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The utilisation of aerial drones to optimise blast and stockpile fragmentation

Ran Tamir, Mark Wagner and J Campbell
Texas Drone Professionals on-site at L'Hoist's Clifton quarry to take drone images for fragmentation of blast piles

Texas Drone Professionals on-site at L'Hoist's Clifton quarry to take drone images for fragmentation of blast piles

Aerial drones can be used to collect fragmentation data for both blasted muckpiles and post-crusher stockpiles. In tandem with photoanalysis software, drone imaging can give mine and aggregate sites a...

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