Originally developed for safe use in fiery coal seams, the Cardox System is extensively used to mine coal, ore and extract dimensional stone.
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Underground Coal Mining
Dimensional Stone Quarrying
Cardox increases the value of your mined coal, producing large lump coal and reducing 'fines' by up to 20%
Just two tubes used to excavate up to 70 tons of granite
Quarrying Clearing passageways and splitting boulders in mines
Opencast Gold Mine
Grey to black hard volcanic rock. Around the mine were houses,
schools and shops which meant severe restrictions were enforced
on the use of explosives. Vibration monitoring equipment situated
50m away did not register
3 rows of 5 holes are drilled at
spacings of 2m, depth 3m
Tubes are placed in drill holes
Tubes are activated
Excavation clears broken rock
Just 15 Cardox Tubes used to excavate 180m3 of rock
Opencast Mining Work safely in areas adjacent to existing buildings, gas lines, water mains and petrochemical plants