Electronic Initiation: Less Cost Per Lump

Are you betting future earnings on yesterday's blasting technology?

Meeting the market's expectations is no sure thing.  It can be even more elusive when your blasting practices are hit and miss.  So what should you do?  You could keep blasting in the same way you always have or you could take a more strategic approach to your blasting practices.  Let's put it another way.

Imagine you invest just $200,000 over and above what you currently spend on blasting technology to implement electronic initiation and that investment returns around $2,000,000 in additional revenue.  Now imagine you decide to do nothing and continue with the hit and miss approach relying on pyrotechnic explosives.  Here's the rub.  Instead of millions of dollars in additional revenue, the hit and miss approach actually destroys revenue through high levels of coal loss.  Which approach should you choose?

Open pit coal miners in Australia recognise that overburden blasting, specifically cast blasting, increases the likelihood of coal damage and loss leading to a negative economic impact on operations.  Another major contributor necessary for superior economic performance is accurate timing and it is imperative for producing consistent blasting results and in reducing noise, vibration, flyrock, backbreak and improving fragmentation.  Timing problems are also at the very core of poor blasting performance and inevitably less than acceptable financial returns.

As mining operations around the world 'catch on' to the advantages of electronic initiation systems, Dyno Nobel's electronic detonators are fast becoming the preferred choice for overburden blasting. They offer unprecedented robustness while maintaining an uncompromising blend of performance and ease of use.  This makes it an ideal choice for a range of blasting applications including:  single downline, multiple in-hole delays, common in-hole delays and conventional surface layout.  More importantly, finding out how much better your returns from coal mining could be won't cost you a penny.

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