MINNBLAST 2010

Lake Superior Chapter of ISEE

Coates Hotel, Virginia, MN Thursday, April 1st

7:00 Registration (coffee hosted by Viking Explosives)

Session 1 – Safety, Chairman: Mike Young

7:30 Micheal Young, President of Lake Superior Chapter of ISEE

Welcome

8:00 (1) William O’Brian, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobbacco & Firearms

Explosive Security

8:30 (2) Larry Mirabelli, Dyno Nonobel

Chemical Crushing

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9:00 Break (coffee hosted by Dyno Explosives)

Session 2- Timely Topics, Chairman: Joe Hejny

9:30 (3) Ayman Tawadrous, Orica USA

Use of Numerical Modeling & Electronics

to Improve Blasting in Heavily Jointed Rock

10:00 (4) William Reisz, Davey Bickford Company

Rethinking the Timing Sequence

10:30 (5) Travis Davidsavior, Barr Engineering

TBA

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11:00 Trade Show and Lunch

Session 4 – New and Interesting, Chairman: Tom Barkley

12:30 (6) Mike Indihar, United Taconite Company

Improvements in D&B at United Taconite using 12” Drill Holes

1:00 (7) Ted Anderson

Essar Steel Project

1:30 (8) Alan Koski, Cliffs Natural Resources, Michigan Operations

Improvements in BlastingTechnology at Cliffs Michigan Operations

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2:00 Break (coffee hosted by Orica USA)

Session 5 – Saving the Best for Last, Chairman: Brandon Lende

2:30 (9) Frank Wolf, Continental Nitrogen

Prill Production and Distribution

3:00 (10) Kurt Oakes, Olsen Explosives

Construction Blasting Fundamentals

3:30 Closing Remarks

Gun Drawing