Originally developed for safe use in fiery coal seams,
the Cardox System is extensively used to mine coal, ore and
extract dimensional stone.
Underground Coal Mining - Turkey
Dimensional Stone Quarrying - U.K.
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
Opencast Gold Mine - New Zealand
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