Poitrel breaks ground with wireless blast technology

BHP Mitsui Coal’s Poitrel Mine recently pressed the button on an Australian-first – a wireless open-cut blast. BHP said the team at Poitrel, south-east of Moranbah, had been trialing the ORICA WebGen technology for some time. The system involves wireless in-hole primers initiated by a firing command that communicates through rock, water and air. Superintendent […]

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