
Operational excellence, safety are two sides of same coin
The key to an improved health and safety record in the mining workplace lies with integrating safety firmly as part of operational excellence.

The key to an improved health and safety record in the mining workplace lies with integrating safety firmly as part of operational excellence.

24 August, 2020, Johannesburg – BME, a member of the Omnia Group has broken the South African record for the largest electronic detonator blast, initiating 3,780 detonators in a single blast at a manganese mine near Hotazel in the Northern Cape.

BME has launched a new, free Blasting Guide application for Android mobile devices, enabling users to rapidly calculate and check blast designs.

The AXXIS TITANIUM system, the latest generation of BME’s tried and tested AXXIS blasting systems, is expected to be launched later this year as a successor to the company’s second-generation version.

Through South Africa’s strict Covid-19 lockdown, essential service provider BME has supported coal mines’ blasting operations so that Eskom power stations can keep the country’s lights on.

As part of its continuous development of digital solutions, blasting leader BME has further enhanced its BLASTMAP blast planning tool with an added burden relief timing module.