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Introduction A limestone quarries mine is used for the extraction of limestone, which is a useful non-metallic mineral in several mineral industries. It is a raw ingredient used in the cement industry. Drilling …
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The blasting quality of open-pit mining can be enhanced and the production cost of stope reduced by establishing a mathematical model for step drilling and blasting costs based on stope consumption. By enhancing the Gray Wolf algorithm, the parameters for step drilling and blasting are optimized, resulting in improved effectiveness for step …
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The drilling and blasting method realizes rock fragmentation through mechanical drilling and explosive blasting and has consistently been an important construction method in related fields, such ...
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Read this article to learn about the blasting techniques adopted in underground and opencast mines. Blasting Techniques Adopted in Underground Mines: Drilling Patterns in Stone: Drilling patterns, also called shot-hole patterns, are named after the type of cut holes used and the principal patterns are: (1) Pyramid cut or cone cut (2) Wedge cut (3) …
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And many scholars have studied on blasting simulation, and promoted the development of the techniques. For example, Wilkinson, W.A has developed a system named state-of-the-art mine planning ...
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Pneumatic crawler-mounted drill machines (ROC 203 PC Model) of , down-the-hole hammer with 115 mm drill diameter button-bit was used for drilling in sandstone as well as in limestone.
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The optimization of blasting operations greatly benefits from the prediction of rock fragmentation. The main factors that affect fragmentation are rock mass characteristics, blast geometry, and explosive properties. This paper is a step towards the implementation of machine learning and deep learning algorithms for predicting the …
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Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question blasting, process of reducing a solid body, such as rock, to fragments by using an explosive.Conventional blasting operations include (1) drilling holes, (2) placing a charge and detonator in each hole, (3) detonating the charge, and (4) clearing away the broken material.. Upon detonation, the …
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For years, the material was extracted by drilling and blasting and then wet-processed into clinker in the cement plant. In a move to increase productivity and reduce costs, IFCEM became the first cement plant in the Ukraine to initiate the transition from the wet to the dry process, a measure which was accompanied by an optimisation of the ...
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in limestone mines BHANWAR SINGH CHOUDHARY, ANURAG AGRAWAL* and RAJESH ARORA Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, ... 2.1 Drilling and blasting practices Down the hole hammer (DTH) drills of 165 mm are being used to drill blast holes. The holes are made
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The blasting practices in a limestone quarry with karstic cavities have been presented. The existence of karstic cavities in the quarry has reduced blasting efficiency significantly.
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This paper proposes a mathematical model for estimating the costs of blasting operations in the Baghak gypsum mine. The cost of blasting operations in the objective function is divided into three parts: drilling …
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Controlled blasting in a limestone mine using electronic detonators: A case study Article 25 January 2017. Safety Concerns of Ancient Temple due to Blasting in …
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The blasting practices in a limestone quarry with karstic cavities have been presented. The existence of karstic cavities in the quarry has reduced blasting …
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In another study, Afum and Temeng [9] have surveyed the cost reduction of drilling and blasting in an open-pit gold mine in Ghana at three pits through blasting optimization and the use of the Kuz-Ram model. They could ultimately …
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The Changjiu Shenshan Limestone Mine is located in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, and is currently the largest limestone mine in China. The mine utilizes open-pit blasting for excavation, with an annual production capacity of up to 70 million tons. The mining operation is designed to produce ore with a block size not exceeding 1,000 mm.
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Drilling and blasting accounts for 28% of total quarrying cost based on the study of various aggregate quarries in Thailand. ... some mines like Rajashree cement limestone mine had adopted a ...
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A case study has been provided where data from 1995 till date has helped a limestone open pit mine in improving drill factor from 45 tons/m to 75 tons/m, breakage of limestone from 6.5 tons/kg to 14 tons/kg thus reducing costs by 50% while improving crusher productivity from 764 tons/hour to 932 tons/hour and controlling vibration, flyrock …
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@article{Abbaspour2018OptimizedDO, title={Optimized design of drilling and blasting operations in open pit mines under technical and economic uncertainties by system dynamic modelling}, author={Hossein Abbaspour and Carsten Drebenstedt and Mostafa Badroddin and A. Maghaminik}, journal={International Journal of Mining …
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Drilling and Blasting are probably two of the more attention-grabbing words used in all of mining. After Digital Edition; Press Releases ... productive drilling is critical to mining operations. As drilling contractors continue to push for smarter, more powerful rigs, better designed tooling that can travel down the hole faster and less ...
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