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tors’ enthusiastic response to the company’s offerings. “As one of only four global blasting and explosives companies exhibit ing at CIM Connect this year, it was a great opportunity to meet the industry and engage with delegates on how BME Mining Canada is help ing to drive mining’s performance and sustainability imperatives,” said Dermody. He emphasised the interest that BME’s flagship electronic detona tion system AXXIS had raised at the event, particularly its robust features, ease of use, and its abil ity to facilitate more energy-effi cient comminution through quality blasting and fragmentation. Such was the level of engagement that Dermody conducted over a dozen hour-long practical demonstration sessions on AXXIS during the two and a half day expo. Canadian facilities visitors were also pleased to know that BME Mining Canada had a local manufacturing base in Sudbury – showing that we are invested in the local industry and committed to our role here,” he explained. “This makes it easier for customers to adopt new technol ogies and systems, knowing that there is local support and a secure supply chain.” Alberts highlighted the logis tical, distribution, costing and pricing benefits of BME Mining Canada’s Sudbury facility – cur rently producing BME’s Viperdet detonators and emulsion explo sives, with plans underway to also manufacture hydrogen peroxide emulsion, in partnership with Hypex Bio. “CIM Connect was a great forum to show stakeholders not only how we have invested in manufacturing assets for our Canadian opera tion, but also the proven quality of the equipment and explosives that those facilities produce,” he said. “We were able to communicate the world-class status of these offerings, and the vital technical services through which we support customers.” l “While there was great apprecia tion of our solutions and services,

CIM Connect was a great forum to show stakeholders not only how we have invested in manufacturing assets for our Canadian operation, but also the proven quality of the equipment and explosives that those facilities produce.

benefits compared to conventional emulsion products. “Visitors engaged with us on how our Hypex Bio solutions help mines drive their performance in terms of energy transition, critical minerals and engagements with communities and indigenous groups,” he said. Demonstrating AXXIS Tom Dermody, International Technology and Field Services Manager at BME, was also at the BME Mining Canada booth and commented on visi

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