drilling and blasting
Quarry Faces: January 2022
Check out photos from Quarry Academy 2021 in San Antonio, which included a tour of Cemex Balcones Quarry in New Braunfels, Texas. Keep Reading
Using drones to reduce drill and blast costs
Find out how blasting operations can take the next step with a drone to reduce their costs. Keep Reading
Report: Fred Weber acquires General Drilling
The acquisition of the Indiana-based contract driller comes several months after New Frontier Materials purchased Fred Weber assets. Keep Reading
Blasting community together once again
Technology Demonstration Day returned for the first time in two years, presenting opportunities for blasters to keep up with evolving tech ahead of the Kentucky Blasting Conference. Keep Reading
Longtime blasting educator Konya dies
Calvin Konya, 78, was considered a pioneer in his field, sharing his vast blasting knowledge around the world over a long and illustrious career. Keep Reading
Management system, hammers are new drill and blast tools
With drilling and blasting a magazine theme this month, P&Q presents some of the latest related equipment and services from several suppliers – including BME, Epiroc, Numa and Sauls Seismic. 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
Digging deeper into Caterpillar’s MINExpo plans
Caterpillar has big plans for MINExpo 2021, with solutions in drilling and site safety to be exhibited in Las Vegas. Keep Reading
BME providing virtual technical services
The range of services available from BME includes blast fragmentation distribution prediction for surface greenfield sites. Keep Reading
