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Vibration and Airblast Control

Minimising environmental impacts of blasting through optimisation
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Optimising blasting productivity in constrained environments

Quarries, by necessity, are located in urban areas in close proximity to people and property. Adhering to local air overpressure and blast-induced ground vibration limits is therefore crucial in enabling a quarry to maintain their licence to operate. To assist our customers in meeting their environmental obligations, we have developed several industry leading prediction tools for environmental control, as well as the tools required to measure these blasting impacts, such as ENVIROTrack™.

Features and Benefits

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Provide instant, accurate and auditable access to blasting records for regulators

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Move closer to designed limits, maximising the extraction of the resource

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Larger blasts can be fired, improving quarry productivity and reducing blasting costs

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Extend quarry life in environmentally sensitive areas

Customer Stories

"Stevenson Group Drury Quarry is located close to neighbours, so adhering to local air overpressure and vibration limits is crucial for the quarry to maintain their licence to operate."

Drury Quarry
Stevenson Group
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Customer Stories

"With consistent fragmentation and blast outcomes, we can provide flow-on benefits right down the line for our quarry customers."

Dunmore Boral
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Resources

Explosive loading and initiation design application to optimise every blast

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WIREBmr™ is a downhole geophysics tool that measures the water in a subsurface environment safely, efficiently, and accurately.

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UBE Limestone Cement Quarry Japan, MaxiLoader, drone footage, Centra Gold, uni tronic 600, First Bulk Emulsion Blasting in Japan.

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This is a generic brochure detailing the key messages and benefits of WebGen™, the world's first wireless initiation system.

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This is a WebGen™ Open-Cut Flyer that details the key features and benefits of using WebGen™ wireless initiation technology in surface mining.

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Includes details on the improved efficiency, loading capacity and productivity rates of the Bulkmaster™ 7

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Centra Gold Flyer Australia & New Zealand

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Safe and efficient bulk explosives supply

Fume risk reduction

The generation of nitrogen oxides within post-blast gases (commonly referred to as “fume”) has become increasingly important for mines from a safety, productivity and regulatory standpoint, particularly those in populated areas. Coal mines are susceptible to fume when sleeping large blasts in soft, weathered and wet sedimentary rock. In response to industry demand, Orica has developed a complete Fume Risk Reduction protocol that takes a holistic view on the blasting operation to seek and control the many possible causes of fume without affecting productivity, and in many cases without increasing costs.

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Vibration and airblast control

Blasts in coal mines are typically the largest in the mining industry. Poorly designed or executed cast blasts and presplits have a high potential to generate vibration, overpressure and flyrock. Careful blast design and planning, combined with prediction, measurement and reconciliation of results is the key to controlling and managing these outcomes and maintaining a good relationship with community and regulatory stakeholders.

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Maintain broken stocks Flyrock control

Nitrate Risk Reduction

A collaborative approach to the safe management of nitrate on the mine site.

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Dragline / dozer productivity

Achieving high productivity from large capital equipment items such as draglines depends on consistent fragmentation and muckpile presentation to reduce rehandle and unnecessary movements. By careful planning and blast design, cast to final spoil can be maximised without increasing the risk of flyrock or overpressure.

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Wall control

Maintaining the integrity of walls is essential to the safe operation and maximise recovery of coal deposits. Orica’s range of solutions for wall control blasting enables steeper walls and faster vertical advance in cutbacks; reducing the stripping ratio, bringing forward revenue and increasing the project NPV.

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Shovel / excavator productivity

Consistently delivering high production rates enables a quarry to operate efficiently. Effective blasting can deliver consistently fragmented, loose muckpiles of the optimum profile.

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Reduce drill and blast costs

Advanced blasting technology and clever blast design can improve the utilisation of the drilling fleet and reduce capital and operating costs without compromising productivity. Matching explosive energy to geology enables expanded patterns without affecting fragmentation. This in turn increases the drilling yield, providing more tonnes per drill metre. Products and procedures for safely sleeping blasts allow less frequent and larger blasts, reducing production delays and increasing blasted inventory without employing more drills or blast crew resources.

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Hot and / or reactive ground

While not common, reactive ground is potentially a highly dangerous and frequently misidentified hazard. A runaway reaction between sulphide minerals and ammonium nitrate can lead to spontaneous and premature detonation of one or more blastholes at any time from a few minutes to several days after loading.

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Reduced coal loss and dilution

Maximising coal recovery in challenging geologies represents a significant efficiency opportunity for most coal mining operations to increase the value of their resource. As the easy coal is mined out, mine operators need to become more skillful at mining thin, steep, deep and undulating seams productively and without sacrificing coal quality. Orica has developed significant expertise in using unconventional techniques for through-seam and deep-seam blasting and coal edge protection using our own specialist design software, geophysical tools, on-bench data management systems and electronic blasting systems.

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Safe and efficient bulk explosives supply Leaching productivity Flyrock control Maintain broken stocks

Safe and efficient supply of cyanide

Reduce total cost of operation with a safer, more secure and efficient cyanide delivery system.

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Mill productivity

Vibration and airblast control

Poorly designed or executed cast blasts and presplits have a high potential to generate vibration, overpressure and flyrock. Careful blast design and planning, combined with prediction, measurement and reconciliation of results is the key to controlling and managing these outcomes and maintaining a good relationship with community and regulatory stakeholders.

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Reduce drill and blast costs

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Wall control

Orica’s range of solutions for wall control blasting enables steeper walls and faster vertical advance in cutbacks; reducing the stripping ratio, bringing forward revenue and increasing the project NPV.

Learn more

Hot and / or reactive ground

While not common, reactive ground is potentially a highly dangerous and frequently misidentified hazard. A runaway reaction between sulphide minerals and ammonium nitrate can lead to the spontaneous and premature detonation of one or more blast holes at any time from a few minutes to several days after loading.

Learn more

Fume risk reduction

The generation of nitrogen oxides within post-blast gases (commonly referred to as “fume”) has become increasingly important for mines from a safety, productivity and regulatory standpoint, particularly those in populated areas. Orica has developed a complete Fume Risk Reduction protocol that takes a holistic view on the blasting operation to seek and control the many possible causes of fume without affecting productivity, and in many cases without increasing costs.

Learn more

Shovel / excavator productivity

Sophisticated mine dispatch algorithms are used to assign trucks to shovels based on predicted travel and loading times. Consistent loading times are more easily achieved when digging conditions are also consistent – meaning that fragmentation, floor levels, muckpile looseness and profile are all achieved repeatedly blast after blast.

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Nitrate Risk Reduction

A collaborative approach to the safe management of nitrate on the mine site.

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Reduced loss and dilution

Download TDS and MSDS

Safe and efficient bulk explosives supply Explosive product optimisation Contour blasting Drill and blast productivity Lump fines ratio Reduce loss and dilution

Nitrate Risk Reduction

A collaborative approach to the safe management of nitrate on the mine site.

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Shovel / excavator productivity

Maintaining loading cycle times is key to ensuring the dispatch system can deploy trucks efficiently.

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Fume risk reduction

The generation of nitrogen oxides within post-blast gases (commonly referred to as “fume”) has become increasingly important for mines from a safety, productivity and regulatory standpoint, particularly those in populated areas. Orica has developed a complete Fume Risk Reduction protocol that takes a holistic view on the blasting operation to seek and control the many possible causes of fume without affecting productivity, and in many cases without increasing costs.

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Vibration and airblast control

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Wall control

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Download TDS and MSDS

Shovel / excavator productivity

Effective blasting can deliver consistently fragmented, loose muckpiles of the optimum profile.

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Stakeholder management Optimal fragmentation distribution Nitrate control in groundwater Plant productivity Reliable and predictable blasting Quarry extraction planning Drill and blast productivity Fume risk reduction Flyrock control

Reduce drill and blast cost

Our range of products deliver reliable, optimal blast outcomes, contributing to the lowest overall cost of production.

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Vibration and airblast control

We have developed several industry leading prediction tools for environmental control and blast impact measurements.

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Wall control

Our range of solutions enables steeper walls and faster vertical advance in cutbacks.

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Download TDS and MSDS

Environmental management Sulphide dust reduction Minimise fume Nitrate control in groundwater Vibration control

Wireless blasting

WebGen™ fundamentally changes the approach to underground blasting which enables significant step change in productivity.

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Safe and efficient supply of cyanide

Orica technical specialists support the safe and effective use of cyanide at your site to help you maximise recovery and reduce total costs.

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Storage and handling of explosives Restricted access blasting Shaft, raise and slot blasting

Hot and / or reactive ground

Operate safely in hot and reactive ground with our proven products, procedures and expertise.

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Secondary blasting

Reduce overbreak and damage

Optimising cost and scheduling through greater blast control.

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Rapid development in block and caves mines

Drilling, charging and blasting productivity

Improving downstream operational value with Orica's experts in Underground operations.

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Improve advance and cycle times

Improve your mine economics with the maximum possible advance per round.

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Improve fragmentation, flow and ore recovery

Greater ore recovery with improved fragmentation flow.

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Safe and efficient development charging

Significant improvements in safety and productivity in explosives charging at the development face can be achieved with our mechanised development charging system and WebGen™ wireless initiation technology.

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Vibration control

Minimising risk of exceeding allowable vibration limits.

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Rapid shaft development Cross passage blasting Sulphide dust reduction Minimise fume Secondary blasting Rapid development in block and cave mine Nitrate control in groundwater Improve fragmentation flow and ore recovery Shaft, raise and slot blasting Hot and / or reactive ground Restricted access blasting Storage and handling of explosives

Reduce overbreak and damage

Saving cost and time through efficient drill control and blasting.

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Improve advance and cycle times

Delivering higher charging rates and capacity and enabling faster loading cycles.

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Drilling, charging and blasting productivity

Improving downstream operational value with Orica's experts in Underground operations.

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Reduce construction costs

Drill and blast productivity

Safely execute drill and blast operations in cooperation with ongoing piling, excavation, concrete pouring and ground support activities.

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Excavation productivity

Delivering high production rates when excavating enables a construction project to operate efficiently.

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Faster project completion

Our multi-deck blast techniques speed up project completion by delivering more rock within a single blast.

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Flyrock control

Controlling flyrock, vibration, overpressure, dust and noise are all of critical importance for sustainable blasting.

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Reliable and predictable blasting

Delivering predictable and precision blasting outcomes through our proven product performance and experienced technical and operations teams.

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Stakeholder management

Experienced management of diverse stakeholders will maintain project cost and ensure completion schedule is met.

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Vibration and airblast control

Minimise risk of exceeding allowable limits with our advanced technology that can help you to predict and manage blast vibration and airblast.

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Wall and perimeter control

In any geology, we have the expertise and tools to achieve an optimum solution.

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Environmental monitoring

Our sophisticated technology can help you to predict and manage blast vibration, minimising the risk of exceeding allowable limits.

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Road and rail cuttings

Our team of construction blasting professionals can assist with end to end delivery of blasted rock mass, to spec.

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Smooth wall blasting

From road and rail cuttings to high rise foundation excavations, we have the tools to achieve an optimum solution, in any geology.

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Community relationship support

Seismic exploration often presents a unique communication challenge for all stakeholders.

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In-field technical support

Seismic exploration is performed over large expanses of land which have various environmental hazards.

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GPS based project management

Seismic exploration is performed over large land areas often exceeding 500 square kilometers.

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In-hole sustainability

In seismic explorations, E&P companies often require in-hole sustainability of up to 12 months.

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Benchmark seismic explosives

Consistent performance in extreme and varied environmental conditions.

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Supply chain solutions

Security of supply for your business.

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Fit for purpose handling

Drill, load and shoot operations in seismic are performed in a challenging mix of environments.

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Vibration and Airblast Control

Optimising blasting productivity in constrained environments

Features and Benefits

Provide instant, accurate and auditable access to blasting records for regulators

Move closer to designed limits, maximising the extraction of the resource

Larger blasts can be fired, improving quarry productivity and reducing blasting costs

Extend quarry life in environmentally sensitive areas

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Customer Stories

"Stevenson Group Drury Quarry is located close to neighbours, so adhering to local air overpressure and vibration limits is crucial for the quarry to maintain their licence to operate."

Customer Stories

"With consistent fragmentation and blast outcomes, we can provide flow-on benefits right down the line for our quarry customers."

Resources

SHOTPlus™ Standard Flyer (pdf 577.1KB)

WIREBmr™ Flyer (pdf 1MB)

Video: Japan UBE Limestone Quarry - Centra Gold (mp4 170.4MB)

Brochure - WebGen™ The World's First Wireless Initiation System (pdf 3.4MB)

Flyer - WebGen™ Open-Cut (pdf 411.7KB)

APA Bulkmaster™ 7 Flyer (pdf 1.4MB)

Centra Gold Flyer Australia & New Zealand (pdf 2.1MB)

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