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Blasters Training Seminar (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speaker(s): D. Scott Scovira ; Dusty Fisher ; Pavel Krivanek ; R. Frank Chiappetta ; Randy Wheeler ; Scott Giltner ; Tamara Wiseman
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Blasters Training Seminar Welcome Address

30 Jan 16
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Address by session chairman Larry Mirabelli. More...

Hazards of Lightning to Drill and Blast Operations (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Speaker(s): Dusty Fisher
Lightning is a major concern in the explosives industry. The enormous amount of energy delivered to the Earth from a single bolt of lightning is mo... More...

14th Annual Sporting Clays Shoot

30 Jan 16
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

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Sponsored by Rothenbuhler Engineering. Bus departs at 8:30 am at the Paris Hotel side. entrance. More...

Critical Communications - Blast Design through Blast Reporting (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Scott Giltner
A safe and optimal drilling and blasting operation requires the execution of multiple tasks performed by numerous people.  A safe and optimal ... More...

Coffee Break

30 Jan 16
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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Drilling Best Practices for Top Hammer, DTH and Rotary Drilling (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker(s): Jim Peterson
Surface hard rock and coal mines devote time and resources to optimizing dig limits. In most operations, these limits are created through statistic... More...

Metrics for Blast Design and Performance (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Tamara Wiseman
In order to ensure every blast will produce the desired results, it is necessary to consider many pattern design factors.  Such factors includ... More...

Lunch

30 Jan 16
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Value of Monitoring and Analysis of Blast Vibrations and Airblast (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Speaker(s): Randy Wheeler
Blast vibration monitoring is typically conducted for the following reasons: compliance with regulations or project specifications; help provide de... More...

Electronic Blasting Systems – Precision Blast Control in Action (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): D. Scott Scovira
Commercialized Electronic Blasting Systems (EBS) has been widely available to the explosives industry and its practitioners for over 15 years now. ... More...

Coffee Break

30 Jan 16
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
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Hazards of Dynamic Pressures on Electronic Detonator Systems (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s): Pavel Krivanek
Electronic detonator systems have often been used in the last two decades. With more usage, there are more situations when electronic detonator sys... More...

Dealing Effectively With Cap Rock, Without Creating Excessive Flyrock and/or Airblast (Room Concorde A)

30 Jan 16
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Speaker(s): R. Frank Chiappetta
Dealing with cap rock to obtain adequate fragmentation in the collar zone, while controlling flyrock and airblast, is a common problem facing many ... More...

Blasters Weekend Reception (Room Champagne)

30 Jan 16
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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Chapter Management Workshop (Room Champagne 4)

31 Jan 16
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM

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ISEE Bookstore Hours (Burgundy Room)

31 Jan 16
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Exhibitor Coffee Break

31 Jan 16
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Regulatory Panel Discussion (Room Concorde B)

31 Jan 16
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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With Kenneth Eltschlager, OSM; Thomas Lobb, MSHA; William O'Brien, ATF; and Ron Thomas, IME. More...

Blasters R Us Video Roundup (Room Concorde A)

31 Jan 16
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

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Win exciting prizes at the Roundup Raffle sponsored by Dyno Nobel/Sandvik. More...

Exhibits Open (Room Rivoli/Vendome)

31 Jan 16
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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Student Industry Connection (Room Champagne 4)

31 Jan 16
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Get an insider’s look at the wide range of careers in the explosives industry. ISEE student members and student chapter representatives are i... More...

Young Leaders Social (Room Champagne 4)

31 Jan 16
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Meet and mingle with other developing professionals, and get an introduction to the information that will be covered at Wednesay's Young Leader... More...

Gala Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall (Room Rivoli/Vendome)

31 Jan 16
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Food Sponsored by Tread Corporation. Bar Sponsored by Nobel Insurance. Entertainment Sponsored by AkzoNobel P&PC, Expancel. More...

Session Chairman Meeting

31 Jan 16
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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International Reception by Invitation (Champagne Ballroom)

31 Jan 16
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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By Invitation. Sponsored by Nelson Brothers (Ticket required). More...

ISEE Bookstore Hours (Burgundy Room)

01 Feb 16
7:00 AM - 4:30 PM

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Keynote/Opening Session (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

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President's Address: Michael Koehler, President, ISEE Opening Remarks: J. Winston Forde, Executive Director, ISEE Keynote Speaker: Engineerin... More...

Spouse/Guest Program Continental Breakfast (Room Champagne 4)

01 Feb 16
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

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Exhibits Open (Room Rivoli/Vendome)

01 Feb 16
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Strain-Based Instrumentation for Marine Terminal Rock Blasting (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Kickoff: Dealing w Neighbors in a Difficult World

Speaker(s): Catherine Aimone-Martin
Strain-based instrumentation and analysis of a marine terminal wharf was conducted during close-in underwater rock blasting. Geophones measurements... More...

Tunnel Excavation on the Abutment of an Existing Dam (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Kickoff: Dealing w Neighbors in a Difficult World

Speaker(s): Rajagopal Balachander
A tunnel was excavated successfully by integrating blasting and mechanical means of excavation on abutment of an existing dam. More...

Puttin’ on the Ritz – Behind the Scenes at Jubilee!

01 Feb 16
9:45 AM - 1:30 PM

Tracks: Spouse/Guest Program

An up close and personal experience with the Jubilee! Backstage Tour. Join tour guide Jubilee! showgirl as she reveals all kinds of fun facts, numb... More...

Coffee Break (Room Rivoli/Vendome)

01 Feb 16
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM

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Sponsored by Tradestar. More...

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Use in Blasting Operations (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Photogrammetry

Speaker(s): Lon Santis
Recently several technologies have matured, opening up a new way to acquire aerial data with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Equally important, th... More...

Updates in Determination of Dynamic Pressure Tests (Room Concorde B)

01 Feb 16
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Vibration and Fragmentation

Speaker(s): Alejandro Ferrada Vergara
The implementation of innovative blasting techniques that involve increasing powder or energy factors requires a better control of blasting paramet... More...

600,000 M.T. to Move, a High Risk Operation (Room Concorde B)

01 Feb 16
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Vibration and Fragmentation

Speaker(s): Jean-Sebastien Lambert
In 2014, Holcim Canada considered the possibility to drill and blast 600,000 M.T. to expose a limestone bench in one of its urban quarry in Laval, ... More...

Using Photogrammetry Data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) for Blast Design (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Photogrammetry

Speaker(s): John Wiegand
Aerial photographic data, obtained from drones or UAV aircraft and converted to mine-specific coordinates, can be used to generate front row blasth... More...

Precision Presplitting Optimization (Room Concorde B)

01 Feb 16
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Vibration and Fragmentation

Speaker(s): Calvin Konya
A new equation for calculating explosive loads for a precision presplit blast and a new ground vibration equation for precision presplitting. More...

Safety and Consistency of Results in Image Based Fragmentation Analysis (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Photogrammetry

Speaker(s): Ian Bell
A key requirement of image based fragmentation is the scaling factor. Conventionally, objects of known size are placed in the scene, which allows r... More...

International Luncheon (Champagne Ballroom)

01 Feb 16
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Sponsored by Austin Powder International; gift sponsored by US Granules Corp. More...

Fire and Explosion of a Mobile Explosive Manufacturing Unit (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Safety and Risk Management

Speaker(s): Jose Sanchidrian
The paper reports the course of events that took place in a MEMU truck fire and explosion. It describes the analyses made to determine the amount o... More...

Novel Impulse Instrumentation for Buried Explosive Charges (Room Concorde B)

01 Feb 16
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: New Instrument Applications

Speaker(s): Phillip Mulligan
This paper details the need for the discussed instrumentation technique, as well as the unique challenges that exist in instrumenting directly over... More...

A Simple Method of Determining Site-Specific Safe Decking Procedures in Order to Avoid Dynamic Pressure Issues When Decking (Room Concorde B)

01 Feb 16
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: New Instrument Applications

Speaker(s): Neal Lee
Introduction to a novel method for determining site specific minimum detonator separation distance. The method allows for top down initiation, does... More...

Testing a Crisis Management System via the Simulation of a Bulk Emulsion Truck Fire: Learning Through Collaboration (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Safety and Risk Management

Speaker(s): Ben Williams
Experience gained from the simulation of a fire on a bulk emulsion truck on a customers site focusing on the functioning of a crisis management sys... More...

EDZ Control in Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility in Finland (Room Concorde B)

01 Feb 16
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: New Instrument Applications

Speaker(s): Pekka Kantia
In Finland, Posiva Oy is preparing for the final geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel, applying the drill and blast method in the underground ... More...

Using Explosive Risk Assessment Tools for Emergency Operations Planning (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Safety and Risk Management

Speaker(s): Matthew Ortel
Risk assessment software tools are able to predict the direction, distance, and density of debris from explosions. Such information is useful for e... More...

A Protocol That Seeks to Reduce the Risk of Dealing with Misfires in the Quarry and Surface Mining Industry (Room Concorde A)

01 Feb 16
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Safety and Risk Management

Speaker(s): Douglas Anderson
A new protocol for assessing and analyzing misfires combines new detonator technology with new vibration analysis. Electronic detonators remove the... More...

Automation of Drill and Blast – Measurement Techniques to Develop Standard Procedures (Room Concorde B)

01 Feb 16
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: New Instrument Applications

Speaker(s): Gary Cavanough
The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of the challenges arising from environment, quality and type of explosive product and ground conditi... More...

A Survey to Better Understand Collegiate Talent for Recruiting Purposes (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Paul Sainato
This paper will detail the results of the third survey of recent graduates from schools teaching degrees applicable to blasting and explosives and ... More...

Analysis of Rock Fragmentation by Blasting Using Combined CFD/FEZ/DEM Models (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Alejandro Ferrada Vergara
The combination of three different simulation methods to combine results of the same design test and analyze under the same perspective, has been a... More...

Blast Master Plan: The Key to Efficiency and Optimization (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Benjamin Cebrian
A Blast Master Plan is a must-have tool for blasting efficiency and design optimization. This paper describes how to elaborate correctly a Blast Ma... More...

Blasting and Comminution Choices for the Management of Mining Business (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Dennis Travagini Cremonese
A Blast Master Plan is a must-have tool for blasting efficiency and design optimization. This paper describes how to elaborate correctly a Blast Ma... More...

Budget Model Data of Drill and Blast Tunnelling in Brazil (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Speaker(s): Luiz Isfer Maciel
Today, there is a leak of integrated information between theory, field work and official regulatory agencies. The authors show the field data for B... More...

Controlled Underwater Blasting in Santos Port, Brazil (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Paulo Couceiro
The Santos Port, in Brazil, has been excavated by controlled underwater techniques in order to remove around 40.000 m3 of rock. Pumped explosive wa... More...

Delay Blasting Cap Corrosion of the Nonel by Acid Water (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Noelia Valencia
We performed the tests in the laboratory of mining and environment of the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria. Note: Our faculty advisor Carlos Agre... More...

Fewer Surprises When You Measure the Sizes (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Tom Palangio
This paper takes a look at relationships discovered through the use of OPSA systems namely; 1) Increased precision. 2) Drill core versus blasted si... More...

Mine Blasting at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Christian Dye
The following abstract is summary of the benefits of the newly established relationship between the ISEE and the student chapter at BCIT. More...

Reliability of Timing Sequence Network for Multiple Blast Holes (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Lifeng Li
A timing sequence network is utilized to analyze the reliability of the system based on the timing delay scatter of detonators which contains overl... More...

Strategies for Creating or Rebuilding an ISEE Student Chapter (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Carolyn Kosloski
This paper is a guide to help fellow students who are in the process of creating or rebuilding a student chapter of ISEE. More...

Suppression of Dust Generation During Blast Demolition of Concrete Columns (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Hyonsoo Kim
Blast tests of full scaled reinforced concrete columns were conducted to verify the effectiveness of the suggested detonation-driven water bag burs... More...

Synchronized Blasting Demolition of Workshop and Chimney under Complicated Conditions (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Zongshan Zou
To optimize a collapsed scheme, a new initiation system and integrated vibration control technology was used to accomplish a demolition blasting of... More...

Synergy between Drilling/Blasting and Loading/Hauling for CO2 Emissions Combined Reduction (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Ricardo Chavez
If the positive impact of a better fragmentation on loading/hauling productivity might sound trivial, we have shown that such blasting improvements... More...

Underwater Blasting and Train-Induced Ground Vibrations on 80-Year-Old Building (Room Exhibit Hall)

01 Feb 16
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Paulo Couceiro
Accused of being the underwater blasting ground vibration the main responsible of worsening the state of the structure, particle velocity time-hist... More...

Garbage Plug Demolition Using a Low Detonation Velocity Explosive (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Speaker(s): Enrique Albarran
Garbage plug demolition using a low detonation velocity explosive in “Presa Mixcoac” dam, in Mexico City (Job done from June 8 to June ... More...

Ore Waste Studies with 3D Distinct Element Heave Models (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Tracks: FRAGBLAST: Modeling and Image Analysis

Speaker(s): Dale Preece
In this paper, different blast design delay timing options are examined with models that include hundreds of blastholes and millions of distinct el... More...

A Case Study Applying the Multiple Blasthole Fragmentation Model (MBF) at an Open Pit Mine (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: FRAGBLAST: Modeling and Image Analysis

Speaker(s): Ruilin Yang
Near field vibration measurements from signature hole blasts were conducted to obtain near field vibration attenuation parameters and the ground so... More...

Spouse/Guest Program Continental Breakfast (Room Champagne 4)

02 Feb 16
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

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Tunnel Lining Removal and Excavation by Controlled Blasting (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker(s): Jeff Hammer
Innovative blasting techniques as well as engineering the existing lining to demolished during blasting were used to meet the demanding schedule an... More...

Application of the Blast Fragmentation Models in a Sandstone Quarry (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: FRAGBLAST: Modeling and Image Analysis

Speaker(s): Ozge Akyildiz
In this research, image analysis software was used to determine size distribution of blast muck pile in a sandstone quarry. Also, blast fragmentati... More...

Improving Quarry Production Rates by Reducing Bucket Fill Time (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker(s): Elliott Giles
This paper focuses on how diggability impacts an operation's production via bucket fill time rates and how to properly measure diggability. More...

Impact-Induced Fragmentation of Rock and Size Distribution Analysis (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: FRAGBLAST: Modeling and Image Analysis

Speaker(s): Bibhu Mohanty
Size reduction process due to calibrated impacts on a range of rock types has been studied. This is analogous to study of shock-induced fracture an... More...

Profile, Profile, Profile (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): John Platt
3-D profiling to control close in construction blasting. More...

Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Tour

02 Feb 16
9:45 AM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Spouse/Guest Program

The Bellagio Hotel boasts some of Las Vegas’ biggest artistic masterpieces. The hotel lobby’s ceiling is adorned with 2,000 colorful ha... More...

Coffee Break (Room Rivoli/Vendome)

02 Feb 16
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM

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Sponsored by The Lubrizol Corp. More...

Causes for Dangerous Flyrock from Blasting (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker(s): Roger Favreau
The purpose of the article is to explain how some blasts create far ranging flyrock and how to design blasts that avoid this. More...

Modeling and Optimization of Wall Damage in Underground Stope Blasting (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Underground Mine Blast Modeling

Speaker(s): Abraham Lindo
Estimate and model the current damage induced to the stope walls from the mining operation and through a holistic approach, propose modifications t... More...

Modeling of Dynamic Break in Underground Ring Blasting (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Underground Mine Blast Modeling

Speaker(s): Chris Preston
The development of a dynamic break model for underground ring blasting operations that can be calibrated using CMS surveys. More...

Protection from Liability Before, During, and After Blast Detonation (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Jeff Taylor
Use of proven techniques and protocols that can reduce public relations, regulatory and liability issues in blasting operations. More...

Blasting Claims 101: An Introduction to the Defense of Claims (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Joshua Bennett
Blasting claims usually follow a routine pattern and those with a basic knowledge of the process can be better prepared and increase the likelihood... More...

Preconditioning Modeling and Interaction with Explosives in Block Caving (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Underground Mine Blast Modeling

Speaker(s): Alejandro Ferrada Vergara
The development of a dynamic break model for underground ring blasting operations that can be calibrated using CMS surveys. More...

Drilling Section Meeting (Room Chablis)

02 Feb 16
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Fragmentation Section Meeting (Room Bordeaux)

02 Feb 16
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Geologic Considerations in Blasting (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Blasting Basics

Speaker(s): Michael Laing
Identification, quantification and qualification of geological features, in tandem with proper mine planning; will improve blast results such as fr... More...

Wireless Electronic Blasting (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Electronic Initiation Applications

Speaker(s): Daniel Mallette
Wireless electronic blasting will revolutionize blasting in both underground and surface mining. More...

Cap Rock Breakage in a Limestone Quarry (Room Concorde B)

02 Feb 16
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Blasting Basics

Speaker(s): Adam Young
This paper details the evolution of the stemming charge size as the quantity was increased and as the amount of oversize gradually decreased to les... More...

Preserving Highwall Stability by Shifting the Dominant Blast Vibration Frequency with Electronic Initiation (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Electronic Initiation Applications

Speaker(s): Charles Zdazinsky
Vibration data was collected from a signature hole blast at Rio Tinto’s Borax Mine as part of a Continuous Improvement Project (CIP).  T... More...

Concepts and Case Study for Regular Rhythmic Timing and Sequence (Room Concorde A)

02 Feb 16
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Electronic Initiation Applications

Speaker(s): Jhon Silva Castro
This paper discusses the use of Regular Rhythmic Timing (RRT) and hole sequence as an option to control vibration in conjunction with signature hol... More...
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