— Industrial explosives are high-hazard blasting explosives used in the mining, quarrying, construction, perforating, avalanche control, forestry industries and more.

Metal mining has overtaken coal mining to become the largest consuming sector for industrial explosives, accounting for 38% of total consumption. Demand growth for this application is estimated at 1.7% per year during 2024–29.

For over 100 years, the Institute has represented U.S. manufacturers of commercial explosives and other companies that distribute commercial explosives or provide related products and services.

 — Industrial Explosives and their Applications for Rock Excavation focuses on applications of industrial explosives in civil and mining engineering works. Explosives and their actions are explained in terms of basics, principles, and related chemistry.

 — Usage Of Explosives In Mining. Industrial explosives play a crucial role in different mining operations. In quarrying, explosives are used for fragmentation of rock masses into manageable pieces. Multiple blast holes are drilled into rocks and loaded with ANFO or emulsion explosives.

 — In this article we provide a brief overview of chemical explosives history, from primitive Chinese bamboo rockets to the 17th century introduction of black powder in mining to the powerful and economical blasting agents which now support the mining and construction industries.

Explosives are a combination of elements that, when properly stimulated, produce a fast reduction–oxidation reaction involving fuels and oxidizing agents. In the explosion process, the fuels (such as carbon and hydrogen) are oxidized, and the oxidizers (such as ammonium nitrate) are reduced.

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 — Ammonium nitrate explosives are widely used in the mining industry, which can be divided into ordinary mining explosives and coal mine explosives according to application conditions. The former is suitable for open pits and mines without gas or coal-dust explosion danger, and some types of explosives can only be used in open pits.

 — The mining explosives industry is growing at possibly 1% to 2% a year, which is "very slow", says joint venture explosives and blasting solutions company Enaex Africa CEO Francisco...