Modern Mining April 2022

MINING INDABA PREVIEW

BME highlights mining efficiency at Indaba Getting behind the renewed enthusiasm of the upcoming Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, Omnia Group company BME will be face-to-face with the mining industry at its exhibition booth.

“ E veryone is looking forward to the interaction at this year’s Indaba, giving a boost to the positive momentum currently being experi enced by the sector,” said BME marketing manager Michelle Fedder. “Delegates, looking for the level of collaboration and information sharing that virtual communication platforms don’t really allow, will be hoping to find exciting new partner ships and innovations.” This year, BME will be showcasing its break through electronic initiation system, AXXIS Titanium – which was launched globally in November last year – and Fedder is certain that the wide interna tional audience at the Indaba will be inspired by the advanced features of this electronic detonator system. “Buoyed by strong commodity demand, mines in Africa nonetheless face a range of compliance demands in terms of sustainability – and are con stantly in search of efficiency solutions,” she said.

“AXXIS Titanium, in concert with BME’s ongoing innovations across its offerings, is helping mines drive down their energy costs and carbon footprints.” She said AXXIS Titanium boasts improved safety levels, enhancing communication with the detonator during manufacturing to avoid defects. Performance is raised through the increased blast duration per detonator, more units per blasting box and precise firing accuracy. Safety remains BME’s priority, with the incor poration of a Swiss-designed application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip in BME detonators, delivering several added benefits. The ASIC gives the system more internal safety gates against stray current and lightning, enhancing safety levels and allowing for inherently safe logging and testing. “With our sustainability-aligned offerings, we are feeling very enthusiastic about the mining industry and its prospects – especially as it forges the com modity path to a lower-carbon future,” she said. 

BME Marketing Manager, Michelle Fedder.

The AXXIS Titanium system was built for the blaster and blast engineers who work with the product every day.

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