coal mine blasting design

Controlling Block Movement of Coal During Overburden Blasting
Large open pit coal mines consume a significant volume of explosives in removing the ... DESIGN KNOWLEDGE TO SPECIFIC BLASTING. APPLICATION...

Computer aided blasting-round design in an arctic coal mine
Design of blasting-rounds in surface coal mines is dependent on physical properties and structural characteristics of the overburden material. In the absence of.

List of Technical Papers | Mining and Blasting
A practical method of Bench Blasting design for desired fragmentation based on digital processing technique and ... Coal Mining Safety China's Achilles' Heel.

A Dynamics Model of Surface Coal Blasting Design Pattern
The results of the model can be used to design surface coal blasting patterns following mine production planning and are based on the theory of the open cast...

Mine Blasting & Explosives Technology, and Safety Regulations ...
Good blast design and execution are essential to successful mining operations. Improper or poor practices in blasting can have a severely negative impact on...

Citizen's guide to coal mine blasting - Division of Mine Reclamation ...
In coal mining, blasting may be used for the rock above a coal seam, the rock ... While all blasting is designed to break up the rock, some shots (called cast...

Lesson 3 – Drilling & Blasting : Pit & Quarry
Aug 22, 2013 ... A blasthole is merely a cylindrical vehicle designed and strategically ..... in cast blasting (or blast casting) applications in surface coal mines.

CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO COAL MINE BLASTING IN ... - State of Indiana
monitor all aspects related to coal mine blasting including permit reviews, inspections, ... The laws are not designed to address annoyance caused by a mine.

Course List - Orica Mining Services
Orica regularly conduct specially tailored blasting courses around Australia. ... These are primarily designed to increase skills and knowledge in improving the ... of drilling and blasting in Open Cut Coal Mining, so that they are able to carry out...

Optimisation of Overburden Blasts at Glencore Ulan Surface Coal ...
Feb 14, 2014 ... blasts are 60 m wide and 1000 m long with the blasts designed to cast. ... Ulan Coal Mines Limited (UCML) is one of the most established coal...

coal mining :: Drilling and blasting | Encyclopedia Britannica
Oct 19, 2014 ... Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on Earth. ... Coal mining ... holes have been drilled to fill holes with custom-designed explosive mixtures.

Explosives - Mining Types - GlobalSecurity.org
Jul 7, 2011 ... In one underground mining method, the coal is blasted off the bed without any ... The majority of hard rock open-pit mines design blasts that will...

Surface Mine Blast Design and Consultant System - saimm
Introduction. The methods of blasting overburden in surface coal mines vary with the characteristics of the formation, its depth, and the type of mechani- cal.

8921 Design blasting layouts and carry out shotfiring in an ... - NZQA
Design blasting layouts and carry out shotfiring in an underground coal mine ... factors which influence the layout design for blasting; determine blast design;...

Comparative Study of Blasting Vibrations From Indiana Surface Coal ...
Production blast designs at Indiana surface coal mines . ... and Enforcement (OSMRE) to examine surface mine blasting over abandoned underground workings...

An Analysis and Prevention of Flyrock Accidents in Surface Blasting ...
Basic blast design is sometimes taken for granted and assumed to be proper for the ... of all blasting related injuries in surface coal, metal, and nonmetal mines...

Blaster's Training Modules - Module 3 - Surface - Blast Design
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, upon which their State surface coal-mine regulating programs are based. In particular, the module was requested and will.

An Investigation into the Blast Design Parameters for Ringhole ...
Feb 8, 2012 ... ... the Blast Design Parameters for Ringhole Blasting and Induced Blasting in Blasting Gallery Method of Underground Coal Mines. PhD thesis...

Explosives and Blasting in UG Coal Mines - Scribd
Apr 28, 2009 ... Both methane-air and coal dust explosions cause loss of life and extensive damage to the underground mines. Hence, specially designed...

JIM LUDWICZAK - Blasting and Mining Consultants
My responsibilities not only included mine design, operation, and planning, but ... the inspectors of some of the nearby coal states in blasting and inspecting.

OPEN CAST MINE PLANNING - WordPress.com
2) Matching the mine capacity with the targeted output of coal production & OB ... designed blasting reduces the bench height, the re-handling percentage can.

Citizen Guide to Blasting - WV Department of Environmental Protection
vise the loading and detonation of all surface coal mine blasts. ... Cast blasting is a type of blast design, that utilizes the explosive energy to move overburden...

Drilling and Blasting - Image Gallery - Mining Technology
Automated Design of Mass Blasts in Open-Pits. Blast Maker ..... Anglo American submits new plan to develop Drayton coal mine in Australia Anglo American has...

Application on intelligent system for optimization design of blasting ...
ABSTRACT Blasting design in coal mine tunnel is a complex problem of theory and technologywhich is concerned with engineering geologystability...

Mines : Blasting & Explosives - Illinois DNR
Regulate blasting activities( proper blast design, loading of blast, handling of ... and investigation of citizen complaints) at aggregate and coal mining operations;.

Mining Graduate Courses
Application of theory to drilling and blasting practice at mines, pits, and quarries. ... Course includes design of a surface coal mine for a given case study and...

Special Tunnel Blasting Techniques for Railway Projects - InTech
Apr 4, 2012 ... the development faces of Saoner coal mine where the pull was increased .... Recommended blast design for contour blasting (Olofsson, 1988).

Lawriter - OAC - 1501:13-9-06 Use of explosives. - Ohio Revised Code
(1) The provisions of this rule shall apply to all blasting operations, including surface blasting operations incident to underground mining, on all coal mining and...

Improved blasting technology for coal applications - Mining Weekly
Sep 5, 2008 ... The XploLogger also uses BME's blasting design software, BlastMap, ... Coal-mining focuses on throwing and moving waste rock as far as...

Back to Basics – The Fundamentals of Blast Design
blasts or conduct blasting operations based solely upon use of the information ... The process of designing a blast entails the thoughtful combining of basic ..... For mining, it is usually expressed as pounds of explosive per ton of material ...... coal to 315 pounds for magnetite, but probably averages around 160 to 180 pounds...

Explosives - Mining Types - GlobalSecurity.org
Jul 7, 2011 ... Most of the explosives and blasting agents sold in the US are used in mining. ... Permissibles are explosives that the Mine Safety and Health Administration approved. ... Many coal mines use explosives to loosen the rock and coal. ... The majority of hard rock open-pit mines design blasts that will optimize...

Technical Committee | EFEE 8th World Conference on Explosives ...
... impact of surface coal mine blasting for more than 10 years with funding from the ... His professional experience includes; blasting engineer (blast design for...

resume - Aimone-Martin Associates
Conduct applied research studies in blast design, fragmentation and back break ... formation during coal mine cast blasting operations; measurements included...