The strength of explosive per unit of volume expressed as a percentage of the value of blasting gelatine or ANFO as standard.

A mass of explosive material prepared for use without packaging.

The density of a material including any voids and water contained in it.

Size, mass, or volume, especially when very large.

A continuous line of buckets attached by pins to two endless chains running over tracks and driven by sprockets; alternatively, the buckets are attached to a rubber belt. Used for raising loose materials or slurries at high angles or vertically.

A receptacle on various machines, such as the scoop of a power shovel or the compartments on a water wheel, used to gather and convey material.

Screened out fine material from the secondary crusher

An engineering field that is centered on the design of equipment used for the handling of dry materials such as ores, coal, cereals, wood chips, sand, gravel and stone in loose bulk form. It can also relate to the handling…

A high explosive; the most powerful commercial explosive, taken as the standard of explosive power.

Abbr. British Cement Association. The trade association for cement manufacturers in the UK and now part of the Mineral Products Association (MPA)