Blasting

The operation to break rocks such that it can be quarried for processing aggregate production or to excavate a right-of-way is called blasting. Blasting is carried out by discharging an explosive in the borehole or any other confined manner carries out blasting. There are various types of commercially available explosives. They can be -

1. Dynamite


2. Slurries


3. ANFO, or


4. Two components explosive

1. A site engineer should understand the process of blasting. Depending on the type of explosives, the blasting process has been developed. A site engineer should understand different components in the blasting process.