Tag: quarry blasting

The more control blasters have on the front end of a detonation, the less likely an incident is to occur on the back end. Photo: Xesai/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Utilizing technology to produce safer blasts

October 4, 2023By Kevin Yanik

Buckley Powder’s Brett Richter details how newer tools are making a blaster’s job easier.

Next-generation emulsions present new possibilities

April 8, 2021By Carly Bemer and Kevin Yanik

Anthony Konya of Precision Blasting Services talks about new developments in emulsions and what those mean for the future of blasting.

After a shot is executed, data on the fragmentation, muckpile shape, vibration and noise can automatically be integrated to allow AI to refine its models for use in the next drill-shot plan. Photo: Picsguru/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Article preview: ‘The 4 Most Costly Blasting Mistakes You Can Make’

April 6, 2021By Carly Bemer and Kevin Yanik

Precision Blasting Services’ Anthony Konya offers a summary of his article in Pit & Quarry’s April 2021 edition during a video visit with P&Q’s Kevin Yanik.

An innovative approach to designing blasts

April 5, 2021By Carly Bemer and Kevin Yanik

Anthony Konya of Precision Blasting Services sat down with P&Q to discuss a very new approach that optimizes blasting at specific sites.

Blasting education at the ready

April 1, 2021By Carly Bemer and Kevin Yanik

Precision Blasting Services’ Anthony Konya discusses how online courses are transforming the way blasters educate themselves.

Richard Ash presented key ratios 56 years ago that could be applied throughout surface blasting conditions to give comparisons between multiple types of operations. Photo: iStock.com/Xesai

Why ‘green’ explosives will be coming to a mine near you

March 26, 2021By Carly Bemer and Kevin Yanik

Anthony Konya, vice president at Precision Blasting Services, discusses what will drive the use of more environmentally friendly explosives.

Utilizing bulk emulsions in quarry blasting

June 13, 2019By Brandon Pease

Enaex North America’s Brandon Pease explores the opportunities emulsions offer as a water-resistant blasting agent.