#92 – Mike Lovitt

Mike Lovitt is a Global Underground Technical Specialist for Orica. He is widely known as “The Global Mass Blasting Specialist”. In this Blasting marathon, we talked: – Mike’s early career as a Engineer and Manager – Old School Mass Blasting – Science behind pulling a cut – Emulsion vs ANFO – Mike’s role in the Beaconsfield rescue – Low voidage blasting – Mike’s funky designs for blasting Shale Oil development in Estonia – Upcoming Blasting automation Plus much more.