Underground blasting operations are challenging from the standpoint of the distribution of explosives energy representative of ring blasting. Energy from ...Read more
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Axial Initiation is a change in the geometry of the propagating detonation front resulting from a continuous det cord. What has ...Read more
The Ernest Henry mine (EHM) is a copper-gold mine located 38km north-east of Cloncurry in north-west Queensland, Australia. The mine produces ...Read more
The design concept was to drill out the wedge as a forward stripping blast and to pre-charge this with WebGen™ ...Read more
In 2018, Orica was looking for a foundation partner to lead the way in the application of wireless initiation in ...Read more
The case study covers the automation of mining equipment at Nevada Gold Mines. Automation of equipment has developed in various parts ...Read more
The assessment of slope stability does not frequently account for the interaction between stress, rock mass damage and water pressure ...Read more
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Open access to forecasts of mine performance by all members of the mine planning team, in the form of open ...Read more
Underground excavations are subjected to complex stress changes caused by nearby mining, but may also be affected by repeated dynamic ...Read more
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Large deformations in deep mines occur due to the exposure of extensively damaged rock mass adjacent to an excavation. In ...Read more
