manages the sequence of detonations. Mechanism of Vibration Reduction Staggered Detonation By ...Read more

Hole deviation in drilling occurs when the drill bit unintentionally strays from its planned path, influenced by a combination of ...Read more

Definition of Burden Burden is defined as the horizontal distance from the front of the blast hole to the nearest free ...Read more

Mponeng is the deepest level shaft in the world, with a depth of 3 891 metres below datum and 2 062 metres ...Read more

Air decking is nothing but creating an empty space in a blast hole. The location of the air deck could ...Read more

Trommel is a rotating cylinder with holes that acts like a classifier, allowing only gold materials to pass through the ...Read more

All other mining techniques in which coal is extracted from beneath the overburden by mechanical devices situated at the face ...Read more

Buffer blasting is most successful when the rock is quite competent or on slopes designed with a higher factor of ...Read more