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BLASTING SOLUTIONS

WebGen

WebGen™ the world’s first truly wireless initiating system.

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Blasting Solutions

WebGen 

WebGen™ the world’s first truly wireless initiating system.

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Unlock new blasting possibilities with WebGen wireless technology.

WebGen™ is Orica’s revolutionary wireless initiation system that eliminates downlines and surface connections. Using magnetic induction signals that penetrate rock, air, and water, WebGen ™ enables fully wireless blasting – enhancing safety, flexibility, and productivity.

In underground mines, WebGen™ reduces risk by eliminating the need to re-enter stopes and drawpoints to connect blastholes. In surface mines, it removes constraints on scheduling by allowing sleeping blasts to be converted into haul roads, providing mine schedule flexibility, reducing delays and improving recovery and environmental sensitivities.

Benefits of wireless blasting

WebGen™ redefines what’s possible in blasting. By removing people from harm’s way, it enables new mining methods that deliver step‑change improvements in productivity and cost efficiency.

Improve safety

Improve safety

Blast quality and performance

Blast quality and performance

Maximise resource recovery

Maximise resource recovery

Mine flexibility and scheduling

Mine flexibility and scheduling

Social license to operate

Social license to operate

Total cost of ownership

Total cost of ownership

Operational efficiency and performance

Operational efficiency and performance

View the WebGen 200 Wireless Initiating System Range 

Industries

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Surface coal

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Surface metal

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Iron ore

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Underground mining

WebGen product range

WebGen 200 range

WebGen™ 200 offers four variants of primers specifically designed for surface and underground blasting. 

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Why choose WebGen wireless technology?

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Eliminate downlines and surface connections

WebGen™ removes physical connections between the primer and the firing system, keeping people out of harm's way by reducing exposure during tie-in and re-entry activities.

 

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Lightning risk reduction

By removing surface connections, WebGen™ helps minimise lightning‑related initiation risks and reduces storm‑related delays, supporting safer blasting in lightning‑prone regions.

 

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SIL 3 certified safety design

WebGen™ is independently certified to Safety Integrity Level 3, engineered to remain in a safe state until the firing command is transmitted.

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Customer testimonial

Unlocking safety and efficiency with WebGen

" We’ve removed people off brows. That’s the benefit—we’ve introduced a safer system of work, and by prioritising safety above all else, we’ve leveraged immense productivity improvements... We moved fewer tonnes and got more metal. That’s the definition of doing more for less."

Bart Jesionek, Gold Fields Technical Services Manager
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Case study

Odyssey gold mine

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Reverse throw retreat mining with WebGen™ enabled safer, flexible blasting- boosting ore recovery, reducing dilution, and eliminating hazardous re-entry for workers.

Malartic, Quebec Canada
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How WebGen 200 works

Truly wireless blast initiation

WebGen™ 200 improves on Orica’s unique first-generation system with enhanced capabilities for safe and reliable wireless initiation of blasts on the surface and underground. It eliminates physical connections between blastholes, enabling remote initiation without surface or in-hole wiring.

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Illustration of WebGen wireless signal transmission in an underground block cave mine

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Whether you need support or simply want to learn more, reach out to our team. We’re here to help.

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