Fragmentation analysis of optimized blasting rounds in the Aitik mine : effect of specific charge

• Main Author: Demenegas, Vasileios
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Technology; Bench blasting; blast fragmentation; specific charge; open; pit mining; Teknik; Copper Mine; Gällivare
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-53316

This report investigates the effect increased specific charge has on the fragment size distribution of the blasted material. It is a part of a related project of the Swedish blasting research center named “Model for bench blasting in open pits” and the field tests took place in Boliden’s Aitik coppe...