BME Stories

[JOHANNESBURG – 2 April 2019] Blasting specialist BME USA has been awarded a contract by Usibelli Coal Mine (UCM) in Alaska to supply explosive products and accessories. Part of the South Africa-based explosives leader BME, the USA business was established in Denver, Colorado last year. According to Glenn Watt, BME’s senior director for sales and …

As Zambia’s copper mining focus shifts west from Kitwe, Ndola and Chingola to the growing operations at Solwezi and Kalumbila, blasting leader BME supplies some of the largest minerals operations in the country – with further potential for growth across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to BME regional manager SADC, …

Blasting and explosives leader BME will be launching its new AXXIS central blasting system (CBS) at the international Electra Mining exhibition at Nasrec near Johannesburg in September. Alongside a range of BME products that will be featured on its stand at the show will be an interactive display allowing visitors to experience the ease of …

South Africa-based explosives leader BME has taken another important step in internationalising its footprint by supplying its market leading AXXIS electronic detonators to customers in the United States. According to BME managing director Joe Keenan, the company is already active with shipments of AXXIS detonators to customers in Atlanta and Texas, and the introduction of …

  Not only do poor blasting practices erode mines’ financial bottom lines – they are also bad for the environment, according the BME technical director Tony Rorke. Highlighting that a number of greenhouse gases are generated in the explosives chain, Rorke said that nitrous oxide (N2O) is particularly dangerous – being almost 300 times more …

Cullinan Diamond Mine, owned and managed by Petra Diamonds since 2008 and previously known as Premier Mine, is located to the east of Pretoria. The mining operation is rich in South African history as mining commenced in 1903, it employed ±14 000 people at the time of World War I and produced the 3 106 …

Blasting and explosives leader BME has again improved its safety performance, reaching a recordable case rate (RCR) of just 0,22 for its last financial year– well below the rate of 0,6 to 0,7 commonly achieved by the mining sector as a whole. According the Ramesh Dhoorgapersadh – Strategic Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality (SHERQ) …

23 March 2018 – Johannesburg: After more than three decades of product evolution and advancement in its emulsion offerings, South Africa-based explosives leader BME is subsuming its well-known brands such as HEF, and Megapump under the name of Innovex. According to BME Ammonium Nitrate based Products, Equipment’s and Services Product Manager Dr Rakhi Pathak, the …

In South Africa’s increasingly water-scarce and environmentally regulated mining industry, BME’s emulsion explosives help keep nitrates out of mine water – preventing possible groundwater contamination and allowing optimal recycling of water on site. “Recent international studies suggest that up to 28% of nitrates[1] from traditional ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) explosive can leach into water …

Delivering high-quality bulk emulsion explosive to a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean – and ensuing problem-free blasting for a two-year project – has proved BME’s ability to design and manufacture a safe and reliable product suited to the most demanding conditions. “Supplying and blasting over 4,000 tonnes of HEF emulsion for the building of …