By Rosalind Russell – A mining services company, BME, Mining Canada, which is headquartered in South Africa has set up a new plant specializing in the manufacture of explosives in Nairn & Human Township.
Neil Alberts, general manager at BME Mining Canada says they have opened a new plant specializing in the manufacture of detonators for the mining industry.
He says it has been 35 years since this type of facility was built in Canada, and only the second one of its kind in the country.
BME said the opening held last week marks the first step in establishing a fully integrated explosives complex in Northern Ontario’s core of mines and related facilities.
Alberts adds they can produce both electronic and non-electric detonators, reducing supply chain risks for miners while strengthening local manufacturing capacity and will eventually become a fully integrated production complex for blasting technology, including detonators, ammonium nitrate emulsions and nitratefree emulsions.
He says construction work at the site includes a dedicated rail spur and the addition of an on-ramp to the main highway, to facilitate reaching around 40 % of Canada’s mining industry.
Established in 1984, BME initially specialized in bulk mining explosives and blasting technology, said the release. Today, BME has transformed into a global, diversified supplier offering both specialized explosives and blasting technology, as well as minerals processing products for the mining and quarrying industries.
Photos provided by BME Mining Canada
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