Enhancement of blasting techniques for reducing seismic and acoustic nuisances: A case study of El-Hassa Quarry, Algeria

The minimal environmental impact, the size of the fragments obtained, and the maximum amount of blasted rock are major concerns for optimizing blasting in mines. The study undertaken in this work allowed us to clarify some points related mainly to blasting. The significance of the latter comes from the fact that it is the main operation in a technology chain, on which the success of extraction technology and exploitation in general depends. Seismic waves, sound waves, and their effects on the environment were always a substantial problem. In this context, significant results were obtained by using the technique of combining electric detonators with micro delays (EDM) and delays (EDD) whose use of a sequential exploder gave a wide interval to decrease the instantaneous load by the possibility of having a blasting with 231 delays. Therefore, the decrease in particulate speeds and vibrations facilitates protection of the environment as well as the elimination of noise.

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