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Quarry Academy a draw for producers seeking process improvement

Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology and Dyno Nobel hosted their 12th annual educational event in San Antonio. Keep Reading

Dyno Nobel updates explosives engineers mobile app

Dyno Nobel released an updated version of its free Explosives Engineers’ mobile app for Android and Apple users. Keep Reading

Dyno Nobel showcases underground blasting innovations

Dyno Nobel showcased its newest electronic initiation innovation, as well as other blasting equipment, at MINExpo International 2016. Keep Reading

Best practices: Drilling and blasting

Larry Mirabelli, senior manager at Buckley Powder Co., teamed with Bill Hissem, senior mining engineer at Sandvik Construction, to deliver a presentation on drilling and blasting at the 2015 Quarry Academy hosted by Dyno Nobel and Sandvik. Mirabelli, who has… Keep Reading

Legal notebook: Avoid assumptions, keep records

Don't presume, assume or anticipate anything without first planning or analyzing data. That's one of the messages Jeff Friedman, an attorney at Friedman, Dazzio, Zulanas & Bowling, P.C., offered aggregate producers during an educational session at the 2015 Quarry Academy… Keep Reading

Sandvik, Dyno Nobel team for 10th annual Quarry Academy

More than 130 aggregate producers attended Sandvik Construction's and Dyno Nobel’s 10th annual Quarry Academy educational event Nov. 17-19 in San Antonio. Guests had the opportunity to sit through three days of classes and breakout sessions on best practices in… Keep Reading

Sandvik, Dyno Nobel draw record number to Quarry Academy

Sandvik Construction and Dyno Nobel hosted Quarry Academy 2013, their seventh annual event, in San Antonio from Nov. 12-14. Quarry employees and those who serve the industry participated in the three-day technical course. Their experience included a visit to Martin… Keep Reading

Quarry Academy a success in San Antonio

Sandvik and Dyno Nobel teamed up to host their annual Quarry Academy event last week in San Antonio. More than 90 attendees listened to experts discuss drilling, blasting, loading, hauling, screening and crushing. Held at the Omni La Mansion del… Keep Reading

Optimizing the ‘rock factory’

Optimizing the “rock factory” was the common thread running throughout the 2011 Quarry Academy in San Antonio. The three-day program, operated by Sandvik Mining and Construction and Dyno Nobel, brought the latest concepts and technologies of each phase of quarry… Keep Reading

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