Results of the 9th Research and Practice Conference of the Ural Shotfirers

The article presents the results of the research and practice conference on mining and blasting in the Urals which was organized by the Institute of Mining and the Ural Association of Shotfirers (Vzryvniki Urala) within the framework of the 10th Ural Mining Forum at the IEC EkaterinburgEXPO with a field meeting at NAO NIPIGORMASH and tours to the OOO Protol production site, Nevyansky Tsementnik JSC, OOO Nevyanskoe karieroupravlenie, Demidov Museum, and the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk. Scientific reports and presentation on safe subsoil use and blasting were heard at the conference; special blasting work of explosion welding and building collapse in construction were addressed; the latest developments of domestically produced charging and drilling equipment and emulsion explosives were presented; reports were given on the studies of seismic safety of open pit secure facilities and benches in the course of open-pit mining