The new AXXIS CBS system allows underground mining operations to
initiate blasts from a safe and convenient place on surface, bringing
the benefits of electronic detonation technology to underground mining.
The system allows real-time local monitoring – as well as remote access
monitoring capabilities – which allow quicker decision making and better
operational transparency in the underground environment. BME’s world
record breaking AXXIS surface system will also be featured at the stand,
and visitors will be able to log detonators ‘on the block’, allocate
timing designs and fire a virtual blast.
The company is the largest provider of emulsion explosives to South
Africa’s opencast mining sector, and has been a pioneer in leveraging
electronic detonation technology to achieve higher quality and more cost
effective blasts across a range of commodities. Its AXXIS system last
year facilitated a record blast at Kansanshi, Africa’s largest copper
mine, initiating 6,690 electronic delay detonators (EDDs) in one blast.