It’s a blast as Poitrel pioneers wireless technology
BHP Mitsui Coal's Poitrel mine has claimed the title of world’s largest blast using wireless technology, after successfully completing the third blast in a trial series to test Orica WebGen technology.
The latest blast on Sunday, October 13, saw 1.3 million cubic metres of overburden shifted in a strata blast fired with 1920 WebGen 100 units across 534 holes.
Poitrel mine production manager Jayson Smeeton said the technology offered significant safety and efficiency improvements.
It features wireless in-hole primers that are initiated by a firing command that communicates through rock, water and air.
“Wireless blasting means. . .
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