Drilling and blasting

Clem Sunter, Futurologist and Scenario Specialist South Africa’s ‘pockets of excellence’ needed to be carefully protected and nurtured if the country wants to remain a competitive economic player in the...

  Blasting First Drawing for paper The revolutionary transition from non-electric to electronic delay detonators (EDDs) in the field of blasting has brought many benefits to mining productivity, but there...

An instructor stands in front of a rear-view screen at Murray & Roberts Cementation Training Academy’s newly installed virtual reality blast wall, digitally ‘marking off’ the centre line, grade line...

Master Drilling's Horizontal Raise Boring (HRB) technology is ready for international roll-out after the successful pilot test at the Cullinan Mine. CEO of Master Drilling, Danie Pretorius, commented, “The feedback...

In another step towards safer blasting practice, leading explosives company, BME is adapting mineral scanning technology to quickly identify reactive ground conditions that could lead to blast site incidents.  BME...

Explosives and blasting technology leader, BME, has established a High-Tech Services unit to advance the application of drones in mine blasting activities. According to BME technical director, Tony Rorke, drones...

James McArdle- explosives and technical manager at Gold One Modder East In a first for South African mining, Gold One’s Modder East mine has rolled out an innovative infrastructure to...

AEL Mining Services, one of Africa’s leading innovator in explosives and blasting services, has launched its most advanced electronic initiating system yet. The intelliShot® Electronic Initiating System is designed to...