Tapan Goswami

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Tapan Goswami

Tapan is a mining engineer with post graduate qualifications in surface mining. He is an internationally recognised authority on blasting, having written over 25 publications. He has worked for 35 years in all facets of the mining industry, including mining operation and drilling and blasting. He was employed by Orica for 26 years where, after working through the ranks, he became the Global Chief Mining Engineer, the position he held for nine years. He remains interested in the areas of improving digging, delivering cost down projects and coal recovery. 

It is important to note that as a professional mining engineer his goal is to ensure that he works as a part of a team with all suppliers to deliver the best outcome for the client. 

Tapan offers high value outcomes to the mining industry in the following areas:

• Coal & mineral recovery

• Improving machine productivity, muckpile shaping, casting, through-seam blasting, etc.

• Environmental compliance and ‘licence to operate’ blasting

• Site auditing to streamline inefficiencies, e.g. crew size, suitability of explosives, storage and transportation

• Economic analyses, scoping studies, explosives product recommendations etc.

• Basic, advanced and on-the-job training for mining professionals

• Metal mines - ore/waste segregation blasting, wall control, firing presplit, trim and production blasts in one blast event to maximise productivity and safety