

Blasting Solutions
Surface mining automation
The next evolution of safer, more predictable drill and blast
Built on digital foundations, driven by automation, focused on customer outcomes.
Built on digital foundations, driven by automation, focused on customer outcomes.
Mining companies are under pressure to improve safety, maintain productivity and deliver more consistent outcomes in increasingly complex operating environments.
Surface mining automation technologies help move people away from hazardous and labour intensive on-bench activities while connecting data, workflows and automation to improve decision-making, reduce variability and achieve more predictable drill and blast outcomes.
Combining autonomous systems, tele-remote capability and real-time data, Surface Mining Automation builds on Orica's established blasting systems, digital technologies and operational expertise to support safer, more efficient and increasingly autonomous drill and blast operations.
Where automation creates value
Our focus areas
Where automation creates value
Autonomous dipping and measuring
Let technology collect the data, let people drive the decisions.
Combining automation with human expertise creates the best of both worlds: safer workplaces, more consistent data, and greater operational insight. Automated systems perform repetitive collection tasks with precision and consistency, while people focus on oversight, interpretation, and driving better outcomes.
Automated priming
Reduce exposure. Improve consistency. Scale execution.
Every priming task completed manually exposes people to risk, introduces variability and limits the ability to scale operations efficiently. Automating this critical blast preparation activity, moves people away from hazardous work while delivering more consistent execution. The result is safer operations, improved blast quality and a practical pathway toward increasingly autonomous drill and blast workflows.
Tele-remote loading capabilities
Operate from a safer location while maintaining control.
Loading explosives remains one of the highest-risk activities in the drill and blast process, often requiring operators to work in close proximity to hazards on the bench. Tele-remote loading capabilities enable operators to perform loading activities from a safer location, reducing exposure while maintaining operational control. This helps improve safety, support more continuous operations and create a pathway toward increasingly autonomous drill and blast execution.
Connected digital workflows
Turn operational data into actionable insight.
Customers are looking for more than isolated automation solutions — they need connected operations that turn data into action. Connected digital workflows integrate planning, execution, measurement and operational intelligence to provide a real-time view of drill and blast performance. This supports smarter decisions, more efficient operations and a practical pathway toward increasingly autonomous mining workflows.

Emerging autonomous and tele-remote technologies are being developed to improve safety, operational performance and consistency across the drill and blast workflow.
The technologies behind Surface Mining Automation

Blasting Solutions
WebGen™

Digital Solutions
BlastIQ™

Digital Solutions
Design for Outcome

Digital Solutions
FRAGTrack™

Digital Solutions
ORETrack™

Blasting Solutions
4D™ Surface

Digital Solutions
Integrated Extraction Simulator
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Contact Orica's automation specialists to learn how connected technologies, digital intelligence and automation solutions can help create safer, more efficient and more predictable outcomes at your site.

