Orica Explosives Technology Pty Limited

Orica International Pte Ltd

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Steven Kotsonis

Richard John Goodridge

Thomas Smylie

Deane Tunaley

Les Armstrong

Brad Beikoff

Kaiyan Liu

Dong Yang Wu

Robyn Joyce Russell

John Graham Oakeshott

Alexander Bilyk

Byron Wicks

Richard Goodridge

Long Yu

Colin Scott

Nigel French

Clint Brearley

Michael Horne

Zang Xiaoqing

Xiaoqing Zang

An initiator apparatus (IA) for blasting, the IA including: a magnetic receiver configured to receive a through the earth (TTE) magnetic communication signal representing a command from a base station; a blasting controller, in electrical communication with the magnetic receiver, configured to generate response data in response to the command; and an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter system (ETS), in electrical communication with the blasting controller, configured to transmit the response data for the base station using a TTE electromagnetic (EM) signal.

Apparatus, system and method for blasting using magnetic communication signal

A method of generating electricity which comprises forming a galvanic cell comprising two electrodes in contact with an ionic conductor, wherein the ionic conductor comprises an explosive composition or is derived from an explosive composition.

Method and device for conducting commercial blasting operations

A method of deactivating an explosive composition being used in a blasting operation, which method comprises exposing the explosive composition to a micro-organism that is indigenous to the environment in which the explosive composition is being used and that is capable of producing an enzyme that degrades the explosive composition, wherein the explosive composition has associated with it a chemical inducing agent that promotes production of the enzyme by the micro-organism.

Microbial deactivation of explosive compositions

The present invention relates to enzymes capable of hydrolysing organophosphate (OP) molecules. In particular, the invention relates to variants of the OpdA enzyme fromthat display improved activity when compared to the naturally occurring OpdA. The invention is also towards polypeptides that have organophosphate hydrolysing activity for the organophosphates chlorpyrifos methyl, diazinon and parathion ethyl.

Enzymes for degrading organophosphates

A method of deactivating an explosive composition provided in an explosive cartridge, which method comprises exposing the explosive composition to a deactivating agent that renders the explosive composition insensitive to detonation, wherein the deactivating agent is a chemical.

Deactivating an explosive composition using a chemical

Device for improved method of blasting

A method of deactivating an explosive composition provided in an explosive cartridge, which method comprises exposing the explosive composition to a deactivating agent that renders the explosive composition insensitive to detonation, wherein the deactivating agent is a plant.

Deactivating an explosive composition using plants

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