A finger will touch a trigger. An electric current will travel 2000 metres. It will set off hundreds of explosive charges – and all this will occur with no risk of accidental initiation. A millisecond can alter the future. AEL electronic delay detonator systems allow blast delays to be set accurately to within a millisecond, offering unprecedented precision, efficiency and safety. It might be a millisecond, but it’s borne from a lifetime of innovation. Read more

AEL Mining Services, a pioneer and leader in development and manufacturing of electronic detonators, recently completed a successful trial blast using the DigitShot Plus electronic initiating system at Optimum Colliery, situated ± 40km East of Middelburg in the Mpumalanga Province.