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The Performance Analysis of Pumpable Emulsion Explosives in Narrow-Reef Gold Mines
by Ramphele Chosi, Paseka Leeuw and Matsobane Nong
Mining 2025, 5(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/mining5010001 - 24 Dec 2024
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The use of pumpable emulsion explosives in the stopes of narrow-reef gold mines is an emerging practice. This is due to recent developments in the delivery and placement mechanisms of emulsion and gassing agents through portable charging units into small-diameter blastholes. With these [...] Read more.
The use of pumpable emulsion explosives in the stopes of narrow-reef gold mines is an emerging practice. This is due to recent developments in the delivery and placement mechanisms of emulsion and gassing agents through portable charging units into small-diameter blastholes. With these developments, this paper outlines the performance of pumpable emulsion explosives in a non-trial basis at two underground gold mines in South Africa, where a combined 33 underground drilling and blasting outcomes were observed in two shafts, where three key performance indicators—namely face advance, powder factor, and fragmentation size distribution—were evaluated. The results indicated that the use of emulsion explosives can enhance the probability of achieving the target face advance, whereas the results of the powder factor are mixed. In one shaft, the actual powder factor of the observed blasts mostly exceeded the planned powder factor, whereas in the other shaft, the latter was largely achieved. Lastly, the results of the fragmentation size distribution analyses are inconclusive; that is, it cannot be conclusively pointed out whether the use of pumpable emulsion explosives can achieve a mean particle fragmentation range of 11.5 cm to 13.5 cm at Shafts A and B. Full article
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