Axial Initiation is a change in the geometry of the propagating detonation front resulting from a continuous det cord. What has ...Read more
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With increasing depth, there will always be situations where stress, strength and structure combine to store energy in unstable ways ...Read more
Another MEGA Diamond recovered in AFRICA: MASSIVE 2,492-carat DIAMOND discovered in mine in Botswana: A MASSIVE 2,492-carat diamond — one ...Read more
Whilst there have been relatively few innovations in the nature or application of main surface fans in the past 20 ...Read more
The correct specification and then selection of primary or major fans for an underground mine is a critical decision not ...Read more
The underground metalliferous mining industry continues to change under the influence of many factors including, to name a few, new ...Read more
A method and equations are presented to allow calculation of the natural wet bulb temperature (WBn), psychrometric dry bulb temperature ...Read more
To better understand the rockmass response to mining – specifically changes in stress and fracture density – it is desirable ...Read more
The 10th deepest open pit mines in the world are raked as follow: Bingham Canyon Mine (USA): > 1.2 km Chuquicamata (Chile): ...Read more
With hardrock mines using mobile equipment with ever larger diesel engines in ever larger development dimensions, the use of traditional ...Read more
