MineDash™ Drill & Blast QAQC

Drill & Blast QAQC

Improve drill and blast execution through better visibility, quality control, and performance analysis.

MineDash™ Drill & Blast QAQC brings planned designs, drilling actuals, loading information, and blast results together so drill and blast teams can identify deviations, understand their impact, and improve performance from one pattern to the next.

For: Drill and blast engineers · Drilling and blasting supervisors · Technical services · Mine-to-mill teams

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The operational problem

A pattern can meet some design requirements and still deliver an unexpected result. When drilling, loading, completion, and blast outcomes are reviewed separately, teams struggle to identify where execution changed and how those changes affected performance. A repeatable QAQC process connects the plan with actual work, directs attention to execution issues early, and carries the findings into the next pattern.

Core capabilities

Plan compliance

Compare planned designs with drilling and loading actuals in 3D. Review drill accuracy, depth compliance, and pattern completion to identify where execution is deviating from the intended work.

Quality control during execution

Bring loading information, bulk-truck records, timing, operator performance, and consumable and material records into the same review. Identify drilling, loading, completion, and compliance concerns early so teams can focus corrective action where it is needed.

Understand what drives performance

Use blast reconciliation to connect design and execution with fragmentation, digging performance, material movement, and downstream production. Include observations such as subsidence and back break, alongside available fragmentation-camera, belt-sensor, and crusher measurements, to investigate the impact of execution differences.

Make improvement repeatable

Keep consistent information across patterns in a searchable blast history. Compare execution issues and outcomes, investigate recurring differences, and use what worked to inform the next design and operating approach.

How it works

Plan and execute
Establish the intended pattern and compare drilling, loading, and completion information with the design as work progresses. Identify deviations that need attention.
Review and understand
Reconcile the blast records and examine fragmentation, digging performance, and downstream results. Investigate which execution differences may explain the outcome.
Improve the next pattern
Carry the findings into the next design and execution review. Compare subsequent patterns to assess whether changes are producing more consistent results.

Connected through MineDash

Drill & Blast Ops provides drilling progress and execution context. Geology adds material-movement and reconciliation information, while Digital Twin supports spatial review. Available fragmentation, digging, belt, and crusher information helps teams examine how execution relates to downstream performance. Reporting connects pattern results with historical trends so teams can assess recurring issues and whether improvements last. AIRL’s Mine-to-Mill Analytics & Machine Learning service can support deeper site-specific investigations.

Practical outcomes

Earlier visibility into drilling, loading, and completion deviations
More focused corrective action on execution quality
Clearer understanding of how blast execution relates to mining and downstream performance
More consistent use of pattern history to turn informed decisions into lasting performance improvements

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