Drilling & Blasting
13 March 2018 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2018 issue of Quarry Management as Blasting Models: What are they good for?
Computer-based blasting models play an integral role in blast design choices. Martin...
13 March 2018 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2018 issue of Quarry Management as Tackling Troublesome Toes
By Anthony Konya, senior project engineer, and Dr Calvin J. Konya, founder and president, Precision Blasting...
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13 March 2018 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2018 issue of Quarry Management as Inspiring the Next Generation
For BAM Ritchies, their people are their business, which is why the company seeks to employ the best in...
Tagged in: BAM RitchiesEducation & training
01 April 2016 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2016 issue of Quarry Management as Achieving Higher Grades
Raising the power and extending the lifecycles of rock drills with advanced clean engineering steels...
Tagged in: Atlas CopcoDrilling
01 April 2016 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2016 issue of Quarry Management as Six Sigma Blasting
A new cost-saving methodology for system control of the drilling and blasting process
By Anthony Konya,...
Tagged in: Precision Blasting ServicesBlasting
01 April 2016 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2016 issue of Quarry Management
Practical experience with the Ontaris explosives stock book at a quarry in Germany
It is 7.00am in the morning at Alme Stone...
Tagged in: Blasting
21 April 2015 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the April 2015 issue of Quarry Management
The UK market is next in line for a technological innovation that is set to change the quarrying site workflow forever
Already...
Tagged in: Sitech
18 March 2015 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2015 issue of Quarry Management as Planned Improvement
Cost and productivity optimization through effective blast planning and scheduling
An optimized blast plan...
08 April 2014 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2014 issue of Quarry Management
Based in Somerset, family owned Morris & Perry, suppliers of aggregates, asphalt and ready-mixed concrete across the south-west of...
Tagged in: Morris & PerrySandvikDrilling
08 April 2014 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2014 issue of Quarry Management
According to Atlas Copco, the launch of the FlexiROC T45 at the Bauma trade show in Germany last year took surface drilling efficiency...
Tagged in: Atlas CopcoDrilling
08 April 2014 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2014 issue of Quarry Management
Caterpillar have announced the introduction of the new MD5150C tracked drill rig, the first of their C-Series models. Delivering top-...
Tagged in: CaterpillarDrilling
08 April 2014 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2014 issue of Quarry Management as Right on the Button
Currently celebrating their twenty-first year in business, Bridge Abrasives Ltd, based in Totnes, Devon,...
Tagged in: Bridge AbrasivesDrilling
08 April 2014 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2014 issue of Quarry Management
Steve Lashley, operations supervisor for the Contract Drilling & Blasting division at Skelair International, gives a personal...
Tagged in: Skelair InternationalBlastingDrilling
08 April 2014 | Drilling & Blasting
First published in the March 2014 issue of Quarry Management
What do you have to do to ensure you have undertaken all the right steps towards conducting a successful blast? And how much control do...
11 February 2013 | Drilling & Blasting
Drillers looking to reduce their running costs do not have to look much further than the buttons on their drill bits. Sharp bits make money. Worn bits lose money. It is as simple as that, as Bo...
Tagged in: Atlas CopcoDrilling