open pit drilling and blasting ppt

Optimized design of drilling and blasting operations in open pit mines

Type of uncertainty Uncertainty Conditions Drilling operating costs (M$) Blasting operating costs (M$) Total drilling and blasting …

Optimization Of Blasting Design Parameters On Open …

In open pit mining where rock is hard such that,it requires drilling and blasting techniques to be applied for it to be mineable, the overall cost-effectiveness of the production operations requires that drilling and blasting be optimized. Mining costs for unit operations which includes loading,

Drilling and blasting

Rotary drilling, which is still the dominant method in large open pits, has limitations in that the rigs are not suited to drill holes off the vertical line. As blasting theories and practice have proved, it is …

Optimal grade control sampling practice in open-pit mining

An attempt has been made to examine the impact of blast vibration, joint frequency and relative joint orientation to the pre-split blasting at Rampura-Agucha Pb-Zn open pit mine of Hindustan Zinc ...

Ripping operation with a bulldozer in the mining industry.

I start an open pit minig on freedig, so more than 5 bench of 2.5m ripped and pushed on waste material which has saved a lot of cost from drill&blast. D275 series used.

Miguel Lanata Rospigliosi

Mining Engineer from National University of Engineering, with fifteen years' open pit mining operations experience, specifically in costs, budget …

PPT

Final Wall Stability in Metal Open Pit Mines Using Presplit Blasting KazemOraee Ali Mozafari ArashGoodarzi NikzadOraee-Mirzamani. Importance of presplit drilling and blasting in open pit …

Techniques of Controlled Blasting

Pre-splitting: Pre-splitting is the smooth blasting method in which cracks for the final contour are created by blasting prior to the …

PPT

Description • Open-pit mining is surface mining in which huge portions of earth are dug from the surface to extract the desired …

Environment Impact Assessment of Coal Mining

considerable noise like blasting, drilling, crushing and movement of vehicles. Blasting results in ground vibrations and if there are human habitation nearby, it can destroy property and houses 6) Occupational health - The workers in mine have high risk of the occupational diseases:Pneumoconiosis: Due to inhalation of coal dust. Can cause ...

PPT

Open-Pit Mining. By Tony Paisana. Description. Slideshow 6668104 by kiona-dotson. ... Probe Drilling Special machines are used for this process. These drills are used to create 16-25 meter probe holes …

International Journal of Science &Technology, Reference …

In open pit mining where rock is hard such that,it requires drilling and blasting techniques to be applied for it to be mineable, the overall cost-effectiveness of the production operations requires that drilling and blasting be optimized. Mining costs for unit operations which includes loading,

PPT

Description • Open-pit mining is surface mining in which huge portions of earth are dug from the surface to extract the desired mineral within them. During the mining process, the land face is scraped …

BLAST DESIGN IN SURFACE MINES

2.T.N.HaganSub drilling, U = 8 D, for satisfactory results U=10 12 D, in the front rows/ toe formations -Diameter of the blast hole (D) is in mm. 3. Rule of ThumbSub drilling, U = 10% of the Bench Height. Blast hole length Blast hole length (m) = BH + Sub drilling, for vertical holes Blast hole length (m) = BH + Sub drilling / cos (angle), for ...

5 common blasting methods in open pit mining

5 common blasting methods in open pit mining. Shallow hole blasting; Shallow hole blasting hole diameter is small, generally, about 30~75 mm, hole depth is typically 5 meters below, sometimes up to 8 meters or so, such as YUAN-PCR200-PRO top hammer pneumatic crawler rock drilling rig, hole depth can be increased.

(PDF) Optimized design of drilling and blasting …

Type of uncertainty Uncertainty Conditions Drilling operating costs (M$) Blasting operating costs (M$) Total drilling and blasting costs (M$) Type I UCS 3.561 6.228 9.789 SGr 3.319 6.216 9.536

Research on intrinsic safety method for open-pit mining

Methods From open pit to underground mining...safe position when blasting Underground Mining...Research on stability ... 9 3.... Chapter 18 Mineral Companies. mining method, for underground mining, or the ...guration, for an open pit, has been established...intrinsic economic interest in or on the Earth'.....and slope design ...

(PDF) ROCK BLASTING FOR MINING

Bench blasting is a common blast technique m ost often used for open pit mines. By definition, bench blasting is blasting in a vertical or sub-vertical hole or a row of holes towar ds a free ...

7--------

Open-pit operations Fig. 7.2 Blast-hole drilling in a bench in the Zortman/Landusky operation, Montana. (Photograph courtesy of Pegasus Gold Corporation.) the underlying bench. This 'sub-grade' drilling, as it is called, is usually in the range of 0.5-1.5 m and is designed to ensure that no hard toes are left

Controlled Blasting Techniques: Prof. Sushil Bhandari | PDF | Drilling …

CONTROLLED BLASTING TECHNIQUES. Presented by Submitted to 1.Narendra Lamba Prof. Sushil bhandari 2.Prakash 3.Prakash vishnoi 4.Naresh choudhary CONTENTS:-1. What is control blasting 2. Why we need control blasting 3. Various technique of controlled blasting 4. Line drilling method 5. Trim(cushion) blasting technique 6. Smooth …

sbm/sbm blasting methods quarry.md at main · sbm2023/sbm

Contribute to sbm2023/sbm development by creating an account on GitHub.

GEOTECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN OPEN PIT MINES

(e) analysis is carried out of open pit wall stability for the projected geometry of the pit; (f) appropriate drilling and blasting procedures are used to de velop final walls; and (g) appropriate methods of open pit wall monitoring are used over a period of time to determine wall stability conditions. Penalty: See regulation 17.1.

Open Pit Mining | IntechOpen

Open pit mining method is one of the surface mining methods that has a traditional cone-shaped excavation and is usually employed to exploit a near-surface, nonselective and low-grade zones deposits. It often results in high productivity and requires large capital investments, low operating costs, and good safety conditions. The main …

9.1 DEVELOPMENT PIT SEQUENCING

Open pit mining methods will include drilling, blasting9, loading and hauling. Ore and development rock will be extracted from approximately 20 rfoot high benches. The mining sequence will include the following: x Site preparation (see Section 8.1); x Blast rhole drilling; x Loading blast holes; x Blasting; x Ore control; and,

Optimization of the drilling-and-blasting process to …

the drilling-and-blasting process by introducing new blast design modifications. Based on the analysis, research of the scientific information and the mining practise, the authors discuss the way of creation of the preliminary stress in the block of the open pit and hence improving fragmentation. Physical experimental

Open pit drilling and blasting

Open pit drilling and blastingt SYNOPSIS By ALAN ,* B.Sc., Ph.D. (Visitor) A discussion is presented of the advances that have been made in rotary drilling in recent years and it is indicated how and why these drills have replaced percussive equipment even in the hardest formations at larger than 7 in. diameter.

7 Rules of Thumb for Open Bit Blast Pattern

Mineral/Ore Mined using the Hardrock Blast hole Drill, which are Heavy duty Rotary and or Down-The-Hole rigs for Blast hole drilling. It can help client to achieve the best economic and social benefit. ... Below …

Drill and Blast Method

Drilling and Blasting Method Sequences. 1- Drilling. Before the blasting takes place, the drilling rig bores the drill holes – determined in advance in a blasting plan – in the foremst front wall of the tunnel (working face). The more solid the rock, the more explosives are required. A jumbo is used to drill holes in the rock face. This one ...