Revolutionizing Technology with Focus on Safety and Productivity

As an industry leader in Electronic Blasting Systems, Orica is constantly working to make products safer, more reliable and more efficient, enabling mining operations to achieve optimal blast results. Today, Orica is revolutionizing conventional blasting practices by launching Wireless Electronic Blasting System (WebGenTM). This represents a significant step in the evolution of blast initiation and one of the most exciting initiation technologies developed in the last 35 years. Orica is the first company in the world to develop a truly wireless system without connections between the boosters, the blasthole and firing points, unlocking many safety and productivity benefits for customers.
The WebGenTM system includes wireless in-hole primers which are initiated by a firing command that communicates through rock, water and air. WebGenTM removes constraints often imposed by the requirement of a physical connection to each primer in a blast. It can fundamentally change the way blasting and mining is approached and is a decisive step on the path toward full automation of drill and blast operations in the future.
Ore pillars that could not be recovered before in underground operations, can be recovered now. The main body of the ore panel can now be blasted and extracted first while the temporary rib pillars hold back the waste rock backfill. The inaccessible ore pillars can be then blasted. The technology delivers reduced dilution, increases truck fill factors and improves overall productivity.
Additionally, focused on solving today’s challenges for customers, Orica has developed a cloud-based digital platform called BlastIQTM. The BlastIQTM Platform delivers a range of integrated technology solutions to improve productivity and reduce overall cost of drill and blast operations. BlastIQTM provides the benchmarks and insights needed to ensure sustainable, cost-effective improvements in blast performance. BlastIQTM streamlines communications, connect engineering instructions to the bench adjusting loading process in real-time based on real conditions, efficiently captures data and produces reports and analysis, anywhere, anytime. Every stage of the blasting process is now coordinated in a single platform in real-time from the design and planning to the measurement at the end of the process, opening a window of opportunities to produce a significant impact in the productivity of mining companies.