Orica’s SHOTPlus Underground is a new modelling and design software for underground blasting, which creates interactive 3D user interfaces and is compatible with most mine design software. SHOTPlus Underground comes equipped with quality assurance and control (QA/QC) tools which analyze and engineer potential designs for drawbells, mass blasts and other complex blasting scenarios. “Optimising the explosives loading and initiation design and producing clear instructions to blasting crews requires a specialised software solution,” Angelo Labriola, senior manager of global digital products at Orica, told CIM Magazine. “The [charging, initiation design and QA/QC] tools also allow for easy adjustment of blast designs and rapid comparison of different scenarios.”