Austin Powder Develops a Lead-Free Primary Explosive for Detonators Producing lead-free primary explosives is environmentally responsible, will ensure raw material availability, and incorporates a safer manufacturing process. May 3, 2023 – Clev...
Opening a new quarry pit close to structures can be tricky, but the Austin team in Poland recently did it with great success. Vibrations and other unwanted effects were reduced to a minimum using Paradigm optimization software and the expertise of th...
Our Austin Family in Mexico recently celebrated five years of service at a mine project in San Julian! This is an extra special celebration because those five years have been completed without accidents! Our team of 29 experts provides knowledge and ...
Introducing E*STAR Tunnel, developed for rapid tunnel blasting deployment while reducing post-blast plastic residue in the muck pile....
The project has been a successful collaboration between Austin Powder and Nitro Explosives. Austin provided the plant layout, design, and engineering oversight, and Nitro Explosives managed the site establishment and construction of the housing compl...
Austin Powder manufactures a variety of packaged emulsion products and blends including Emulex and Hydromite. Emulsions are water-resistant and are a great option when loading wet boreholes. Austin’s cap sensitive emulsion explosives are packaged...
At this customer site, which produces 2MM tons per year, Austin’s technical team was charged with marrying two sides of the pit and creating a new bench on the floor. The bench height was 40ft, and the team had to get a new ramp and a new 40ft ...
Austin Powder in the US recently created a new colored detonating cord in response to a request from a single customer. Our traditional green A Cord was difficult to see once the heading was tied in, so the customer was looking for a brighter cord th...
fragmentation. Most of the time, the muckpile contained boulders that required intense secondary breaking by a hydraulic hammer. Subsequently, the blasts created uneven faces that influenced safety on the bench, making it harder for blast planning to...
Austin Powder manufactures electric, non-electric and electronic detonators for a wide variety of applications. Austin Powder also engineers and builds its electronic initiation system equipment, including loggers, detonators, connectors, and more....
We are a traditional manufacturer of initiation systems for industrial blasting operations and an important technological and research base for production and further development of initiation systems.
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