Mining Operations

In any drilling campaign, the hardest decision will be when to stop drilling. Some of the situations which may warrant ...Read more

Normally, core is extracted inside the barrel by advancing the drill by its rotary action. When the depth of drilling ...Read more

In order to develop regional scale geological maps for use in small-scale survey, scheduling ground activity for large-scale surveying and ...Read more

In terms of both equipment and sampling, RC drilling is different from diamond core drilling. The major difference being the ...Read more

The suitable drilling technique is selected depending upon the depth and size of the borehole, mineral to be investigated, sampling ...Read more

In order to control fragmentation, two important principles must be correctly applied. The proper amount of energy must be applied ...Read more

Control techniques such as presplitting, trim blasting and line drilling work best in massive rock. In massive rock, one can ...Read more

  Endbreak off the end of a shot usually results from one of two reasons. The local geologic structure can promote ...Read more

Backbreak is the unintended fracturing or damage to the rock mass behind the final row of drill holes after a ...Read more