A company that develops explosives tracking and management systems has developed a solution to detonator tracking by placing an RFID device within the detonator.
The innovation is a finalist in the 4th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards.
The Global Tracking Solutions innovation tracks detonators from construction to destruction.
Mistakes can be made with paper-based detonation tracking, making electronic tagging and tracking the preferred method for tracking blast equipment.
The company places a second RFID tag within the unit as
a built in redundancy system.