Drilling and blasting play vital roles in opencast mining. These operations not only affect the cost of production directly but as well and significantly, the overall operational costs. This research was carried out t...Drilling and blasting play vital roles in opencast mining. These operations not only affect the cost of production directly but as well and significantly, the overall operational costs. This research was carried out to find a possible way of optimizing the drilling and blasting operations in an open pit mine of Somair (Société des Mines de l’Air), in the Niger Republic. In order to optimize the drilling operation, the time taken by two drilling machines to accomplish the same task was analyzed statistically. The result indicates that the Down the Hole Hammer Drilling Rig (DMNo406) is more efficient than the Drill Master (DM405). The relative unit consumption of two explosives (Explus and Nitram 9), when used under the same operating conditions, were also considered and the results indicate Explus to be more economical per unit consumption with a range of 0.15 g/t–0.183 g/t, when compared with Nitram 9 with a unit consumption range of 0.19 g/t-0.24 g/t in the study area.展开更多
Rock excavation in quarries is normally carried out by using explosives. The steps in planning of cutting face are based on the appropriate design for angles of cut and the optimum consumption of charge weights. Prior...Rock excavation in quarries is normally carried out by using explosives. The steps in planning of cutting face are based on the appropriate design for angles of cut and the optimum consumption of charge weights. Priority procedures in planning are the stability of bench excavation,vibration evaluation,and the selection for the blast patterns. The methods of analysis are described and compared with field results. From several cases of trial cut angles and changing geometry of blast dimensions,the result of an optimum pattern in a specific quarry,with respect to the acceptable global unit cost is achieved.展开更多
文摘Drilling and blasting play vital roles in opencast mining. These operations not only affect the cost of production directly but as well and significantly, the overall operational costs. This research was carried out to find a possible way of optimizing the drilling and blasting operations in an open pit mine of Somair (Société des Mines de l’Air), in the Niger Republic. In order to optimize the drilling operation, the time taken by two drilling machines to accomplish the same task was analyzed statistically. The result indicates that the Down the Hole Hammer Drilling Rig (DMNo406) is more efficient than the Drill Master (DM405). The relative unit consumption of two explosives (Explus and Nitram 9), when used under the same operating conditions, were also considered and the results indicate Explus to be more economical per unit consumption with a range of 0.15 g/t–0.183 g/t, when compared with Nitram 9 with a unit consumption range of 0.19 g/t-0.24 g/t in the study area.
文摘Rock excavation in quarries is normally carried out by using explosives. The steps in planning of cutting face are based on the appropriate design for angles of cut and the optimum consumption of charge weights. Priority procedures in planning are the stability of bench excavation,vibration evaluation,and the selection for the blast patterns. The methods of analysis are described and compared with field results. From several cases of trial cut angles and changing geometry of blast dimensions,the result of an optimum pattern in a specific quarry,with respect to the acceptable global unit cost is achieved.
