Demolition experts in Brisbane were left red-faced after their skills failed to topple a silo last week. Their embarrassment went global as the incident made the news overseas as well as in Australia.

Baulderstone Abigroup has contracted Impact Drill and Blast and TecBlast Services to work on the Southern Expressway duplication project in South Australia.

Swedish drill rig manufacturer Sandvik has signed an agreement with Canada’s Cubex to acquire its drilling solutions business and operations.

Finalists in the 8th annual Safe Work Australia Awards have been announced by Rex Hoy, the chief executive officer of Safe Work Australia.

A Western Australian explosives supplier is offering its medium size to large customers a novel solution to planning and controlling their own blasting schedules. Mandy Parry-Jones spoke to Johnex national business manager Kerry Hughes.

The Bli Bli hard rock quarry, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, is within 2.7km of the city of Nambour and surrounded by the Parklands Forest Reserve. How does a quarry like this plan and design a non-standard blast without disrupting local fauna and flora, the neighbouring community and its own critical infrastructure?

A system employed for permanent vibration monitoring in blasting building foundations has positive ramifications for blasting techniques in quarries.

An Argentinian drilling contractor has successfully combined the workload of an Atlas Copco drill rig and the Powercrusher mobile range.

The new MD5150 tracked dril rig can reduce costs, cycle times and improve productivity.

A new advanced drilling tool system is expected to deliver up to 80 per cent longer rod life than its predecessor.

Furukawa Rock Drill’s hydraulic crawler drill HCR1500-ED is a Tier 3/Euro Stage 3 compliant machine featuring an integrated drilling system (IDS) and a dual damper system (DDS).