In Person and Livestream tech talk: Future Underground Explosive Trends

Join the South West WA Branch and the AusIMM Mining Society for their In Person and Livestream tech talk: Future Underground Explosive Trends.

About this event

The South West WA Branch and the AusIMM Mining Society are delighted to present their June tech talk, that will cover future underground explosive trends and highlight opportunities for the explosives’ services in underground mining.

Explosive providers, such as Orica, need to offer a range of services to meet the need of modern deep underground mines. The rock breaking process has such a great leverage on the mining and liberation processes that services to maximise the opportunity and productivity are key to sustainable mining. Products that optimise the mining sequence and focus energy in key areas are revolutionising the industry. Services to streamline the operation, capture data, minimise delays and maximise the data use are key to optimising the blasting process. 

This presentation will illustrate opportunities and case studies where mines are seeing benefits from fit for purpose products and services rather than focussing on the lowest unit cost.

Speaker/s

Mike Lovitt

FAusIMM (CP)

Global Underground Technical Specialist

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Mike Lovitt is the Global Underground Blasting Specialist at Orica Ltd.
A chartered professional mining engineer with over 40 years of experience, he has published more than 30 international papers on blasting.

Mike is a Fellow of the AusIMM and a member of ISEE, SPIS, and EFEE. He specialises in mass blasting, block cave establishment, and sublevel cave optimisation, and is recognised for his calculator for determining optimal burdens in challenging blasting conditions.

Mike has also been a member of the AusIMM South West WA Branch Committee since 2018.