Blasting Technology for Underground Hard Rock Mining

His areas of specialization include opencast and underground mining technology, drilling and blasting technology, rock excavation engineering, tunnelling, geomechanics, ground control, and strata management. Prof Mishra has to his credit, 193 research publications in peer-reviewed reputed journals, international/national …

What You Need To Know About Drilling and Blasting

The process of blasting is typically triggered sequentially to ensure optimal fragmentation of the rock is achieved and also to ensure that vibrations produce do not affect the integrity of its surroundings. 4. Ventilation ... while mining engineers help optimize the process by using sensors to measure vibrations, study rock characteristics, ...

Drill & Blast Strategy

Designing a drill and blast strategy in the mine planning process involves a complex set of considerations to ensure safe and efficient excavation. Ensuring the safety of workers and equipment is paramount as well as minimizing the risk of accidents, flyrock, vibrations, and toxic gases. ... Blasting can also generate dust, noise, and ...

An integrated approach to the drill and blast process

Like many catchy mining phrases, "Drill to Mill," "Pit to Plant," "Mine to Mill" and "Mine to Market" are deceptively simple descriptions for complex, multi-layered processes. In the mining cycle, drill and blast (D&B) is arguably the first and most important step to get right. D&B operations impact the entire mining process, from mining …

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Technical advancements and the future of blasting in mining

Blasting is a critical step that profoundly influences operational efficiency, costs, and long-term success in the mining industry. The current challenges of blasting …

Blasting | Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and …

Blasting is an integral part of surface mining operations. To uncover coal reserves, the rocks overlying the coal are broken with explosives and excavated with various types of …

Introduction to Blasting

This course is ideal for anyone who is working in the drilling and blasting program at a mine or works around the process and would like to gain additional background on the subject. The course is designed to give new developments in the field to the seasoned professional while also teaching someone completely new to the topic …

Inside Orica's wireless blasting process

A four-year technology collaboration between the Swedish miner LKAB and Orica has yielded wireless explosives. The results, the WebGen wireless platform, has been commercially available since 2022, and has helped spur the more widespread development and rollout of wireless blasting within the global mining industry, which is always eager …

What's new in automated drilling and blasting?

While automation in drilling has advanced apace, achieving the same in the blasting process is more challenging. This is largely due to the high variability between operations and difficult bench – where the explosion occurs – access, says Nigel Pereira, vice-president of new technology commercialisation at commercial explosives at …

The mining value chain: A hidden gem | McKinsey

Mining operations: Application of data-driven planning of production steps, including drilling and blasting procedures and haul cycle times, as well as regular reviews of the evolving life of the mine plan. Processing: Improvement of individual processing steps, such as blending raw materials, to maximize yield and throughput, as well as ...

What's new in automated drilling and blasting?

Drilling and blasting is one of the most dangerous mining processes undertaken. Degrees of automation enable drill rigs to do much of their work …

Enabling better blasting

"As one of the rst steps in the mining process, blasting is widely understood to bear considerable inuence over subsequent stages," suggests Dyno Nobel's Lamont. "The degree and manner of this inuence depends largely on the type and conguration of a specic mining operation. In fact, 'better'

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Blasting Practices in Mining – what you need to …

Blasting in mining is a chemical and physical process that occurs through the firing of explosives. It breaks mineral-bearing materials. These materials can be coal, ore and mineral stone. Blasting fragments …

Optimized design of drilling and blasting operations in open …

The drilling and blasting method realizes rock fragmentation through mechanical drilling and explosive blasting and has consistently been an important construction method in related fields, such ...

The basics about blasting.

All mining operations requires blasting at one stage or another. Blast hole drilling is used in mining where a hole is drilled into the surface rock, packed with explosives and detonated. The aim ...

The future of blasting operations

The analysis of blast-induced fragmentation is gaining importance in assessing and improving mining efficiency. By understanding the distribution and size of …

Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from mining to …

Methane emissions from coal mining are well studied and expected to reach approximately 784 Mt of CO 2-equivalent (CO 2 e) by 2030 1.However, since coal mining itself is being directly targeted in ...

The stages of mining: 5 lifecycle processes explained

Mountaintop Removal Mining for retrieving minerals from mountain peaks and involves blasting the overburden with explosives above the mineral seam to be mined. The broken mountaintop is then shifted into valleys and fills below. ... The mine is decommissioned by workers or contractors who take apart the mining processing facilities and ...

Optimized design of drilling and blasting operations in open …

1. Introduction. Mining activity is mostly represented by these four main operations: drilling, blasting, loading and hauling. For a proper mine planning and design, all of these operations need to be carefully planned in such a manner that can prevent extra loads such as operating costs, environmental footprints, etc. Amongst these operations, …

EXPLOSIVES & BLASTING

Optimal blasting. As with all parts of the mining process, the. concept of automation is being readily. discussed in blasting and explosives circles – whether that be using robots to load blastholes or automating the detonation procedure. Unlike other parts of the mining process, however, blasting remains today a largely

Iron ore mining and dressing

Direct reduced iron process with subsequent electric arc furnace process; In contrast to the direct reduced iron process, the blast furnace process can be operated on a large scale. The blast furnace …

Cycle Time Optimization

As sensors, IoT devices, autonomous drilling systems and remote-controlled equipment become more commonly used in the mining industry, cycle times of the drilling and blasting process can be optimized – in effect reducing downtime, inefficiency and costs. With insights garnered from sensor data, mining professionals can more easily identify ...

What's new in automated drilling and blasting?

A utomation in the mining industry has been burgeoning since the noughties, after the first successful commercial deployment of automated technology in open-pit mine haul trucks in 2007. Since then, it has proliferated to other mining equipment and both open-pit and underground mines. Along with haul trucks, which are arguably …

Iron Ore Processing: From Extraction to Manufacturing

The ore is then extracted and transported to the processing plant. b. Underground Mining: Underground mining is employed when the iron ore deposit is located at significant depths. It involves creating underground tunnels and shafts to access the ore. Specialized mining equipment, such as drills, loaders, and haulage vehicles, is …

Blasting | Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and …

The meaning of the signals and the specific blasting times are provided in a blasting schedule notice that is mailed to residents within ½-mile of any blasting. Additionally, homeowners can ask questions about the blasting during the pre-blasting survey of their home (available to residents within ½ mile of coal mining permit boundaries).

Geoscience input into blasting operations – let's set a

TENTH INTERNATIONAL MINING GEOLOGY CONFERENCE 2017 / HOBART, TASMANIA, 20˜22 SEPTEMBER 2017 375 that good rapport and communication exists …

Blasting Principles

A special blasting technique to achieve a profile closer to design than normal production blasting would. PETN. A very common explosive used in detonators, detonating cord and boosters. Pre-stripping. A term …

Mining Blasting

At the same time, the large chamber blasting started to be adopted in the capital construction of mine in China, with a blasting charge of 10,000 tons at one time. In 1956, 9314.7 tons of explosives were used in one production blasting at Baiyinchang Open-pit Copper Mine in Gansu, which was the largest blasting in the mining industry …

(PDF) ROCK BLASTING FOR MINING

In mining operations, blasting has become a routine work. With proper understanding of the rocks and blasting methods, the mining work can be done effectively. ... Blasting is the process of ...

6 Common Blasting Methods in Open Pit Mining

We know that open-pit mining operations mainly include drilling, blasting, mining, transportation and dumping. Blasting is a very important part of it. Blasting costs account for 15% to 20% of the total cost of open pit mining. Moreover, the quality of blasting directly affects the working efficiency and total cost of the mining process.

Mining Processes: Ambient Air Pollution, Emissions, and the …

Mining is a significant economic activity in India. Even on a small scale, it contributes up to 6% to the total cost of mineral extraction. Pollutants and fugitive emissions from the processes involved in mining are suspended in the air and make it unfit for breathing leading to serious respiratory complications.