Dust resulting from blasting in surface mines and its control

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 175-180

  Bhandari, S ^a   Bhandari, A ^b   Arya, S ^c  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Terrock Consulting Engineers   (Australia)

^c Earth Resource Technology Consultants   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; DUST; EXPLOSIVES;

DUST EMISSIONS; DUST SAMPLINGS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MINE OPERATORS; REDUCTION METHODS; SURFACE MINES;

MINE DUST;

EID: 33745732473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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