Course description

Physics of explosive & non-explosive breakage of rock, drilling techniques, properties & selection of commercial explosives, explosive charging techniques, initiation & delay systems, explosive energy, basic blast design principles & practices, blast fragmentation analysis, mine-to-mill concept, environmental management of dust, noise, fly rock, vibration, blasting legislation, safety issues & management, rock cutting with picks and discs, impact breakage, ripping, cuttability, shaft sinking, design of cutterheads & other novel forms of rock breakage.

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