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Participation: CONFERENCE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE 1st INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION “QUARRY – QUARY, EARTHMOVING, STRUCTURAL MACHINERY”
Proposal: presentation of the proposal
Date: 5-7 MAY 2006
Venue: LITOCHORO PIERIA
Participation: CONFERENCE ON "TECHNOLOGY AND KNOW-HOW OF BLAST CONTROL AND PLANNING - TOOLS FOR THE MINING ENGINEERS FOR EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MINING ACTIVITIES"
Date: 7 APRIL 2006
Venue: DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE – CHANIA – CRETE
Participation: ONGOING SEMINAR OF the NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS ON: "TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP"
Date: 11 JANUARY 2006
Venue: NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, ATHENS
Participation: 3 rd EFEE World Conference on Explosives and Blasting
Date: 13 -16 September 2005
Venue: Brighton, England
Participation: INTERNATIONAL QUARRYING AND RECYCLING SHOW
Presentation:
Date: 21-23 JUNE 2005
Venue: Hillhead QUARRY BUXTON DERBYSHIRE ENGLAND
Participation: 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODERN MANAGEMENT
OF MINE PRODUCING GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Presentation: “AIMING TO THE PERFECT BLASTING RESULT – Reality or just a Utopia?
Facts, parameters and thoughts based on two case histories
from EGNATIA ODOS – Ring Road of Salonica section, in Northern Hellas”
by Elias Baliktsis.
Date: 13-17 JUNE 2005
Venue: VARNA – BULGARIA
Participation: 3 rd INTERNATIONAL METEC EXHIBITION
Presentation: PROJECT MACHINERY (Pavilion Γ6)
Date: 18-21 JUNE 2005
Venue: MEC PAIANIA – ATTICA
Participation: 2 nd Panhellenic Conference on Road Construction
Paper: "Controlled blasting in the construction of Olympic and major road axes" by Elias Baliktsis.
Date: 18-20 MAY 2005
Venue: VOLOS, GREECE
Participation: 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODERN MANAGEMENT
OF MINE PRODUCING GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EXORIXI S.A. was a sponsor and supporter of the Conference. The President and CEO of EXORIXI S.A., Elias Baliktsis, was a member of the Organizing Committee.
Paper: CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2004 OLYMPIC GAMESINFRASTRUCTURES
PROVIDING ADVANCED BLAST CONSULTING SERVICES
PROVIDING ADVANCED BLAST CONSULTING SERVICES
Date: 14-18 JUNE 2004
Venue: VARNA – BULGARIA
Participation: AMIREG 2004 – “Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology”
Paper: Flyrock risk prevention – from theory and ideas to a perfectly applied blasting project
Paper 2: COMPLETE blasting SUPPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS MANAGEMENT – Typical carry-out based on an aggregate quarry case history in Northern Hellas
Date: 7-9 JUNE 2004
Venue: CHANIA, CRETE
Participation: 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODERN MANAGEMENT OF MINE PRODUCING GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EXORIXI S.A. was a sponsor and supporter of the Conference. The President and CEO of EXORIXI S.A. Mr. Elias Baliktsis was a member of the Organizing Committee.
Date: 14-18 JUNE 2004
Venue: VARNA, BULGARIA
Participation: 14 th CONFERENCE ON CONCRETE
Paper: Demolition of concrete structures, with controlled use of explosives. Recent projects, experiences and applications from the Greek area.
Date: 15-17 OCTOBER 2003
Venue: KOS, Greece
Participation: UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION 2003
Presentation: OLYMPIC TUNNELING BLASTING –Facts and experiences from Hellenic projects regarding some 2004 Olympic Games infrastructures.
Date: 24-25 SEPTEMBER 2003
Venue: ExCeL, LONDON DOCKLANDS, UK
Participation: 2003 EFEE –2 nd WORLD CONFERENCE ON EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING TECHNIQUE
Εισήγηση: Tunnelling blasting in urban and sensitive areas.
Risk Management and consulting experiences
from case histories of some Hellenic Projects
Date: 10-12 SEPTEMBER 2003
Venue: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Participation: HILLHEAD 2003
THE INTERNATIONAL QUARRYING and RECYCLING SHOW
Date: 24-26 JUNE 2003
Venue: Hillhead QUARRY BUXTON DERBYSHIRE ENGLAND
Participation: 3 rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODERN MANAGEMENT OF MINE PRODUCING GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EXORIXI S.A. was a sponsor and supporter of the Conference. The President and CEO of EXORIXI S.A., Mr. Ilias Baliktsis, was a member of the Organizing Committee.
Εισήγηση: EFFECTIVE BLASTING MANAGEMENT THROUGH CONSULTING AND ENGINEERING.
Facts, Ideas and Case Histories.
Date: 9-13 JUNE 2003
Venue: VARNA – BULGARIA
Participation: EUROPEAN DEMOLITION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
Date: 30 MAY – 1 JUNE 2003
Venue: DUBLIN – IRELAND
Participation: WORKSHOP IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AT THE ATHERINOLAKOS STEAM POWER PLANT WITH A PRESENTATION OF VIBRATION CONTROL TOPICS FOR BLAST TESTING
Date: 12 MARCH 2003
Venue: PPC-DIRECTORATE OF STUDIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THERMOELECTRIC PROJECTS, ATHENS
Participation: LECTURE ON:
"PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS FROM BLASTING VIBRATIONS"
Paper: “Protection of monuments”
Date: 11 FEBRUARY 2003
Venue: Program of Interdepartmental Postgraduate Studies of the National Technical University of Athens
Participation: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WORKSHOP ON: "ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRY"
Presentation: Presentation of paper for the research program ΠΑΒΕ 99ΒE394
Date: 16 NOVEMBER 2002
Venue: TECHNOLOGICAL PARK OF THESSALY – Volos
Participation: 12 th MEETING OF GREEK GIS USERS
Paper: MODERN CONTROL METHODS – METHODS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF QUARRY EXTRACTION AND PREVENTION - MINIMIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS USING GIS Participation in the poster competition
Date: 7-8 NOVEMBER 2002
Venue: ATHENS
Participation: EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC EVENT ON: "SOCIAL PRACTICES & SPATIAL INFORMATION: EUROPEAN & GREEK EXPERIENCES IN GIS”
Paper: presentation – participation with poster
Date: 27-28 JUNE 2002
Venue: THESSALONIKI
Participation: 2 nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON: "MODERN MANAGEMENT OF MINE PRODUCING, GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION"
Paper: BLASTING TECHNOLOGY AND KNOW-HOW OFFER WAYS TO MAKE
MININING-QUARRYING-EXTRACTIVE ACTIVITIES
MORE EFFECTIVE AND ENVIROMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
OUR HELLENIC REALITY.
LASER SURVEYING SYSTEMS COMBINED WITH GIS APPLICATIONS.
MODERN TOOLS IN SUPPORTING AND ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF MINING-QUARRYING-EXTRACTIVE WORKS. HELLENIC EXPERIENCES AND CASE HISTORIES
Poster presentation
Date: 9-15 JUNE 2002
Venue: VARNA – BULGARIA
Participation: 11 th MEETING OF GREEK GIS USERS
Date: 8-9 NOVEMBER 2001
Venue: ATHENS
Participation: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REFAPRO 2001 ON: "MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN LANDSCAPE RESTORATION IN THE MINING INDUSTRY"
Εισήγηση: LASER SURVEYING SYSTEMS AND GIS APPLICATIONS:
MODERN TOOLS IN EFFECTIVE ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT
OF QUARRYING-MINING-EXTRACTIVE WORKS.
Date: 19 – 21 SEPTEMBER 2001
Venue: MILOS – CYCLADES
Participation: ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON BLASTING ISSUES
Date: 18 JULY 2001
Venue: TITAN CEMENT S.A. HEADQUARTERS, ATHENS
Participation: INTERNATIONAL QUARRYING AND RECYCLING SHOW
Date: 26-28 JUNE 2001
Venue: Hillhead QUARRY BUXTON DERBYSHIRE ENGLAND
Participation: 4 th PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE OF GEOTECHNICAL & GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Date: 30 MAY – 1 JUNE 2001
Venue: ATHENS
Participation: 27th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EXPLOSIVES & BLASTING TECHNIQUE
Date: 28-31 JANUARY 2001
Venue: ORLANDO – FLORIDA – USA
Participation: 3 rd CONFERENCE ON MINERAL WEALTH - MINERAL RESOURCES - UNDERGROUND WORKS - METALLURGY
Paper: Mining activity in large construction-technical projects. Blasting and vibration control
Explosive-Blasting Technology and Expertise International developments and Greek reality.
Date: NOVEMBER 2000
Venue: ATHENS
Participation: 1st WORLD CONFERENCE ON BLASTING TECHNIQUE
Paper: Contruction blasting in the City of 2004 Olympic Games
Date: SEPTEMBER 2000
Venue: MUNICH – GERMANY
One-day conference in Cyprus
- BLASTING TECHNOLOGY AND KNOW-HOW
- BLASTING VIBRATION CONTROL AND VIBRATION SPECIFICATIONS/LIMITS
- LASER IMAGING – MEASURING SYSTEMS
- AIR BAGS AND AIR DECKING TECHNIQUES
- VOD TEST (VELOCITY OF DETONATION MEASUREMENT)
- MEASUREMENT OF FRAGMENTATION – GRANULATION WITH PHOTO-ANALYSIS ON A COMPUTER
- THE PREVENTION OF EJECTIONS, THROUGH AN EXAMPLE
- THE PROBLEM OF BLASTING AND ITS TREATMENT AT THE AGIOS GEORGIOS LIME QUARRY OF THE CYPRUS CEMENT COMPANY LTD
- BLASTING CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM AT THE “AGIOS GEORGIOS” QUARRY OF THE CYPRUS CEMENT COMPANY LTD
- PLANNING OF CONTROLLED BLASTING IN THE AREA OF THE SPILLWAY OF THE KANNAVIOS DAM, PAPHOS, CYPRUS
- QUARRY OF AGGREGATES IN SERRES (NORTH GREECE)
- ROCK – QUARRY EXCAVATION (A23), IN THE AREA OF THE NEW ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SPATA ("EL. EL. VENIZELOS")
- ATTIKI ODOS (WESTERN RING ROAD OF YMITTOS)
- ASTAKOS TERMINAL PROJECT
- PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS FROM BLASTING VIBRATIONS (EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS)
- DEMOLITIONS WITH CONTROLLED USE OF EXPLOSIVES – EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS
Organizing Committee
Stelios Michail, Chairman of the Mining Engineering Committee of the Cyprus Scientific Technical Chamber of Cyprus
Dimitris Vattis, Member of the Mining Engineering Committee of the Scientific Technical Chamber of Cyprus
Andreas Andreou, Member of the Mining Engineering Committee of the Scientific Technical Chamber of Cyprus
Pampos Charalampous, Member of the Cyprus Association of Geologists and Metallurgists
Presidency
Erotokritos Anastasiadis, Head of the Mining Department
Stelios Nikolaidis, President of the Cyprus Association of Geologists and Metallurgists
Stelios Michail, Chairman of the Mining Engineering Committee of the Cyprus Scientific Technical Chamber of Cyprus
Advocates
- AEGEK-CYBARCO-IACOVOU J.V.
- C.CASINOS CONSTRUCTION LTD
- CHAPO (INVESTMENTS) LTD
- C&A SIMONOS LTD
- ELMENI (QUARRIES) LTD
- E. PANAGI & SONS LTD
- ESKAL LTD
- K.KYTHREOTIS HOLDINGS LTD
- MOSFILOTIS QUARRIES LTD
- LATOMIO PYRGON LTD
- M.S.(SKYRA) VASAS LTD
- SKYRA LIMA LTD
- SKYROTHRAFSTIKI ETAIREIA KAOS LTD
8:30 – 9:00 Arrival.
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome - Greetings.
- Address by the President of the Association of Geologists and Metallurgists of Cyprus, Mr. Stelios Nikolaidis.
- Greeting by the President of the Cyprus Quarries Association, Mr. Iakovos Iakovou.
- Address by the President of the Cyprus Scientific Technical Chamber, Mr. Themos Dimitriou.
- Address by the Honourable Minister of Justice and Public Order, Mr. Doros Theodoros.
PART A (Technology and Expertise)
09:30 – 10:00 Blasting technology and expertise (summary presentation of available and used technology)
Speaker: Elias Baliktsis
Break
10:00 – 11:00 Blasting vibration control and specifications / vibration limits
Speaker: Elias Baliktsis
11:00 – 11:40 Means and techniques for improving the preparations and results of blasting.
- Laser systems
- Airbags and air decking techniques
- VOD test (Velocity of detonation measurement)
- Measurement of fragmentation – granulometry with photo-analysis on a computer
- Ejection prevention, through an example
Speakers: Manolis Fragkoulis, Dimitris Finos, Georgios Boutouridis, Elias Baliktsis
11:40 – 12:00 Break / Coffee
PART B (General Applications – Examples)
12:00 – 12:20 Blasting control program at the "Agios Georgios" quarry of The CYPRUS CEMENT Co Ltd
Speakers: Andreas Andreou – Elias Baliktsis
12:20 – 12:30 Brief presentation of the Kannavios Dam.
Speaker: Dimos Antoniou
12:30 – 12:45 Planning of controlled blasting at the Kannavios Dam spillway site.
Speaker: Elias Baliktsis
12:45 – 13:00 The magnitude of blasts in quarrying - production activities (Large blasts instead of many, small and frequent). Examples from:
- Quarry of aggregates, in Serres (Nor. Greece)
- Rocky – quarry excavation (A23), in the area of the New Athens International Airport, in Spata ("El. Venizelos")
Speaker: Elias Baliktsis
13:00 – 13:45 Issues in planning management - blast control from technical projects and mines.
- Attiki Odos (Ymittos West ring road). Astakos terminal Project.
- Mine – Hellenic Copper Mines Ltd (Vibration Control).
Speakers: Elias Baliktsis, Manolis Fragkoulis, Dimitris Finos, Dimitris Vattis
14:45 – 14:00 Discussion and elaboration on the examples
14:00 – 15:30 Lunch.
PART C (Special Applications – Examples)
15:30 – 16:15 Protection of Monuments from blasting vibrations – Examples and applications
EIlias Baliktsis
16:15 – 17:15 Demolitions with controlled use of explosives – Examples and applications
Instructors: Elias Baliktsis, Georgios Boutouridis
17:15 – 17:45 Discussion and conclusions
The Workshop will aim to inform all those involved in blasting in Quarries, Technical Companies, etc., about the recent, important developments in blasting technology and know-how and the dynamics emerging for effective blast control, management and control of the consequences of blasting on the environment, buildings and living organisms.
The conference addresses Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineers, Mining Engineers, Geological Engineers and other Scientists involved in the field, as well as Managers of Quarries and Technical Companies.
