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ScotiaBlast

Serving a number of interrelated industries (mining, heavy civil construction, and quarrying), ScotiaBlast offers explosives expertise to partners and clients throughout Eastern Canada.

ScotiaBlast provides expert drilling and blasting services

Part of the Municipal Group of Companies, ScotiaBlast provides explosives expertise to clients in a number of industries, including construction, mining and quarry. Services are provided to a number of major clients throughout Eastern Canada. We currently have a fleet of over 15 hydraulic drills and 15 down-the-hole drills, and are equipped to drill diameters from 3” to 8.5” utilizing a variety of Top Hammer and DTH machines.

To meet a wide variety of individual requirements and applications, ScotiaBlast provides expert drilling and blasting services in the following areas:

Mining

  • Crown Pillar Recovery
  • Ramp Portals
  • Shaft collars
  • Drop Raises
  • Bulk samples
  • Line Drilling for wall control
  • Open pit production mining

Civil

  • Highways and secondary roads
  • Logging roads
  • Residential development
  • Hydro-electrical power projects
  • Rip rap rock
  • Quarry rock
  • Structural foundations
  • Pipeline Construction
  • Commercial Developments
  • Line Drilling for wall control

Additional Services

  • Use of blasting mats and shovels to place mats when required

  • Seismographic monitoring for vibrations and air over pressure
  • Secondary rock breakage service (supply 100% crushable muck)
  • Detailed drill and blast reports
  • Engineering services

Contact

Address

1001 Luce Street
Labrador City, NL
A2V 2K7