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2017.05.26
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Practical training day on blasting solutions for underground mining, organized by MAXAM for students from ETSIME (Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers)
The 40-plus students who attended the underground mining conference, organized by the MAXAM Chair of Explosives Technology, yesterday had the opportunity to witness the technological developments and blasting techniques which the Company uses in the different underground mining projects it is involved in around the world.Manuel López Cano, Director of Technical Applications at MAXAM, started by describing the key concepts of underground mining, stressing that “as in any other mining project, safety is our main priority. The first task in any blast operation is to calculate safety parameters, which is a fundamental aspect of our way of working”.
Different professionals from MAXAM informed attendees of some of the technological developments the company uses in underground mining projects, its know-how and the experience it has built up over the course of almost 150 years of history. They stressed the fact that MAXAM has always ensured added value for ore mine production processes by optimizing the different stages of exploitation of the mine and by reducing the total cost of ownership.
They gave a brief tour around the underground projects where the company operates in Ghana, Chile, Mongolia and Australia, highlighting some of the requirements demanded by each customer (specific levels of fragmentation, vibration or work advance) and highlighting the different conditions faced in each project (temperature, humidity levels, environmental regulations, etc).
Finally, they described their experience working in different underground mines, with special emphasis on the technology developed by the company and the RIOBLAST blasting simulation software. This software can adapt the different vibration and/or fragmentation levels to each blast, in order to ensure optimal use of the energy and guarantee high safety levels, this being a competitive advantage which makes MAXAM a world leader in the optimization of expansive energy.
To bring the day to a close, they pointed to the shortage of mining engineers on the market, stating that future workers who are willing to move around the world will find many opportunities to gain experience in international projects in mining companies.
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MAXAM is an industrial and services group which carries out its activity on a global level, developing, manufacturing and marketing blasting solutions for mining, quarries and infrastructure; cartridges and powder for recreational hunting and products and services for the defense sector. It also provides critical raw materials for nitro-chemical activities, such as energetic nitrocellulose and ammonium nitrate, both for internal use by MAXAM and for sale to external third parties.
MAXAM, founded by Alfred Nobel in 1872, ended financial year 2015 with turnover amounting to 1.115 billion euros. Its activity covers leading mining areas all around the world, with manufacture facilities in more than 45 countries and sales in over 100 countries on all five continents, and over 6500 employees.
For further information
Lucas Ferreira
MAXAM
Communications Director
91 722 01 00
lferreira@maxam.net
Louis Trollope
MAXAM
Communication
91 722 01 00
ltrollope@maxam.net
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