MAXIMISING YOUR PROFIT WITH AIRDECKs

​​SURFACE MINE // POWDER RIVER BASIN, USA

​-THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AIRDECKING WAS TRIALLED AT AN OPEN- PIT COAL MINE IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN 

-AIRDECKING REDUCED BULK EXPLOSIVE USE BY 5300 TONNES A YEAR

​-RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED COST REDUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY
  1.6 USD MILLION PER YEAR

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​"WITH COMMODITY PRICE PRESSURES EVER-PRESENT, OUR CLIENT, A LARGE COAL MINER IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN SOUGHT TO ADDRESS THE LARGE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR BLASTING PROCESS BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF BULK EXPLOSIVES REQUIRED IN THEIR OVERBURDEN SHOTS . IT WAS CRITICAL THAT ANY ADAPTATION TO THEIR PROCES S WOULD STILL GENERATE AN EQUIVALENT VOD..."