Archives: Explosives and blasting

Blasting solutions provider, MAXAM is continuing its automation and digitalisation drive with the development of its X-Energy innovations, all of which are aimed at ensuring the proper use of its explosives’ energy to optimise downstream outputs, according to MAXAM Technical Senior Advisor, Vicente Huélamo. As part of this, MAXAM has developed a “powerful and structured”[…]

Back in 2019, Nokia and Telefónica Peru signed a contract with MMG’s Minera Las Bambas to enable digitalisation and automation projects at its site in Cotabambas, Apurimac region, including deploying a private 4G LTE network which was duly commissioned in July 2020, the first in Peru. MMG said: “The installation of the private LTE network has increased the capacity to transmit[…]

Mineral Resources Ltd’s CSI Mining Services has been awarded a mining contract by Rio Tinto to carry out work at the Brockman 2 iron ore mine in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The scope of the contract will see CSI conduct load and haul, drill and blast, and short-term mine planning activities for Rio, the[…]

From the top of the Titanium Tower, in the financial centre of Santiago, professionals from Anglo American mining company are now operating and monitoring in real time the Los Bronces copper mine and plant which are 56 km away at over 3,500 m altitude. They do so from the first Integrated Remote Operations Centre (IROC)[…]

Russia’s telecomms major MegaFon is to launch a private LTE wireless network at the huge in-development Udokan copper mine in the Trans-Baikal region, operated by Udokan Copper LLC. The network will allow the miner to provide employees with stable communications, automate complex processes and improve security. The corporate private LTE network in the 1,800 MHz[…]

Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) alongwith its wholly-owned subsidiary company, Gare Palma II Collieries Private Ltd (GPIICPL) has signed a coal mining agreement (CMA) with Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd (MAHAGENCO) for development and operation of Gare Palma Sector II coal mine. India’s Ministry of Coal, part of the Government of India, allocated Gare Palma[…]

Blasting technology is moving mining towards a more sustainable future, with BME and its recent launch of the ‘Blast Alliance’ brand looking to add impetus to this evolution. The Omnia Group company has announced that Blast Alliance will encompass its portfolio of digital innovations including its BLASTMAP™ planning software, BME Blasting guide app and XPLOLOG™[…]

Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd’s newly filed 2021 Detour Lake Technical Report includes a new life-of-mine plan (2021 LOMP) for the operation in Ontario under which production is expected to average 680,000-720,000 oz from 2021-2024, before increasing to 800,000 oz in 2025. Production would then decline for three years during a period of increased stripping before[…]

Another South African record for the largest electronic detonator blast has been broken by the blasting and explosives company BME. The blast was conducted by BME, an Omnia Group company, at the end of 2020 at a manganese mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. Using its AXXIS™ electronic initiation system, BME was able to[…]

Top Hammer XL is the latest innovation in surface top hammer drilling from Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. The new, groundbreaking drilling system, targeting large-scale quarry and surface mining customers, offers a faster, more fuel-efficient and more cost-effective way of drilling holes in 140 to 178 mm (5.5 to 7 in) diameter. The components of[…]