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  • ISEE
    Data-driven improvement of active rockburst prevention - case study from Polish underground copper mines

    By M. Szumny, P. Mertuszka, K. Fuławka

    Multi-face destress blasting is the basic method of reducing rock bursts hazard in Polish copper mines. Blasting operations of this type are carried out regularly, twice a day in order to minimize the

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    Marine Blasting on the New Panama Canal, Pacific Entrance

    By Paulo Couceiro, Manuel Lopez Cano, Carlos Rodgriguez Calvo

    Apart from its difficult execution, underwater blasting is one of the most critical operations of the blasting techniques; mainly because of the ground vibrations - normally associated with low freque

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Preventing Blast Damage to Underground Infrastructure from Open Pit Operations

    By C. Liley

    Open cut blasting at the Ernest Henry mine has the potential to cause damage to nearby underground workings. This paper is a case study of the blast vibration management project which was conducted to

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    Worsey-Silva Equation for Modeling Fragmentation Caused by Row Timing

    By J. Silva, T. Worsey

    The Worsey-Silva equation determines the optimal row timing for the smallest fragmentation and allows fragmentation models to be adjusted due to row timing. The equation utilizes the concept of dynami

    Jan 1, 2024

  • ISEE
    The 1998 Explosion of the Debruce Grain Elevator

    By Jerome H. Stofleth

    In June of 1998, the DeBruce Grain Elevator was devastated by an accidental explosion caused by the unintentional ignition of grain dust. The DeBruce grain elevator was the largest ‘single head-house’

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Dynamic Pressure Study to Minimize Misfires at Pueblo Viejo Mine

    By Ricardo González Dumuihual, Carlos Scherpenisse

    A monitoring campaign to record dynamic pressures generated by detonation of a single blasthole was implemented at Barrick Gold´s Pueblo Viejo Open Pit mine (PVDC), located in the Dominican Republic .

    Feb 1, 2020

  • ISEE
    What Broke the Burden? Improving our Understanding of Burden Breakout.

    By Mauritz Kotze, Jason Furtney, Ewan Sellers, Sandy Etchells, Tom Szendrei

    The development of a simple model for gas flow and burden movement has driven the need to improve our understanding of burden breakage mechanisms for single hole blasts and the interaction between mul

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    History and Development of Packaged Explosives Progressing from Nobel's Inventions to the Recent Introduction of Emulsions

    By Robert B. Hopler

    "The story of packaged explosives begins with the use of black powder (also called gunpowder) in mining. Although discovered in the 13th century, it was not until 1627 that the first records of use in

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    What You Always Wanted to Know About Blast Waves in Blocky Benches

    By Hans-Peter Rossmanith

    Fracture mechanics (Atkinson 1987, Broek 1988, Rossmanith 1978-2002, 1983, 1997, Kanninen & Popelar 1985) and wave propagation (Graf 1975, Rinehart 1975) form the main ingredients in the new electroni

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Evaluation of Blast Vibrations from Sekkoy Surface Coal Mine In Turkey

    By H. Bilgin, Sedat Esen

    In this paper, the ground vibrations induced by blasting for stripping work at Sekkoy Open Cast Coal Mine belonging to TKI Yenikoy Lignite Mine (YLI) are investigated and the procedures for monitoring

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Energy, Strength and Performance, and Their Implications in Rating Commercial Explosives

    By B Mohanty

    Several parameters such as, Energy, Strength, Brisance, Impulse, and Bubble Energy, are in common use in the explosives industry today to rate commercial explosives in terms of blasting performance. H

    Jan 1, 1981

  • ISEE
    New Variables for Rock Fragmentation Management

    By Rafael Tadeu Pinto e Moura, Giorgio De Tomi, Jacopo Seccatore

    This paper describes a research and development project in an open-cast mine with the goal to achieve an average P80 of 300 mm (11,8”) in the run-of-mine (ROM) product without altering the existing bu

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    New Aspects of Shock Waves in Underwater Blasting

    By Zoltan Susanszky

    The total available energy in an explosive charge is seldom fully utilized in industrial operations. For this reason more explosive is normally used to perform a job than we would calculate. In an exp

    Jan 1, 1976

  • ISEE
    The Use of High-Speed Motion Picture Photography in Blast Evaluation and Design (23c6f2b6-16c1-4f76-b2cd-4d87a79d67ba)

    By P J. Dailey, S L. Burchell, R F. Chiappetta

    High-speed motion picture photography and its application to the mining, quarry, construction, and explosive industries has proven to be a valuable diagnostic tool. The techniques developed allow one

    Jan 1, 1983

  • ISEE
    Toxic Fumes on the Rocks

    By Michael S. Wieland

    Toxic fume concentrations from industrial mining explosives depend somewhat upon the type of rock (or other strata) confinement. Though traditional detonation theory disregards this influence, the wor

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    Using Acoustic Sonobuoys to Detect Underwater Explosions

    By H. R. Maggard, C. M. Bollinger

    Solving the problem of detecting underwater explosions from "dynamite fishing" can be done by using a system of sonobuoys programmed to detect the acoustic waves from underwater explosions. The system

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Blasting Safety

    By Thomas E. Lobb, Harry C. Verakis

    Significant progress has been made in the reduction of serious injuries and fatalities resulting from mine blasting operations. Despite the progress, injuries and fatalities continue to occur. A leadi

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    Reduced Ore Dilution by Controlled Split Round Blasting in Underground Uranium Mining

    By John R. Jr Tripi, Paul N. Worsey

    Split round blasting is commonly practiced in underground uranium mining in the Big Indian ore belt located in Southeast Utah. The technique is used to prevent ore dilution by separately blasting the

    Jan 1, 1985

  • ISEE
    Blasting Near Buried Pipelines: A Gas Company Prospective

    By Frederick R. Cosgrave

    Blasting near buried Natural Gas pipelines has always been an area of great concern. Given the many variables that the blaster must contend with in determining how to break the rock while trying to ke

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Improvements in Blasting Technology at Cliffs Natural Resources

    By Scott Giltner, Allan Koski

    Blasting is one of the lowest cost yet most critical parts of the mining cycle. This paper discusses the findings of an audit conducted on the blasting operation at an iron ore mine. The purpose of th

    Jan 1, 2009