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When an Australian opencast coal mine wanted to eliminate the need for bulldozer push operations, while ensuring safe and productive blasting, it turned to BME for its electronic initiation solutions.
Booming demand for key commodities is stoking Africa’s appetite for explosives, and one South African start-up has eagerly seized this opportunity to ramp up expansion.
The International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE) in Australia has appointed Dr Rakhi Pathak, Global Manager for Strategic Partnerships at BME, as a board director.
Omnia company BME has signed a distributorship agreement for its blasting solutions business with Germany-based DynaEnergetics, further enhancing BME’s commitment to deliver future-fit solutions to its global customer base.
DetNet has revised its blasting equipment at the Sibanye-Stillwater DigiMine at the Wits Mining Institute to the latest BlastWeb II version. This will allow researchers and students to learn about the application of leading-edge wireless CyberDet detonators, while also introducing them to the new features of the latest generation blasting equipment with an improved build and enhanced safety and detonator capabilities.
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