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Sessions (151)

Blasters Weekend Registration (Room Mineral Foyer; Third Floor)

24 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Bookstore Hours (Room Agate A; Third Floor)

25 Jan 20
7:00 AM - 5:30 PM

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Blasters Training Seminar (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Chair - Larry Mirabelli More...

Introduction (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
By Larry Mirabelli More...

Session 1 - ISEE Blasting Fundamentals Level 1+ (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
8:20 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Maggie Hettinger
Though blasting related incidents are rare, common sense confirms that accidents involving explosives can be more severe than other types of workpl... More...

Session 2 - Demolition of Pier E3 – San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge Removal Project (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
8:20 AM - 9:10 AM
Speaker(s): Kenneth Tully
The removal of the old San Francisco / Oakland Bay Bridge (SFOBB) was conducted from 2015 through 2018 by Kiewit/ Manson Joint Venture. Early in th... More...

Break (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
Sponsored by Tread Corp. More...

Session 3 - Downstream Benefits of Optimized Drilling – Drill Navigation to Fully Autonomous Drills (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
Speaker(s): Eric Gerst
Controlling costs in drilling and blasting typically involves reducing the amount of drilling and explosives used to fragment the rock. With the go... More...

Sporting Clay Shoot (Room Bus departs at 11 a.m. at the hotel front entrance)

25 Jan 20
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Sponsored by Rothenbuhler Engineering More...

Session 4 - Critical Rules for Effective Use of Bulk Explosives (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
11:20 AM - 12:10 PM
Speaker(s): Jeff Averett
Throughout the world, over the past 40 years, Bulk Explosives (Explosive, Blasting, Type E 1.5D UN 0332 II) have become the #1 power tool in the bl... More...

Session 5 - Open Pit Production Blasting Within 500 Feet of Gas Transmission Lines (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker(s): Larry Mirabelli
In December of 2016, the Lafarge Holcim Portland Plant located in Florence CO was faced with the challenge of conducting open pit production blasti... More...

Session 6 - Blast Reporting – Are You on Your Game? (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Speaker(s): John Watson
Blasters today face an increasing need to ensure all aspects of their blasting logs and reports are as accurate as possible in order to meet regula... More...

Break (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Sponsored by Orica More...

Session 7 - Initiation Systems and Blast Data Management (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM
Speaker(s): Richard O’Meara
Orica will be discussing how the transition from pyrotechnic delays to electronic delay blasting systems can improve safety on the bench while deli... More...

Session 8 - The Blast Pattern – Advanced Technology from Design to Analysis (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Speaker(s): Bob McClure
Transferring a well-designed blast pattern from a profile onto the bench can be a challenge. In the past the use of burden poles, tapes and pop-lev... More...

Blasters Welcome Reception (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

25 Jan 20
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Tracks: Receptions, Happy Hours and Socials

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Registration Hours (Room Mineral Foyer; Third Floor)

26 Jan 20
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

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Bookstore Hours (Room Agate A; Third Floor)

26 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Regulatory Panel Discussion (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

26 Jan 20
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Vic Moss (UDrone) – FAA UAV regs Johan Gjodvad (Sigicom) – European blasting regs Curtis Gilbert (ATF) – ATF regs Travis Davidsav... More...

Blasters R Us Video Roundup (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

26 Jan 20
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

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Sponsored by Dyno Nobel and Sandvik More...

Exhibit Hall Hours (Centennial Ballroom; Third Floor)

26 Jan 20
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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Student Industry Connection (Room Mineral FG; Third Floor)

26 Jan 20
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 are invited to hear insights and get coachi... More...

Emerging Professionals Archive (Room Mineral FG; Third Floor)

26 Jan 20
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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The History of Detonators. Dr. Paul Worsey will present little-known facts on the history of the detonator and its development. More...

Welcome Reception (Room Centennial Foyer; Third Floor)

26 Jan 20
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Tracks: Receptions, Happy Hours and Socials

Bar Sponsored by RESPEC and Nobel Insurance Entertainment Sponsored by Tradestar More...

International Reception (Room Mineral DEFG; Third Floor)

26 Jan 20
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Tracks: Receptions, Happy Hours and Socials

By invitation only. Sponsored by Nelson Brothers. More...

Emerging Professionals Social - Open to All (Room Offsite - Rhein Haus)

26 Jan 20
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Tracks: Receptions, Happy Hours and Socials

Conference name badge required for entry. Sponsored by LDE, Dyno Nobel, Alaska Seismic, BME, Dykon Blasting, O-Pitblast, Southwest Energy, IME, Vib... More...

Bookstore Hours (Room Agate A; Third Floor)

27 Jan 20
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Registration Hours (Room Mineral Foyer; Third Floor)

27 Jan 20
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Keynote: Drop Your Tools - Does Expertise Have a Dark Side? (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Keynote Presentation and Opening Session, Sessions

Speaker(s): Sean Brady
Sean Brady More...

Opening Remarks (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Keynote Presentation and Opening Session, Sessions

J. Winston Forde, ISEE Executive Director More...

President's Address (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Keynote Presentation and Opening Session, Sessions

Jim Daley, ISEE President More...

Program Introduction & Remarks (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Keynote Presentation and Opening Session, Sessions

Dough Hoy, ISEE Program Chairman More...

Spouse Program Continental Breakfast (Room Mineral A; Third Floor)

27 Jan 20
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Tracks: Spouse/Guest Program

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Direct Stress Monitoring of Pipelines and Development of Limitations - A Case Study (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker(s): Travis Davidsavor
Petroleum pipeline companies often impose very conservative vibration limits which must be observed during blasting. The effective use of strain ga... More...

Exhibit Hall Hours (Centennial Ballroom; Third Floor)

27 Jan 20
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Session 1 - Kickoff (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Chair - Doug Hoy More...

Assessment of Post-blast Damage Zones in Tunneling Operations Through MWD and Machine Learning (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Juan Navarro
Combining Deep Learning and Machine Learning techniques with data monitored from the drill rig with scanner profiles of the excavated sections make... More...

Coffee Break (Centennial Ballroom Foyer; Third Floor)

27 Jan 20
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Breaks

Sponsored by Tradestar. More...

Pinot's Palette at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Room Meets at the hotel front entrance)

27 Jan 20
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Spouse/Guest Program

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Ignition and Growth Reactive Flow Model for Aluminized Emulsion Explosive (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker(s): Changping Yi
A routine based on the optimization program LS-OPT code was developed to calibrate the parameters of Ignition and Growth Reactive Flow Model for al... More...

Session 2 - Vibration 1 (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Chair - Doug Rudenko More...

Session 3 - Research 1 (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Chair - Catherine Johnson More...

Vibration Monitoring Standards Connected to the use of Explosives in Different Countries (Capitol Ballroom 1-4)

27 Jan 20
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker(s): Johan Gjodvad
Vibration monitoring standards connected to the use of explosives in Different Countries. Comparison based on survey, interviews, standard analysis... More...

Calculating Shock Wave Overpressure from High-Speed Video (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Kelly Williams
The velocity of a shock wave can be calculated by dividing the change in position of the shock front between two images by the elapsed time between... More...

Determination of Blast Vibration Limits by Direct Strain Measurement (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Alan Richards
The establishment of structural blast vibration limits based on the strength of the structure, the stress induced by blasting, and a responsible fa... More...

Regression Model for Surface Vibrations from Underground Operations (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Nathan Rouse
This document highlights a regression model of surface blast vibrations produced from various underground mining operations. It includes vibrations... More...

Shock Pressure Transmission Characteristics in a Granitic Rock due to Calibrated Explosive Loads (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Rakesh Raghavaraju
The paper describes shock pressure transmission characteristics in a well-characterized granitic rock from small-scale controlled experiments. It i... More...

ISEE Committees Meeting (Room Mineral FG; Third Floor)

27 Jan 20
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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ISEE Lunch (included in registration) (Centennial Ballroom Foyer; Third Floor)

27 Jan 20
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Beverage Sponsored by Nelson Brothers More...

Application of Geostatistical Tools in Measurement While Drilling to Assess Geotechnical Rock Conditions Sublevel Caving (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Session 5 - Underground

Speaker(s): Juan Navarro
Development of a geotechnical rock condition block model and a predicting risk of blasthole collapse model with reference to MWD records and applic... More...

Ground Vibration Attenuation Rate due to Blasting in South Florida (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Speaker(s): William Sharkey Bowers
This paper examines the ground attenuation rate in south Florida due to blasting at White Rock Quarries. The study was performed to determine if qu... More...

Session 5 - Underground (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

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Chair - Paul Sterk More...

Investigation of Blasting Fumes using Numerical Simulations (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Session 5 - Underground

Speaker(s): Akash Adhikari
Studies show that as much as 60% to 70% of the fumes produced during underground blasting can remain entrapped in the adjacent rock mass or in the ... More...

Quake, Quarry or Quack (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Speaker(s): Gregory Poole
Review of vibration data collected from a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in central Tennessee More...

Cross-hole Seismic Measurement of Blast Induced Rock Mass Quality Change: A Review (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Session 5 - Underground

Speaker(s): Bill Adamson
Establishing a measurable and repeatable methodology for describing a causal model of rock mass damage or degradation due to physical blasting impa... More...

Signature Hole Analysis and Vibration Modeling: An Indonesian Case Study (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): Slamet Rachman Jaka
This paper about ground vibration control modelling using signature hole analysis More...

A Method to Measure Detonation Front Curvature of Emulsion Explosives (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Speaker(s): Nikolaos Petropoulos
This paper suggest a method measure the detonation front curvature and the velocity of detonation of explosives. The purpose for this is to increas... More...

Tunneling in Thinly Foliated Rockmass Conditions (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Session 5 - Underground

Speaker(s): G.C. Naveen
Tail Race Tunnel for a 1020 MW hydroeletric project was successfully excavated in thinly foliated rockmass conditions by D&B method. Rock Class... More...

AN Railcar Derailed Debris Collection - Data Analysis Update (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Brandon Fryman More...

Analysis of Sympathetic Detonation in Detonating Cord (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Abigail Styer More...

Blasters Forum Poster Session (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session, Sessions

Chair - Purushotham Tukkaraja. Reception Sponsored by FRD.USA. More...

Case Study: Systematically Improving Drilling and Blasting Operations in Hard-Rock Mines (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Reinhold Daykin Schnell More...

Digitization for Optimization: Easier and Cheaper (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Maria Rocha Gil More...

Lessons Learned from Blasting in Highly Weathered Sandstone (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Greg Bailey More...

Measurement of the In-Hole Density of Gassed Explosiives at Peruvian Mines (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Juan Carlos Vasquez More...

On Board Excavator Dilution Detector (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Benjamin Cebrian More...

Sequence of Events During a Blast (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Roger Favreau More...

Six Pillars, Inventory Management & ATF Record-keeping (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By R. Ketterling More...

S-Load Cartridge (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

Braden Schmidt More...

The Effect of Faults, Delay Time and Scaled Distanceon Vibration Parameters (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Sercan Gurkok More...

Violence Factor - The New Tool for Blast Performance Analysis (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Anthony Konya More...

What We Learned While Determining VOD's in Underground Small Hole Blasting (Room Capitol Foyer; Fourth Floor)

27 Jan 20
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blasters Forum Poster Session

By Kyle Murphy More...

Scholarship Committee Meeting (Room Granite B; Third Floor)

27 Jan 20
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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Bookstore Hours (Room Agate A; Third Floor)

28 Jan 20
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Foundation Trustee Meeting (Room Granite B; Third Floor)

28 Jan 20
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

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Registration Hours (Room Mineral Foyer; Third Floor)

28 Jan 20
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Seismograph Section Meeting (Room Mineral FG; Third Floor)

28 Jan 20
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

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Blasting Mitigation Measures Used to Control a Highwall Failure Risk (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Speaker(s): Joseph Mukendi Kabuya
Blasting mitigation measures were used to control a highwall failure risk. This consisted in optimizing the blasting parameters which would not ind... More...

Render-Safe Operations in an Urban Environment (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Speaker(s): Robert McClure
Rendering safe explosives in an urban environment presents a unique challenge due to disruption and safety concerns of the general public. A recent... More...

Session 6 - Rock Fragmentation (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Chair - Dale Preece More...

Session 7 - Safety and Security (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Chair - Bill Reisz More...

Investigating the Use of Complex Geometry Shock Tunnels to Model Urban Bombings (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker(s): Barbara Rutter
Using complex geometry shock tunnels to simulate urban bombings and similar scenarios More...

Spouse Program Continental Breakfast (Room Mineral A; Third Floor)

28 Jan 20
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Tracks: Spouse/Guest Program

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Vibration Monitoring Using In-house Developed Devices - A Taylor's Approach (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Speaker(s): Francisco Leite
It was development a new equipment using a microcontroller and electronic sensors for vibration monitoring and it was tested side by side with trad... More...

Exhibit Hall Hours (Centennial Ballroom; Third Floor)

28 Jan 20
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Modeling Blast Induced Damage in Open Pit Mines with Numerical Models (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker(s): Jason Furtney
Understanding the effect of blast induced damage on wall stability is critical to safe and economical operation of a large open pit mine. Numerical... More...

Relevant Good Practice (RGP) for Explosive Demolition of Structures on Nuclear and Civil Sites (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker(s): John Wolstenholme
This paper provides guidance for the use of Relevant Good Practice (RGP) in the explosive demolition of structures. In industry, these are referred... More...

A Practical Guide for the Blasting of Armour Stone or Riprap (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Ron Elliott
Industry best practice guidelines for the blasting of riprap or armour stone. More...

Numerical Investigation of Blasting Fume Characteristics in a Block Caving Mine (Capitol Ballroom 5-7; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Speaker(s): Yong Pan
It showed that CFD was a very useful method to study blasting fume in underground mine and it took much longer time to dilute toxic fume into a saf... More...

City Tour and Cherry Creek Shopping (Room Meets at the hotel front entrance)

28 Jan 20
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Coffee Break (Centennial Ballroom Foyer; Third Floor)

28 Jan 20
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Breaks

Sponsored by The Lubrizol Corp. More...

Minimising Coal Damage and Loss Due to Cast Blasting (Capitol Ballroom 1-4; Fourth Floor)

28 Jan 20
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker(s): Tapan Goswami
The main objective of any cast blasting is to maximise the coal recovery. This paper discusses the importance of coal surface mapping, rock propert... More...
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