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Planning ahead of a blast to ensure burdens aren’t too heavy and shots are properly spaced is a must for operations looking to limit vibration. Photo: P&Q Staff

Planning for vibration when blasting

Jack Kopanski Published Jan 22, 2024

Keeping the right factors in mind ahead of a blast will improve performance and community relations. Keep Reading

Watch: Last blast of 2023 at Keeney Sand & Stone

P&Q Staff Published Dec 13, 2023

Representatives from the magazine were on hand as the final blast of the year took place at Keeney Sand & Stone in Painesville, Ohio. Keep Reading

The more control blasters have on the front end of a detonation, the less likely an incident is to occur on the back end. Photo: Xesai/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Utilizing technology to produce safer blasts

Kevin Yanik Published Oct 4, 2023

Buckley Powder’s Brett Richter details how newer tools are making a blaster’s job easier. Keep Reading

Next-generation emulsions present new possibilities

Carly McFadden and Kevin Yanik Published Apr 8, 2021

Anthony Konya of Precision Blasting Services talks about new developments in emulsions and what those mean for the future of blasting. Keep Reading

After a shot is executed, data on the fragmentation, muckpile shape, vibration and noise can automatically be integrated to allow AI to refine its models for use in the next drill-shot plan. Photo: Picsguru/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Article preview: ‘The 4 Most Costly Blasting Mistakes You Can Make’

Carly McFadden and Kevin Yanik Published Apr 6, 2021

Precision Blasting Services’ Anthony Konya offers a summary of his article in Pit & Quarry’s April 2021 edition during a video visit with P&Q’s Kevin Yanik. Keep Reading

An innovative approach to designing blasts

Carly McFadden and Kevin Yanik Published Apr 5, 2021

Anthony Konya of Precision Blasting Services sat down with P&Q to discuss a very new approach that optimizes blasting at specific sites. Keep Reading

Blasting education at the ready

Carly McFadden and Kevin Yanik Published Apr 1, 2021

Precision Blasting Services’ Anthony Konya discusses how online courses are transforming the way blasters educate themselves. Keep Reading

Richard Ash presented key ratios 56 years ago that could be applied throughout surface blasting conditions to give comparisons between multiple types of operations. Photo: iStock.com/Xesai

Why ‘green’ explosives will be coming to a mine near you

Carly McFadden and Kevin Yanik Published Mar 26, 2021

Anthony Konya, vice president at Precision Blasting Services, discusses what will drive the use of more environmentally friendly explosives. Keep Reading