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15 February 2017 – Johannesburg: Explosives and blasting technology leader BME has established a High-Tech Services unit to advance the application of drones in mine blasting activities ...
Technology developer Maptek has announced it will offer Aegis underground drill & blast software as the newest addition to its mining solutions. Aegis is a powerful, award-winning tool with a rich ...
An Ottawa laboratory is blowing up bits and pieces of government buildings in an attempt to make them bombproof. The University of Ottawa is looking at the first Canadian standard for blast design ...
London Hydro is gradually replacing its existing subterranean infrastructure — a system based on a 1930s-1940s design, said Sharma. The outdated model has a low voltage but high current that ...
The Chernobyl accident on April 26, 1986, happened because of a flawed nuclear reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained staff. The steam explosion and fires coming from the ...