This conference will showcase the latest technological advances. Whether you're a blaster in the field or a supervisor, you'll find this an informative, enjoyable event.

Blasters Forum
The Blasters Forum allows for the exchange of information in an individual or small group setting. It is a multi-media event, with authors using poster displays.

General Sessions
Featured papers will be presented on practical aspects of blasting technique, helpful ideas on safety, productivity as well as cost effectiveness in the use of explosives.

Wednesday Workshop

Titles of Papers Scheduled for Presentation
at the 33rd Annual Conference in Nashville, TN

A Comparative Study of PPV Analysis in Tunneling

A Comparison of Fidelity of Safety Risk Models Used by the U.S. DoD

A Document Based on Centuries of Explosives Experiences

A Methodology to Control Peak Particle Velocity Levels at Multiple Location by the Use of Electronic Detonators

A New Tool for Managing Risk Associated with Commercial Explosives Operations

A Non-Toxic, Safe and Reliable Non-Primary Explosives Detonator

A Practical Yet Technically Sound Design Procedure for Pre-Split Blasts

Adverse Effects of Dynamic Shock Waves on Emulsion Explosive Sensitizers

Alternative Ways to Insure Risk

An Unusual Accident Re-Created

Application of Bottom-Hole Air Decking Technique to Solve Fragmentation Problems at Malanjkhand Copper Project in India

Application of Fragility Model to Risk Assessment of Pipelines Due to Blasting

Applying Up-To-Date Blasting Technology and Mine-To-Mill Concept In Quarries

Assessment of Delay Accuracy of Permitted Copper Delay Detonators

Blasting and Ethics - Why Should I Care?

Blasting to Meet Public Demands in Southern California

Burst Blasting: Solution to a Particular Vibration Problem

CSI: Will the Bombs Work, Will They Cause Property Damage, and Will They Injure or Kill

Dangers of Toxic Fumes from Blasting

Development of an Urban Blasting Ordinance for the City of Henderson, NV

Digital Detonators in Iron Ore

Digital Shock Tube

Efficiency Improvements Dictate Change at ILC Resources, "For the Good," ... Really

Evolution of Safety Risk-Based Criteria Within the U.S. DoD

Experience With and Benefits From the Use of 3D Stereo Photo Grammetry for Blast Design and Control

Experimental Techniques to Reduce Blast Vibration Level

Factors Driving Continuous Blasting Improvement at the LaFarge Ravena Plant

Fingerprint Verification for Control of Electronic Blast Initiation

Flyrock/Throw Prediction and Control - A Risk Based Safety Criterion

Forthcoming European Directive on Pyrotechnic Articles

Ground Motions and House Response to Underground Aggregate Mining

Important Considerations When Selecting Blasthole Drills for High Altitude Use

Industrial Risk Assessment and Its Applications to Commercial Explosives

Influence of Sensor-Ground Coupling on Vibrations Measurement

Influence of Shock Wave Propagating in Case on the Detonation Characteristics

Innovative Mining Method, Related Blasting System and Quality Assurance for Large Underground Crusher Excavation

Leakage Tolerance in SDI Electronic Detonator Blasting System

Lowered Water-Borne Pressures Validated from Confined Submerged Blasts

Major Tunneling Projects in Italy During the 2005-2006 Biennium

Maumee Quarry Drilling and Blasting Challenges

Modeling an Artificial Screen for Reducing Seismic Vibration Generated From Blasting

Near Field Blast Vibration Monitoring Analysis and Modeling

Oil & Gas Well Perforating the Other Explosive Industry

Oil Shale Blasting Simulations Employing State-of-the-Art (2006) Computer Hydrocodes and Constitutive Models

Optimizing Cast Blasting Efficiency Using ANFO with Borehole Liners

Overcoming Adverse Highwall Conditions in the Development of an Undergound Mine Portal

Relative Shock and Heave - Underwater, Rock and Thermodynamic Irreversibility

Removal of the Top of an Aged Water Supply Reservoir by Explosives

Risk Based Explosives Safety Assessment in Switzerland and Europe

Safety in Manufacture of Explosives Process Hazards and Control Measures of Safety

Signature Hole Blast Vibration Control Twenty Years Hence and Beyond

Size Matters in the Mesabi Range

Study of Blasting Produced Air Overpressure in Urban Area

The Acoustic Response of Structures to Blast Induced Ground Vibration: Fact or Fiction

The Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Blasting During the Construction of a Metro Tunnel

The Broader Use of Risk-Based Methods to Manage Explosives Risk

The Challenges of Creating a Second Level at the UMR Experimental Mine

The Development of a UN/DOT and ATF Compliant Packaging/Explosives Magazine

The Investigation of Ground Vibrations Induced by Bench Blasting at Difference Quarries at Catalca Region in Turkey

The Pitfalls of Fragmenting Oil Shale Institute

The Relation Between Particle Size Distribution and Loader Productivity

The Science and Testing Behind Quantitative Risk Assessment Models

The U.S. DoD RBESCT's Development of SAFER

Traceability of Regulated Materials

Underwater Explosions - Part 5 Minimum Weight of an Explosive Charge for the Reliable Energy Measurements

Uniform Product Identification Standard for the Explosives Industry

USDA's Wildlife Services Explosive Safety Program - Managing Wildlife Damage

Using an ANFO/Coal Blended Blasting Mixture for Commercial Blasting Applications

Utility Company Blasting in Central Washington State

Velocity of Detonation of Non Ideal Explosives: Investigating the Influence of Confinement