This service caters for the sourcing, mixing and manufacturing of our high quality and reliable bulk emulsion explosives using our in-house designed mobile mixing units. ProBlast then charges drilled holes according to client specifications, using the best accessories in the industry. This service is adaptable and can be tailored to suit each client’s needs.

We provide a full-range of blasting services in coal, diamond, chrome, platinum, iron ore, limestone, granite and dolomite mining. This includes blast design, planning and execution, with ProBlast carrying out the full blasting service function, including the safety and quality management of all blasting services. We also use state-of-the-art electronic stock management systems to track and ensure accurate stock management within our operations.

This is a comprehensive, all-inclusive service encompassing drilling, blast design, monitoring and production work that includes drilling, DTH and quality blast services.

Blast optimisation focuses on producing the best blast design for the set criteria or constraints of a specific site, including fragmentation, drill, blast parameters and timing.

The following services are offered:

• Blast designs – a toolbox for blast design in conventional rock-quarrying and open-pit mines.

• Blast audits – a thorough review of blasting practices in order to identify technical and operational improvement opportunities in mining operations.

• Vibration and air-blast monitoring – proper monitoring of blasting sites to ensure that the blasting operation complies with the prescribed criteria, and to ensure the safety of employees and the protection of communities from any adverse blasting effects.

• Videography – video or photographic images of surface blasts. These records are of significant assistance in analysis of any blast-impact problems.

• Video-on-demand (VOD) recording – we provide clients with VOD recordings of our blasting processes to watch at their convenience, and provide feedback in order to improve the quality of our services.

• Fragmentation analysis – an online system used to display real-time fragmentation measurement results from blast to mill using the most technologically advanced image-analysing techniques.

Productivity optimisation is a focused approach dedicated to help improve the mine to mill process based on specific site requirements and constraints. This method matches our drill and blast design technique to the mine equipment and plant requirements needed to achieve improved loading, crushing and milling rates that in turn help reduce overall client costs.

• SHEQ management systems implementation – covering mining, explosives and maintenance sectors

• Legal requirement audits – covering the Explosives Act, Mine Health and Safety Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, and Department of Minerals and Resources or Chief Inspectorate of explosives requirement audits

• Visible Felt Leadership at sites and guidelines on safety and health project improvement

• Accident investigation or incident cause analysis methods (ICAMs)

• Consultations and assistance in safety and health related matters, including the cradle-to-grave use of explosives method as related to the field of blasting

• Application process assistance such as the licensing of magazines, vehicles and mobile mining units, and other compliance matters