Abstract:Blasting in the mining industry is being transformed, and can no longer be treated as an art or a practice purely dependent upon experiences of individuals. Examples of key drivers that have demanded consistent and more accurate blast results are initiatives to control pit-wall damage to help mine operators for steeper pit slope angles, to control damage to adjoining underground mine opening due to open-pit mining. Such situation exists at Rampura Agucha open-pit lead zinc mine which is producing 5.7 Mt/a of o… Show more
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