New software designed to turn underground mine blasting into primary crushing is triggering early success. Aegis Break Analyzer, software to optimize mine drilling and blasting, developed by iRing Inc. of North Bay, was used to design the best blasting pattern for an underground stope at Goldcorp’s Eleonore gold mine in northern Quebec. At a mine in Chile, Aegis was used to identify the optimal design for blasting with ANFO explosive. Mine designers across Canada and in Australia, Africa, Peru, Asia, Mexico and Europe are using Aegis software.
Blasting operations designed by Aegis Break Analyzer can diminish reliance on expensive underground crushers as the main means of delivering fragmented ore to a mill or drastically reduce the cost of crusher operations, providing considerable savings, iRing predicts.
Author: Walter Franczyk
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