ERG Industrial’s drill and blast services portfolio allows for an integrated multidisciplinary approach to improving blasting outcomes across the full drill and blast value chain—from initial blast impact assessments to designs, execution, and continuous improvement.
The drill and blast domain is a critically important one for all mines and quarries as it is the start of the production value chain. Any positive gains within the drill and blast domain lead to exponential downstream benefits, significant cost savings, and productivity improvements.
Our unique value-centric approach allows us to deliver both short-term and long-term benefits to our customers through three main categories:
Drill and blast engineering is a scarce skill that is part theory and part practice. Experience plays a significant role in drill and blast engineering quality, and ERG Industrial provides this.
Typically, our drill and blast design service includes all design aspects across the value chain:
Our typical approach to identifying opportunities for improvement is to examine the drill and blast value chain in its entirety and note any observations within the respective domains or processes and sub-processes that stand out from the norm.
We use a bespoke in-house drill and blast value chain “template” for this exercise, noting any relevant observations and using these observations collectively to produce potential future value initiatives.
The in-house drill and blast value chain comprises four main phases, with sub-processes and activities under each. The four main phases are as follows:
Drill and Blast Value Chain Main Phases
Example finding from a gap analysis
We conduct a drill and blast gap analysis using the four main phases. The gap analysis considers the drill and blast value chain in its entirety. We then identify deviations from the norm or best practices through site visits and other data collection methods.
For each deviation we identify opportunities for improvements and present these as “value initiatives” with implementable action plans. The next phase of our work begins here:– assisting with the implementation of the value initiatives on a per-project basis.
Our typical approach within the three categories of our drill and blast portfolio is to take a wide view of the drill and blast value chain in its entirety. This allows us to consider the broader impact of any initiatives or changes, ensuring that the drill and blast outcomes continuously align with our customers’ commercial objectives.
The main benefits of working with us on drill and blast are:
Managing Director
Eugene Preis | eugene@ergindustrial.com
Operations Director
Reinhardt Steyn | reinhardt@ergindustrial.com
Administrative
Annette Schreiber |annette@ergindustrial.com
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