South32 Worsley Alumina selects MAXAM as their solutions provider for Boddington Mine

As part of a global tender for services and products, MAXAM Civil Explosives’ has been selected for 3 years as Worsley’s explosives and solutions provider at the Boddington Bauxite Mine situated in the south-west region of Australia.

The South32 Worsley Alumina asset consists of the bauxite mine located near Boddington in Western Australia. South32 owns 86 per cent of the Worsley Alumina asset in a joint venture with Japan Alumina and Sojitz. MAXAM Australia will supply all blasting solutions for the next 3 years to the Boddington Bauxite Mine’s Saddleback and Marradong sites. MAXAM is providing down the hole services by first supplying its flagship RIOFLEX 10,000 bulk watergel explosives together with RIONEL non-electric detonators and other blasting accessories and will be delivering the highly water resistant RIOFLEX 7,000 in later months, all serviced from MAXAM Australia’s Baldivis facilities.

MAXAM currently has 5 employees working at the Boddington site including two MAXAM mobile service unit (or flexi-truck) operators from the local area and 2 highly-skilled and especially-trained employees and, a manager. MAXAM has also built a custom 8×8 mobile service unit (MSU) to specifically adapt to the site’s ‘surface mining’ conditions that include difficult terrain contours.

MAXAM’s proven experience carrying out similar projects around the world makes it a natural fit for Worsley’s operations. Its global logistics system, which relies on production plants located on all five continents, reinforces the company’s ability to supply the latest-generation products to meet a wide variety of challenges, while its in-house developed technology ensures conditions that are both safe and efficient.