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Dyno Nobel Americas

CAPABILITIES GUIDE

 Groundbreaking Performance® Through Practical Innovation

FAST FACTS

#1 supplier of industrial #2 supplier of industrial
explosives in North America explosives in Australia

180 + years of practical innovations 3,000 + employees worldwide
LARGEST number of ammonium ONLY full-line
nitrate plants explosives manufacturer

SERVICES
 EXPLOSIVES
 SOLUTIONS

Dyno Nobel is a global leader in commercial explosives,
 aimed at solving the industry’s toughest challenges.

 Global Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia
 Dyno Nobel Americas Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
 Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Headquarters: Brisbane, Australia

INDUSTRIES WE SERVE:
Metal & Mineral Mining WHO WE ARE
Coal Mining
Quarry & Stone Mining OUR VALUES Our Company Value, Zero Harm for
Construction & Pipeline Everyone Everywhere, reflects our commitment to the
 highest standards of safety, ensuring the well-being of our
Oil & Gas Exploration
 people, both at work and at home.
Agriculture & Industrial Chemicals

 COMPLETE BLASTING EXPERTISE

 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

 ENGINEERING

 MANUFACTURING

 DISTRIBUTION

 BLASTING SERVICES

 CUSTOMER VALUE CHAIN OPTIMIZATION

 CUSTOMER SUPPORT

 Groundbreaking Performance ®
 Through Practical Innovation

LEGACY: INNOVATION INNOVATION LINEAGE

180 + YEARS OF PRACTICAL INNOVATION Safety Fuse 1831
Our groundbreaking technological developments have
 1865 Blasting Cap
shaped the modern explosives industry more than any other
effort in history. Dynamite 1867

 1936 Detonating Cord
 Water-Based
 Slurry Explosives 1956
 Site Mixed Pump Trucks
 1960 for Slurry Explosives
 NONEL® Detonator 1973

 1980 Bulk and Packaged Emulsion

 DYNOMINER® 2001
 Alfred Nobel William Bickford
 TITAN® Bulk
 2003 Emulsion Explosives
Our legacy of safety innovation began in 1865 with Swedish DYNOBULK®
inventor, Alfred Nobel, whose invention of dynamite and blasting End-of-Hose Gassing 2005
caps, saved the lives of countless miners, as did William
 2006 Modular Emulsion Plants
Bickford’s invention of the safety fuse in 1831. Previously, miners
were exposed to the dangers of black powder and nitroglycerin. Electronic Initiation Systems 2007
We are proud of this legacy and strive every day to continue the DYNOBULK XL
 2008 Jumbo Trucks
tradition of safety innovation.
 TITAN DIFFERENTIAL
 ENERGY™ 2012
 BlastWeb™ Underground
 2016 Networking System
 DigiShot Plus 4G® Electronic
 Initiation System 2018
 EZshot® Shock Tube Initiated
 2019 Electronic Detonator

REAL RESULTS
FULL CUSTOMER VALUE CHAIN
EXPERTISE
COMMITTED PARTNERSHIP: To ensure ®

 DynoConsult® At
our customers are well-equipped to compete
 DynoConsult, we are
in today’s market, we are their reliable and
 undeterred in advancing
collaborative partner, committed to optimizing
 our clients' success, we will
their production efficiency, reducing their
 always be the most highly
operating costs and improving their final
 respected and sought-
product quality.
 after blast consulting partner as a result of our
 unsurpassed technical and engineering expertise,
 the trust-based and collaborative relationships we
 PLANNING build, and the innovative tools and solutions we
 deliver to ensure the operations we advise perform
 BLAST DESIGN as safely, efficiently and productively as possible.
 PRE-CRUSHING

 DRILLING

 PRODUCT SUPPLY
 PRE-CRUSHING OPTIMIZATION Optimizing the blasting
 results has proven to show significant downstream improvements
 BLASTING on moving and crushing, reducing overall costs and increasing
 production output.

 MUCKING ■■ Improve fragmentation ■■ Abate post blast fumes
 ■■ Reduce fines and oversize ■■ Improve diggability

 HAULING ■■ Manage vibration ■■ Reduce fuel consumption
 ■■ Reduce scaling ■■ Improve cycle time

 CRUSHING ■■ Improve wall stability ■■ Optimize crusher throughput

RIGHT TIMING
INITIATION SYSTEMS We operate 5 initiation system manufacturing facilities
in North America.

SHOCK TUBE INITIATED
ELECTRONIC DETONATOR: Our
newest addition to Dyno Nobel's
initiation portfolio. EZshot® offers users NONELECTRIC INITIATION: Our
the benefits of accurate electronic NONEL® detonator is the original
timing with the ease of use of NONEL®. patented nonelectric detonator.

 DETONATING CORD:
 Our PRIMACORD® is the
ELECTRIC INITIATION: Our ELECTRIC world’s most well-known
SUPER™ electric detonator is proven by and reliable detonating
generations of blasters and is the original cord brand.
electric “blasting cap.”

 CAST BOOSTERS: Our TROJAN® cast boosters
 provide reliable initiation of non-detonator-sensitive
 blasting agents. We are the only North American
 producer of PETN used in cast boosters, detonators
 and detonating cord.

ELECTRONIC INITIATION Electronic delay timing
is much more precise and accurate than pyrotechnic delay
timing. Electronic delay timing can dramatically improve CE4 COMMANDER
blasting results from fragmentation and vibration to wall BLASTING SYSTEM: The
stability and overall blasting safety. main component of this
 electronic initiation system is
 a multi-purpose device that is
 used as a Bench Commander,
 Repeater and Base Commander
 – it controls the entire blast and
 is wirelessly controlled by the
 CE4 Tagger or tablet.

 Small blasts, surface and Large blasts, surface and
 underground underground

 BLASTWEB™ UNDERGROUND
 NETWORKING SYSTEM: The
Three robust wire Standard Wire (Coil) Premium Wire (Coil) most sophisticated underground
choices – Standard, mining centralized electronic
Deep Hole (surface networking system available.
coal applications) and Designed to save time in production
Premium XTM (extreme and development blasting.
 Deep Hole Wire (Spool)
loading conditions)

 VIEWSHOT™ BLAST
 DESIGN SOFTWARE: The
 industry’s premier standalone
 blast design software
 Underground development Geophysical exploration packages, containing full
 and tunneling design and diagnostic tools.

RIGHT ENERGY BULK PRODUCTS

PACKAGED PRODUCTS Ammonium Nitrate (AN): AN is the
 primary ingredient in many explosives and
Bagged ANFO: Our bagged ANFO Packaged Emulsion Explosives: fertilizers. We manufacture a quality of
is a prilled ammonium nitrate and We manufacture a wide variety of ammonium nitrate prill that, in addition to
fuel oil explosive, with a wide variety packaged emulsion explosives. All having high performance characteristics,
of applications in dry hole blasting products are detonator or booster also utilizes an internal additive and external
conditions. sensitive with excellent water coating that are compatible with all
 resistance. emulsions explosives.
 ■■ We own 33% of North America’s
 installed AN capacity.
 ■■ We manufacture more than 1 million
 tons annually.

Dynamite: We are the ONLY A complete line of
manufacturer in North America. packaged products for:
Nitroglycerine-based explosives
perform reliably in extreme conditions. Surface
 Blasting

 Underground
 Blasting

 Geophysical
 Exploration

BULK EXPLOSIVES We are the industry leading in bulk DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY™ (∆E) Our
emulsion technology. newest innovative technology accurately controls
 the placement of explosive energy in the borehole to
Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Oil (ANFO)
 Differential Energy improve safety, solve environmental concerns and
 TITAN BULK EXPLOSIVES maximize productivity.

 TITAN® Bulk Emulsions
 ®

TITAN is the most efficient way to break large masses of rock. Our
proprietary formulations are tailored to specific geologic conditions
and customer needs.

TITAN 1000: Premium bulk emulsion designed for surface blasting
 applications. DYNOBULK® ∆E TRUCK:
 Proprietary technology that
TITAN 5000: Designed for pyritic ground.
 allows for accurate placement of
TITAN SME: Designed for remote geography and distance explosive energy
 constraints.
TITAN RU: Designed for underground applications.

TITAN Augerable Blends

TITAN Pumpable Blends TITAN ∆E BULK EMULSION:
 Specifically designed emulsion
 explosive that can have variable
 energy densities

DeltaE2 An easy to use
 system that utilizes data from
 RIGHT TECHNOLOGY
 drills or other sources that
 characterize rock properties Surface Delivery Equipment
 to allow targeted placement of
energy in the blast hole. ∆E2 allows mine blasting load
 ®

plans to be sent directly to the loading equipment to
help ensure boreholes are loaded as designed.
 ■■ DYNOBULK® JUMBO: TITAN® bulk
 emulsions, for a variety of applications
 – DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY™ and DYNOBULK JUMBO
 inhibited (hot reactive ground) capable

 ■■ DYNOBULK SME: Patented
 technology to make and mix TITAN
 SME emulsion on-site for quarry, coal
 and metal mines – DIFFERENTIAL
 ENERGY capable
 DYNOBULK SME
 ■■ DYNOBULK QUARRY: Proprietary
 technology to mix TITAN emulsion on-
 site for quarry mines – DIFFERENTIAL
 ∆E2 improves operator
 ENERGY Capable and inhibited (hot
 efficiency by simplifying
 reactive ground) capable
 the loading process.
 DYNOBULK QUARRY
 ∆E2 gives control of the
 loading process back to
 the engineer or blaster
 through easy to use
 software that sends
 loading instructions
 directly to the loading
 equipment.

Underground Delivery Equipment MODULAR EMULSION PLANTS: Our unique
 containerized design reduces cost and allows for easier
 relocation. These are built in a controlled environment
 for fast deployment to remote sites and are compatible
 with a wide variety of AN sources.
■■ DYNOMINER® PROFILE: Stoping unit
 with specialized, high accuracy uphole/
 downhole loading technology – advanced
 DYNOMINER PROFILE – Modular
 feed head and hose retraction with
 extendable boom for safe operation

■■ DYNOMINER ADVANCE: Development
 unit for smaller holes – gassing and string
 loading capability allowing decoupled
 loading in perimeter holes or possibility of DYNOMINER PROFILE – Cassette
 changing energy across pattern Tropical Site

■■ DYNOMINER APS: Stand alone,
 air operated units designed for mine
 development applications

■■ DYNOMINER SHAFT: Stand alone, air
 operated units designed for shaft sinking DYNOMINER ADVANCE

 applications – manifold with four ports that
 can be operated simultaneously for fast
 cycle times
 Arctic Site

 DYNOMINER APS
 MODULAR NONEL® ASSEMBLY EQUIPMENT:
 Our specialized, modular production and assembly
 equipment for NONEL shock tube detonators allows for
 on-site NONEL assembly.

 DYNOMINER SHAFT

REAL RESULTS
DEMONSTRATING DECADES OF SUCCESS
We strive to improve our customers’ profitability through
optimizing blasting outcomes.

■■ Fragmentation analysis and control
■■ Cast blasting optimization
■■ Vibration analysis and control
■■ Ore dilution control
■■ Final wall and over-break control
■■ Blasting education
■■ Safety training

 VIP PROGRAM
 Value Improvement
 Process (VIP) is
 a collaborative
 partnership designed to improve operating
 efficiency and reduce operating costs across
 your entire value chain—and equally important—
 measure that value. VIP is tailored to your needs,
 focusing on areas where the greatest value can be
 gained.

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2795 East Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 500
 Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 USA
 Ph: 1 801 732 7534