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Three ways to eliminate fines in blasting
Anthony Konya, vice president of Precision Blasting Services shares three methods to help eliminate fines during the blasting process. Keep Reading
Overcoming Oversize: Oversize and confinement (Part 4)
Anthony Konya explores how overconfinement creates oversize and looks at where oversize originates using a 4D view of the blasting process. Keep Reading
Overcoming Oversize: Oversize and spacing (Part 3)
Anthony Konya addresses how improper blasthole spacing causes oversize to form in a blast pattern, as well as how to use post-blast results to determine spacing changes. Keep Reading
Overcoming Oversize: Oversize and stiffness ratio (Part 2)
Part 2 of P&Q's four-part "Overcoming Oversize" series explores the bench stiffness mechanism and how improperly designed benches ultimately lead to increases in oversize. Keep Reading
Overcoming Oversize: Caprock in blasting (Part 1)
Part 1 of Pit & Quarry's four-part "Overcoming Oversize" series focuses on the location and treatment of oversize in the stemming zone. Keep Reading
The 4 most costly blasting mistakes you can make
Improperly addressing certain mistakes will lead to increased drilling and blasting costs and performance decreases. Precision Blasting Services' Anthony Konya explains why. Keep Reading
New methodology to optimize quarry blasts
An innovative approach to blast design has produced results that were previously unfound in the aggregate industry. Keep Reading
Blaster’s guide to lightning safety
There are a number of precautions sites must take to protect blast crews from dangers caused by thunderstorms and lightning. Keep Reading
Blasting: The story of breaking rock
The final chapter in P&Q’s special series offers a history of blast design and what’s ahead to optimize quarry blasting. Keep Reading
