Drilling and Blasting 4.docVIP

ENMIN 402 Production Drilling and Blasting Question Sheet 4 Lect: Associate Prof Dr M Tuck by JUN ZHU The cross section is shown as below: And we know: Ore body grade = 2.9 % Cut-off grade = 0.7 % Footwall dilution grade = 0.2 % Hanging wall dilution grade = 0.5 % The Average dilution = 1 m Spacing = 3.0 m Burden = 3.6 m The Length of primer = 150 mm Primer weight = 1.0 kg 1Ring Blasting Widely applied in massive ore bodies and give a high rate of extraction at low unit costs. Ring blasting requires three distinct operations. As illustrated in figure b