Yılmaz A.I.Akpınar Ç.Güneş B.2024-07-222024-07-22201413351788http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/16842The drilling and blasting operations are important in mining applications. Specialized and experienced staff and institutions increase the quality, productivity and safety of the work. There are very large amounts of explosives are used in Aegean Lignite Enterprise each year. The analysis of drilling and blasting practices and the costs are presented. In this paper, the drilling and blasting applications were compared with before and after 1999. © 2014, Acta Montanistica Slovaca. All rights reserved.EnglishArticle