ABSTRACT
Destress Blasting is a rockburst control technique that is used to alleviate problems of face burst in deep hard rock mines. The technique has been successfully used in mine development and mine production situations. A recent survey of literature by the authors has revealed that the information on the subject of destress Blasting is widely scattered, and that, to date, its application has been largely done by trial-and-error. This paper describes a new database software which has been developed to compile data and information on destress Blasting programs in hard rock mines. The newly developed database, called DB-BASE, includes information such as the ore deposit, mining method, rockburst history, and ground support, together with the relevant data on destress Blasting. The paper describes the structure and the contents of the database, with focus on the application of destress Blasting in hard rock mines.
