blasthole drilling

[′blast‚hōl ‚dril·iŋ]

(engineering)

Drilling to produce a series of holes for placement of blasting charges.

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Atlas Copco displayed a cabless blasthole drilling rig.

Autonomy takes center stage at MINExpo 2016

Tenders are invited for Hiring of HEMM for diversion of Nallah of varying cross section and 1060 metres length,cutting,removal of OB including blasthole drilling, blasting, Excavation of various rock / soft earth cutting of OB strata (consisting of top soil, alluvium soil, blast rock etc.

Hiring of HEMM for diversion of Nallah of varying cross section and 1060 metres length,cutting,removal of OB including blasthole drilling, blasting, Excavation of various rock

Atlas Copco (STO:ATCOA) (STO:ATCOB) said today that it has received an order to deliver Pit Viper 351 blasthole drilling rigs to Kumba Iron Ore, a unit of Anglo American.

Atlas Copco awarded SEK250m mining order in South Africa

Also, Atlas Copco published the book Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining.

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Des Clifford reviews some of the advances, particularly in blasthole drilling

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Beyond oil well drilling, the company sees a number of other potential applications, including gas plants, pipeline testing and purging and blasthole drilling in mining applications.

On-site nitrogen generator unit designed to cut drilling costs

Waterwell and blasthole drilling equipment are made in this industry, as is portable drilling equipment.

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Blasthole drilling is one aspect of open-pit mining that engineers identified long ago as a promising area for autonomous operations.

Advances with large rotary blasthole drills: miners are seeing significant improvements in drilling and they will soon see more

In many cases, finding the benefits of efficient blasthole drilling practices comes simply from determining the inefficiencies--not just at the point of drilling but all stages of the process.

Drilling smarter, drilling better: a look at new and emerging technologies, hardware in the blasthole drilling arena

As per this contract, Atlas Copco will provide Pit Viper 351 blasthole drilling rigs.

South Africa : Atlas Copco gets MSEK 250 contract from Kumba Iron Ore

It relies heavily on selecting the right down hole hammers in order to conduct blasthole drilling in a fast and efficient manner.