MINNBLAST 2006

Lake Superior Chapter of ISEE

Fortune Bay, Lake Vermillion Tower, MN Thursday September 28th

7:00 Registration (coffee hosted by Austin Powder Company)

Session 1 Chairman Joe Hejny

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

Welcome

8:00 Kurt Oakes, Olsen Powder Company

Securing the Blast Site

8:30 Thomas Palangio, WipWare Inc.

Size Analyzers Measure Minnesota Taconite Blasting

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9:00 Break (coffee hosted by Minnesota Explosives)

Session 2 Chairman: Joel Spaeth & Concurrent Session 3: Jerry Newton, Chair

9:30 Lyall Workman, Calder & Workman Inc. 9:30 Jerry Newton, Minnesota Explosives

Blast Casting on the Mesabi Range? Better Driving

10:00 Bill Everett, Cleveland Cliffs- United Taconite

Separation Blasting Techniques

10:15 Randy Zahn, Minnesota State Patrol

10:30 Joe Hejny, Minnesota Explosives Company Vehicle Inspections

A New Twist with Straight Emulsions

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11:00 Trade Show and Lunch

Session 4 Chairman: Tom Barkley

12:30 John Capers, Austin Powder Company

Blasting Products & their Limitations

1:15 Ed Borchardt, Atlas Copco Inc.

Pit Viper Drilling in Minnesota Taconite

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2:00 Break (coffee hosted by Orica USA)

Session 5 Chairman: Ron Fields

2:30 Dan Wenzel, Orica USA

Initiation is Really Important!

3:00 Tom Barkley , Dyno Consult

The Effects of Simple Electronic Timing Substitution on MineProductivity

3:30 Closing Remarks

Shotgun Drawing