Safe, simple system of bulk handling and loading of ammonium nitrate has proven effective in reducing blasting costs at Pennsylvania anthracite strip mines; prilled AN is received in bulk form in railroad cars; trucks having separate tanks for AN and fuel oil receive their cargo at rail siding; after arrival at blast site AN and FO are mixed as they are discharged from truck directly into vertical boreholes; primary consideration for this system of loading was safety.


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    Title :

    Bulk loading of ammonium nitrate


    Additional title:

    Min Congress J


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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