The history of commercial explosives is relatively short. Only 140 years ago, the world was restricted to black powder and nitro-glycerine based explosives. In
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Improving explosives, blasting competence for supervisors, managers
The main hazard associated with explosives is their chemical energy. The risk is in the likelihood of that energy being released when you do
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Reducing piles through better blasting
Blasting has four objectives: to loosen in-situ rock from a quarry face, reduce block size for processing by crushers, to excavate and load the
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Where are our quarry workers coming from?
I think we all know the problem and the reasons for our current dilemma. The quarrying industry has for many years been the provider
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