Anthony Konya, vice president of Precision Blasting Services shares three methods to help eliminate fines during the blasting process.

Anthony Konya explores how overconfinement creates oversize and looks at where oversize originates using a 4D view of the blasting process.

Anthony Konya addresses how improper blasthole spacing causes oversize to form in a blast pattern, as well as how to use post-blast results to determine spacing changes.

Part 2 of P&Q's four-part "Overcoming Oversize" series explores the bench stiffness mechanism and how improperly designed benches ultimately lead to increases in oversize.

Part 1 of Pit & Quarry's four-part "Overcoming Oversize" series focuses on the location and treatment of oversize in the stemming zone.

Improperly addressing certain mistakes will lead to increased drilling and blasting costs and performance decreases. Precision Blasting Services' Anthony Konya explains why.

An innovative approach to blast design has produced results that were previously unfound in the aggregate industry.

There are a number of precautions sites must take to protect blast crews from dangers caused by thunderstorms and lightning.

The final chapter in P&Q’s special series offers a history of blast design and what’s ahead to optimize quarry blasting.