Join us in Southern California for a free intro class on low-explosives and other alternative rock breaking techniques. This will be an all-day hands-on training with live product at our blast range near Barstow, CA. Please contact us to register.
This’s month’s ICMJ features a remote mining project we worked on. Check it out!
September’s blasting class was a success! Our group went over safety and PPE, ATF compliance, California blasting regulations and explosives storage. Then we went out on the range and covered initiation systems, blew up a chicken and gradually moved up to more difficult problems. The final project for this class was designing, drilling, loading and…
We have the following equipment available for sale now. These drills are fully refurbished and come with a 90 day warranty. Contact us for details. Equipment List
Are you having trouble with your portable Atlas Copco gas drill? Have you noticed that there is very little information available on these units? Based on a lot of customer feedback, we have published a new comprehensive guide to tuning and troubleshooting your Combi portable drill. It covers most of the common problems and the…
Our partners at Rock Busters in Canada just released a new podcast on rock breaking and explosives. It’s called “The Rocky Road” and we get interviewed in episode 3. Check it out:SpotifyiTunesGoogle
The regulations around transporting explosives are complex and involved multiple agencies. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and their Pipeline and Hazardous Materials SafetyAdminsitration (PHMSA) set regulations at the Federal level. Your state DOT, highway patrol and local regulators often add their own system of regulations and permitting as well. There are basically basically 3…
