drilling
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
Quarry Academy returns with a bang
After a year off due to the pandemic, the annual Quarry Academy put on by Dyno Nobel and Sandvik triumphantly returned to San Antonio. 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
Orica debuts explosives system at MINExpo
Orica says its new 4D bulk explosive technology enables the real-time tailoring of explosives energy to geology across a blast. 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
Casing ring bit systems new from Numa
The equipment development complements Numa’s Super Jaws overburden bits and Impact Ring Bit Systems. Keep Reading
