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2025

Three Tools for 2025 to Enhance D&B Performance

As we look back on 2024, we wanted to highlight the three most valuable tools that all D&B operations could use to help improve their work rolling into 2025.

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drone data

7 Ways Drone Data Empowers Construction Drill & Blast

Drone Data helps construction drill & blast companies in many ways, but here are the 7 we chose to highlight...

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blasting

Webinar Summary: Guidelines for Perimeter Control and Pre-Split Design

Nathan Rouse, Director of Thoroughbred Drill & Blast Consultants discusses why blasters and mining and quarry operations should invest in pre-splitting and what they need to know to pull it off correctly.

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digitilization

Accurate Drill Logging Using Digital Field Tools - Webinar Summary

In this webinar: learn how the digitalization of drill logs can unlock significant value for mines, quarries and contractors. Then see a demonstration of the new mobile drill log app: Strayos Fielder.

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drone surveying

A New Workflow to Increase Drilling Accuracy Using PPK Drones and GPS Smart Drills - Webinar Summary

Designing and implementing a precise drill plan is critical for achieving an optimal blast outcome. In recent years, GPS Navigation Drills have enabled pinpoint accuracy for drilling operations. However, the major blocker for

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drilling

Webinar Summary- Optimizing Fragmentation Using Measure While Drilling and 3D Analytics Data

Traditionally, drilling data has been difficult to capture and combine with blast design information. Now, new technologies like 3D image analysis and Measure While Drilling(MWD) data allow blasters and site managers to "see" inside the bench in ways never before possible.

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blasting

Connecting the Solutions- Mining & Quarrying Companies Need an AI Powered Dashboard

Data silos are a well known obstacle for the quarrying industry. Ravi Sahu and Kevin Vonesh have an answer- an AI powered Solutions Dashboard.

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drones

Drones, Drills, & Data

Three technologies enabling massive improvements in drilling are Drones, AI, and smart drills. Used individually, they give a huge advantage, but when combined, they allow the modern driller to accomplish a level of insights never before seen.

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covid-19

Business in the Covid-19 Era : Social Distancing in Mining, Quarrying and Infrastructure industry

Covid-19 has ground the US and world economies to a standstill. Governments and businesses everywhere are enacting increasingly extreme measures to try to slow the spread. Multiple states and companies are now requiring

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Quarry

General Drilling and Maine Drilling & Blasting transforms their operations with Strayos

The article details the experiences of the two companies have had working with Strayos, the problems they were facing, why they decided to work with Strayos, and how Strayos has improved their work

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Quarry

Digital Geology: A Key to improve blast performance

Importance of Rock Mass properties Rock mass properties have a substantial influence on blasting outcomes. Blasting outcomes [https://elorantaassoc.com/download/Papers/E&A_Effects_of_Blasting_on_Crushing_and_Grinding_Efficiency_and_

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Quarry

Power of analytics in improving rock fragmentation

Blasting is the most economical technique to achieve rock fragmentation in mines and quarries. The main objective of blasting is to realize the fragmentation in the desired size. Analytics can be of help in several considerations by providing a better understanding of the process.

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smart drill

The trade secret to improving the loading of Blast-Hole

Drones as a standard tool in blast design Drone acquired data in the beginning of the blast design is rapidly being adopted throughout the mine and quarries blasting arena. Some mines and quarries

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