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Primed for blasting

THE surface version of an Orica blasting technology that uses low frequency magnetic waves to wirelessly initiate firing commands through hundreds of metres of rock, water and air has been put to the test in Queensland at Terracom’s Blair Athol coal mine.

 Fragtrack Gantry in action

Fragtrack Gantry in action

Based on the Webgen 100 system, which successfully initiated more than 4000 blasts containing 125,000 primers, Orica's Webgen 200 technology is available for underground operations as part of the Webgen...

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