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Rock blasting is a fascinating and complex technical problem, and good blasting is a critical piece of safe and efficient mine operations. I am looking forward to seeing familiar and new faces in this community at FRAGBLAST next week. I am excited to present work ITASCA has done recently with MTi Group to better understand how air decks work. Over the last 15 years, it has been a privilege to be involved in the development of practical numerical modeling tools that help make blasting safer and more efficient. ITASCA's software FLAC3D and PFC3D can be used to model all aspects of rock blasting, from detonation to the muckpile and everything in between. This work combining FLAC with PFC and machine learning to predict grade movement is a great example: https://lnkd.in/gjYp82YC