MAXAM Australia attended the Singleton Mining and OH&S Expo in August 2010.

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The north Queensland city of Townsville recently hosted the 26^th Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum and Trade Expo from 16^th to 18^th May, 2010.

In May 2010 MAXAM Central Queensland celebrated 1000days free of injuries on the work-site.

MAXAM Australia attended the annual Open Day for one of their most established clients, Boral’s Orange Grove Quarry in WA.

MAXAM achieves outstanding results as they impact the mining industry in collaboration with NEW HOPE COAL in South East Queensland.

Drilling and blasting should be thought of as a team effort, without good drilling practices blast outcomes will always be less than ideal.

Original article from UEE website

It is important to note that all the parameters quoted for explosives in technical literature are calculated parameters rather than measured parameters.

Original article from UEE website

Given that the VOD is the only measurable magnitude related to an explosive that can be given a number with certainty, it is easy to comprehend why it has been overemphasized as an indication of explosive strength.

Original article from UEE website

From our experience, quarry shots are small shots (5-20 tonnes), in medium diameters (76-102mm) of hard rock (basalt, granite, etc) types...