Drilling and blasting
The drill-and-blast method is the core technology of our development. A licence for blasting operations and licence No. 19024188 for the acquisition and storage of explosives, our own certified blasters, work to the client's procedures.
What we do
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Drilling blastholes at the portal of a workingHow drill-and-blast works are organised
Sheet 02Underground, drilling and blasting is part of the development cycle: drilling, charging, blasting, ventilation, barring down, mucking. We work to blast designs and procedures agreed with the mine's department, without stopping main production.
General licence No. 12017604 includes blasting operations for the extraction of minerals. Licence No. 19024188 (first issued 24 December 2013) grants the right to acquire and store explosives for our own production needs.
Experience
Sheet 03In 2014, at the Vesenne-Aralchinskoye deposit, we carried out preparation of rock by blasting for Kazakhstan Kind Mining Investment Company. The client noted the “high qualification of the personnel and compliance with all industrial safety standards”. Underground, thousands of metres of workings have been driven by drill and blast.
Questions and answers
FAQDo you have a blasting licence?
Yes. General licence No. 12017604 includes blasting operations; licence No. 19024188 covers the acquisition and storage of explosives.
Do you do drilling and blasting in open pits?
Yes, we have experience in blasting preparation of rock at a deposit. Our core profile is underground development.
Who prepares the blast design?
Blast designs are agreed with the client's technical department; our engineers prepare them and oversee them on site.
See also
Development of workings
Development of drifts, crosscuts, declines, chambers and shafts by drill and blast, with ground support to design. Mining contractor since 2011, own fleet.
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Open-pit mining contractor: excavation and haulage of rock, blasting, overburden stripping. General licence for open-pit and underground methods.
Learn more →Capital development
Capital mine development in Kazakhstan: permanent workings, fitting out of levels, volumes signed off by survey. 200,000+ m³ of capital development since 2011.
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