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Underground Mining

Stope optimisation

Orica brings together digital design, precise measurement, advanced charging systems and wireless initiation into a single connected workflow. This integration enables customers to design, execute and optimise every stope with confidence.

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Unlock more value from every stope.

Today’s underground mines face increasingly complex geology and operating environments. Orica’s integrated drill and blast ecosystem gives customers the confidence to mine more safely, efficiently and predictably — even in the most challenging conditions.

 
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Driven by innovation and backed by our global research, development and technical networks, we deliver solutions that solve real operational challenges. 

Improve safety

Improve safety

Blast quality and performance

Blast quality and performance

Maximise resource recovery

Maximise resource recovery

Operational efficiency and performance

Operational efficiency and performance

Reduce costs of drill and blast

Reduce costs of drill and blast

Mine flexibility and scheduling

Mine flexibility and scheduling

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BlastIQ™ - Integrated Technology Solutions to Optimise Every Blast
Digital Solutions

BlastIQ™ - Integrated Technology Solutions to Optimise Every Blast

BlastIQ™ enables continuous improvement of blasting outcomes for quarry, surface and underground mining operations. From pre-blast modelling, to post-blast measurement and analysis, BlastIQ™ delivers the data, benchmarks, and insights needed to ensure sustainable and cost-effective improvements in blast performance.
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SHOTPlus™ advanced blast design and modelling software
Digital Solutions

SHOTPlus™ advanced blast design and modelling software

The SHOTPlus™ software range enables users to design, visualise and analyse blasts across surface and underground mining, quarry and construction applications.
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Technical Services
Blasting Solutions

Technical Services

Orica’s Technical Services deliver expert blast design, modelling and on-site support to enhance safety, productivity and performance across mining operations.
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WebGen™
Blasting Solutions

WebGen™

WebGen™ - the world’s first truly wireless initiating system.
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Underground delivery systems
Blasting Solutions

Underground delivery systems

Reliable underground delivery systems providing accurate charging in drives, stopes and confined mining environments.
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4D™ Underground
Blasting Solutions

4D™ Underground

Orica’s innovative underground bulk explosive technology, combining advanced emulsion chemistry, automated delivery hardware, and digital control into a single integrated system.
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i-kon™
Blasting Solutions

i-kon™

Orica’s i‑kon™ electronic blasting systems delivering unmatched precision, safety and performance for mining and blasting operations worldwide.
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ORBS™
Blasting Solutions

ORBS™

Orica’s ORBS™ blasting system delivers dependable remote firing capability with enhanced safety and efficiency for mining and quarry operations.
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Stope optimisation

The challenge.

Operators are working in environments where geology, ground conditions and hole variability make every stope harder to manage. These conditions limit productivity and increase safety exposure through:
  • Irregular, adverse‑to‑mine orebodies and complex geotechnical structures.
  • Hot, reactive ground and deep, high‑stress seismic environments.
  • Variable blasthole depth, orientation and quality leading to hole damage, rework and misfires.
  • Low stope turnover, poor fragmentation, ore dilution and lost recovery.
These challenges reduce predictability, create inefficiencies and limit the economic extraction of valuable ore.

Stope optimisation

Orica's integrated know-how.

Orica brings together digital design, precise measurement, advanced charging systems and wireless initiation into a single connected workflow. This integration enables customers to design, execute and optimise every stope with confidence.

Digital Solutions

Advanced charging and initiation

  • 4D™ bulk delivery systems optimise energy distribution in variable ground.
  • WebGen™ 200 wireless initiation enables pre‑charging, reduces exposure and supports larger, more efficient blasts.

Operational expertise

  • Technical Services, Hypercharge™ and Maxicharger™ Maxiloader™ deliver end‑to‑end support across design, loading and firing execution.
Together, these technologies and services create a more predictable and connected stope cycle.

Stope optimisation

Customer outcomes.

With Orica’s integrated approach, customers achieve:
  • Enhanced safety with reduced exposure, less manual intervention and reliable remote firing via Orica's WebGen™ wireless initiating system.
  • More predictable outcomes through digitally driven workflows and design reconciliation.
  • Reduced rework and misfires, with improved hole quality and controlled blasting performance.
  • Higher stope turnover, simpler scheduling and increased operating time.
  • Improved fragmentation, recovery and compliance to plan — increasing the value of each blast cycle.
  • Greater orebody access, including economic extraction of deep, complex and reactive deposits.

 

Optimise every step, connect every decision.

Stop losing value underground - connect blasting, data, and insight to improve safety, boost productivity, and recover more ore with precision and control.
Still relying on disconnected blasting workflows? 

Still relying on disconnected blasting workflows? 

Centralise information, improve visibility, and strengthen quality control across design and execution. 

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Optimise every stope? 

Optimise every stope? 

Connect design, measurement, charging, and initiation in a single workflow. 

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Still building T drives? 

Still building T drives? 

Eliminate development and accelerate stope cycles with WebGen™. 

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Hang-ups slowing production? 

Hang-ups slowing production? 

Restore drawpoint access faster with tele-remote blasting. 

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Need earlier warning underground? 

Need earlier warning underground? 

Detect ground movements sooner and enable timely decisions. 

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Disconnected mine-to-mill data? 

Disconnected mine-to-mill data? 

Link blasting to flotation for better throughput and recovery decisions.

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What if tailings could warn you before risk becomes reality?

What if tailings could warn you before risk becomes reality?

See how early detection works

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