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This year’s event will feature a wide range of papers covering the latest advancements in blasting, drilling, mining, and explosives technology.

The following are key topics with papers to look forward to:

Blasting Optimization

  • Advanced Blasting Optimization for Enhanced Productivity: The X2Mill Solution
  • Improving Stope Productivity with Wireless Initiation
Innovative Technologies

  • Hydrogen Peroxide Emulsion (HPE) – A Journey from Concept to Reality
  • Electronic Detonator Timing Approaches for Surface Quarries and Metals Mines
Environmental Impact

  • Exclusion Zone Optimization in Critical Regions: Application of New Digital Technologies Allowing Ore Production
  • Blasting Techniques to Prevent Coal Loss and Damage
Geological Insights

  • The Impact of the Explosive’s Energy on Shovel Diggability in an Open Pit Gold Mine
  • Application of Machine Learning in Rock Mass Characterization for Blasting
     
Safety and Compliance
  • Success Case: Technical and Operational Assurance of Blasting Near Neighboring Mine Structures
  • Tunnel Construction Efficiency and Vibration Control Using Electronic Initiation System: Focusing on the Contour Holes and Decking Mode

Conference Authors and Papers

  • Juan Navarro –
    Topic: Advanced Blasting Optimization for Enhanced Productivity: The X2Mill Solution
  • Jose Pineda Villarreal 
    Topic: Optimized Blasting Methods for TBM Launching Shaft Construction Beneath the Panama Canal: A Case Study
  • Paulo Couceiro
    Topic: The Impact of Explosive Energy on Shovel Diggability in an Open Pit Gold Mine
  • Luan Monteiro
    Topic: Improving Stope Productivity with Wireless Initiation
  • Felipe Pontanilla
    Topic: Technology Application for Smart Blasting

  • Herry Saputra
    Topic: Advancing Blasting Using Drone Mapping and AI for Comprehensive Blast Performance Analysis
  • Tristan Worsey
    Topic: Theory of Dynamic Confinement
  • Xuesong Liu
    Topic: NOx Detection Based on Ensemble Machine Learning via Imagery Data
  • Javier Illanes
    Topic: Application of Machine Learning in Rock Mass Characterization for Blasting
  • Carlos Feliciano
    Topic: Introducing Wireless Initiation Systems in Brazilian Mines Through Sales with Purpose
  • Scott Giltner
    Topic: Mine Expansion Towards Blast Sensitive Areas

  • Catherine Martin
    Topic: Comparing International Vibration Standards for Quarry Blasting Near Residential Structures
  • Roberto Gomez 
    Topic: Gas Control Station for Blasting to Fulfill Chilean Environmental Goals
  • Sami Kara
    Topic: Tunnel Construction Efficiency and Vibration Control Using Electronic Initiation Systems
  • Sylvester Avane 
    Topic: Blast Optimization Using Air Decking with Gasbags – An Open Pit Gold Mine Case Study
  • Jorge Alvarez
    Topic: Development of Scaled Damage Criteria for Blasting in Rock Masses
  • Rob Farnfield
    Topic: The 8 Millisecond Rule Is Dead – Or Is It?

  • William Birch
    Topic: Safeguarding Historic Underground WWII Structures from Surface Quarry Blasting: A Case Study
  • Roland Alford
    Topic: The Didcot Demolition
  • Joseph Meyers 
    Topic: Breaking New Ground: Deflagrating Cartridges for Urban Tunneling at Grand Central
  • Mario Alvarez
    Topic: Review of Traditional Tricone Bit Drilling in Open-Pit Operations
  • Jorge Pavez
    Topic: New Drawbell High Excavation Methodology for Block Caving Mining
  • Juan Otaiza
    Topic: Managing Production Blasting Vibrations: A Machine Learning-Based Prediction of PPV in Chilean Copper Mines

There is so much more knowledge to gain at this conference, so keep your eyes out for additional papers and presentations. This is an excellent opportunity for networking and sharing insights.

A record number of abstracts were submitted for ISEE’s 51st Annual Conference to be held at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee North Carolina on January 21 - 26, 2025.

Registration for the 51st Annual ISEE Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique is open, to learn more visit our conference page at isee.org or click here.