REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

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UNIVERSITE DE DOUALA THE UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA
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FACULTE DES SCIENCES FACULTY OF SCIENCES
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Matricule : 19S38068

OPTIMISATION OF DRILLING AND BLASTING MARBLE AGGREGATE TECHNICS: CASE OF

CIMENCAM FIGUIL (BIDZAR QUARRY)-CAMEROUN

END OF INTERNSHIP DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO OBTAIN THE PROFESSIONAL MASTERS IN MINING AND OIL

Option : Mines and Quarry

By
AMADA ZAKARIYAOU SIFA

Professional supervisor Academic supervisor

SIDNEY TAMASANG Dr. Suzanne Ngo Boum-Nkot
Engineer in Geology/ Responsable of the quarry Lecturer
Academic year: 2020-2021 1
 PLAN

INTRODUCTION

I-GENERALITIES

II-MATERIALS AND METHODS

III-RESULTS

IV- DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION
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 INTRODUCTION

GENERAL CONTEXT
- Multiplication of civil Engineering, construction and public works.
- Quarries development
- Utilisation of blasting explosives for rock fragmentaion.
- Remediation to drilling and blasting pattern calculation.

PROBLEMATIC
How to optimize a good marble blast design with less expenditure,
reducing time waste and avoiding energy loss?

OBJECTIVE
To have a required marble block size of ≤460mm after
firing in other to ease the crushing activity.
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 I- GENERALITIES (1)
LOCALISATION OF AREA OF STUDY

(c)

(a)

(b)

(a) North Region, (b) Mayo Louti Division

(Figuil), (c) Bidzar (quarry site)

MAP OF LOCATION OF CIMENCAM FIGUIL

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 I – GENERALITIES (2)
- SECONDARY ROCK BREAKING OPERATIONAFTER BLASTING

OVERSIZED BLOCK AFTER BLASTING HYDRAULIC HAMMER IN ACTIVITY

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 I- GENERALITIES (3)

STAGES INVOLVED IN DRILLING AND BLASTING ACTIVITIES

DRILLING
LOADING STEMMING
MESH

STRIPPING PRIMING CONNECTION

IMPLANTATION DRILLING FIRING

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 II - MATERIALS(1)
Air
Security materials Drilling machine compressor
(personal protective equipments (PPE))

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 II- MATERIALS(2)
Explosives PRIMING DEVICES (Artifices)
Didactic materials and treatement
Emmulsion (Explus)
Detonating cord Surface connection Firing materials Decameter
Exploder Blasting robe
line

Ammonium nitrate Non electric detonator

Décamètre RouleauElectric detonator
de plastique Wipfrag software
Compresseur àGain
air Plastic
et tuyau

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 II- METHODS (1)

After
drilling,
Observation
we verify
Double priming, through
and collect Fabrication Blowing of Final
Loading of visual
data on the of ANFO water and stemming,
explosives, examination
volume of placed in Reverification Connections,
Intermediary Firing and
water gaines of blastholes
stemming WIPFRAG
occupied
software
by the
blasthole

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 II- METHODS(2)
 Verification and measurement of water heights in the holes

Judging of water heights using a decameter

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 Fabrication of ANFO gaines

Fuel Ammonium nitrate

Mixer

PACKAGING OF ANFO IN PLASTIC SLEEVES

FABRICATION OF ANFO

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 II-METHODS (4)
 Blowing of water out of the blastholes and Reverification of holes

EVACUATION OF WATER BY BLOWING THE HOLES

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 II- METHODES (5)
 Double priming, Loading of explosives, Intermediary stemming.

LOADING OF ANFO
DOUBLE PRIMING LOADING OF HOLES WITH EXPLUS

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 II- METHODS (6)
 Final stemming, Connections, Firing

CONNECTIONS
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 III- RESULTS (1)

PRIMING AND LOADING PATTERN TECHNIC

= Non electric delay detonator of 25ms Final stemming = 2m

= Delay surface connection of 42ms

= Loaded holes with explosives ANFO = 3m, 37.5Kg

= Burden face
5 Explus= 2m,
3m Column 8.32Kg
length =
5m
4m charge= Intermediary
stemming= 1m
47,9kg

ANFO = 2m, 25Kg

Toe
length= 5 Explus= 2m,
4m, 10.4Kg
charge= FEW QUANTITY OF NH4NO3 =
33, 32Kg 0.006m

1 Non electric delay detonator of 25ms per hole

Delay surface connection of 42ms

length of detonating cord per hole = 17m

STAGGERED DRILLING AND PRIMING PATTERN LOADING PATTERN

 III- RESULTS (2)

A B

(A) BEFORE THE BLAST (B) AFTER THE BLAST AT LEVEL 100

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 III- RESULTS (3)

Grain size curve result of the blasted aggregate ranges from 10 to 460mm using Wipfrag software
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 TOTAL EXPENDITURE

The blast cost: 5.333.600 Fcfa that is 8% of

reduction compares to the old blasting activity
did in the past by the quarry which was
5.743.600 FCFA for the same activity.

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 IV- DISCUSSION (1)
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE METHODS USED
Methods Impacts (+ve & -ve)
Blowing of water out of the holes - High cost;
- Time consuming;
-Smetime incomplete evacuation;
-Avoid misfire.

Confection of ANFO plastic gaines - Time consuming;

- To avoid the Anfo to get incontact;
with water due to the rainy season.
Double priming -High cost;
- Permitted to obtain our required
marble block size.
 CONCLUSION
-Notre travail consisté à rechercher des solutions pour l'optimisation des
paramètres de forage et de dynamitage en vue d'obtention une taille spécifique
des blocs de marbre dans la carrière de Cimencam Bidzar, au niveau 100.
- Nous avons utilisés la méthode de Langefors et de Titanobel pour les
chargement d'explosif et les plans de tirs (maille = banquette × espacement) sur
une profondeur de 12m.
- Les techniques utilisées on permis à l'entreprise et au stagiaire d'avoir les
résultats abordables comme une tailles de blocs requis ≤460mm et cela a
également permis de réduire les pertes d'argent, d'énergie et de temps car les
blocs surdimensionnés contribué au déficit de cette activité.
- Les méthodes utilisées on aussi permis au concasseur à mâchoire de concasser
350tonne de granulats de marbre par jour sans problème et d'avoir une bonne
distribution de tailles des particules avec moins de vibration, bruit et de
poussières. 20
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