Jake Cefalo, Forte Dynamics, Denver, CO
Forte Dynamics’ skilled drill and blast group brings over two decades of operational and technical experience. Our members bring a multitude of services to your drill and blast needs for any project and operation.
WE PROVIDE:
Blast performance data collection and interpretation, including ore movement, back break, compliance to design, energy distribution, and more.
Blast design recommendations to improve fragmentation and blast movement.
Open pit pattern design and loading recommendations to achieve vibration limits for underground mines and sensitive infrastructure.
Blast records recommendations to improve and understand compliance design vs. actuals in measuring costs of blasts.
Operational and technical blast audits and training courses.
Reduce costs by measuring production performance and optimizing blast designs.
Create long-range drill and blast plans, accounting for rock types, drill performance, estimate cost, and production requirements.
Setup of reactive ground testing programs and determine operational practices to reduce possible reactivity incidents.
Design and implement crest blasts to protect critical infrastructure and active mining area below.
Please contact Jake Cefalo at jcefalo@fortedynamics.com for any questions.
Forte Dynamics is a mining and heap leaching consulting firm that brings diverse expertise and decades of experience to your project. We are professional engineers — with special expertise in mining, processing, metallurgy and hydrodynamics — who bring appropriate levels of analysis and pragmatism to every problem. Working as part of your team, we help you analyze the crucial trade offs — technical, financial, regulatory and environmental — that lead to innovative solutions, optimal decisions and improved mining project performance. Find out more at www.fortedynamics.com.