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Representative illustration: A major Brazilian iron ore company needed to optimize drilling and blasting with a mine-to-mill approach.

Case Study · Mining & Metals

A major Brazilian iron ore company needed to optimize drilling and blasting with a mine-to-mill approach.

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1Challenge

Blasting limits near structures, poor fragmentation, non-standard practices and manual processes hurt crushing productivity.

2Approach

  • Vibration models by region, structure and rock type
  • Integrated geology with blast planning
  • Blast simulation and video analytics for real-time monitoring

3Results

+$260M

Productivity gains in mining and crushing

17%

Productivity increase

Better fragmentation lifted crushing productivity.

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