Mineral mining

Mineral mining

The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.

Industry: Mining

Contributors in Mineral mining

Mineral mining

An explosive in which the change into the gaseous state is effected by burning and not by detonation as with high explosives. Blasting powder (black powder or gunpowder) is the only low explosive in ...

blasting agent

Mining; General mining

An explosive material that meets prescribed criteria for insensitivity to initiation. It is a material or mixture consisting of fuel and oxidizer used in blasting, but not otherwise defined as an ...

molasses/AN explosive

Mining; General mining

An explosive mixture consisting of about 80 lb (36.5 kg) of ammonium nitrate mixed with 10 pints (4.7 L) of molasses and 5 pints (2.37 L) of water, for quarry and opencast blasting. The molasses and ...

extralite

Mining; General mining

An explosive mixture consisting of ammonium nitrate and carbonate, liquid and solid hydrocarbons, and zinc chlorate.

booster

Mining; General mining

An explosive of special character used in small quantities to improve the performance of another explosive, the latter forming the major portion of the charge.