coal fireball

[ExothermicVideos]

That is just absolutely gorgeous.

[jasonyeozhishen]

Its BBq  time. .

[psplayer444]

Theyre like "oh shit i forgot coal is flammable"

[tjanusz3]

Alot of dust from many things will explode. Try it with flour, throw in air by a fire source and it will make a fire ball. Saw dust is even better.

[merritttrucker]

@tjanusz3 coffee whitener works really well too.

[OgreWorld]

Imagine you could do this on your own :D as a fire bender XD FFFSSSSHHHHHH

[TheJeremydingeman]

i believe the title of this video should in fact be "Holy Shit"

[76huse]

all I can say is WOW!

[peteacher52]

Maybe done deliberately to burn off thick layers of coal dust - mix dust with air, throw a match at it, and kaabloowee!!

[300xcw2banger]

drunk blasting crew, ahhh crap i think we lit the seam up

[jjhurlburt]

im going to use the coal from that mine to heat my house this winter

[ApocalypticMeatloaf]

do u mind if i use this in my video?

[IBLEWUP1]

Blackwater



[clipwizard]

Brings a whole new meaning to "global warming".

[ROFLCOPTERsoysoysoy]

how did that happen?



[ishtech101]

Lol, guess I shouldnt check for gas leaks with my lighter huh?

[superD1cp]

where can i buy that coal for my fire?

[ciberchispas]

y de que es esa mina disculpa por no saber ingles saludos desde MEXICO

[Piratesofsingapore]

Demoman?

[Herthan]

**guy in crane** OMGWTFBBQ!?!?!?!

[hersheyzsquirtz]

i can feel the heat off that thing from here

[oXFalconXo]

lol "oops"

[Renard380]

Does it happen every time? It has to create a very intense heat...

[Rubenleesims]

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[SuperDickweed]

Rippin' mother earth a new one.

Word.

[Zack1024CpX]

Aweeeeesooooommmmmmmmmmmeeeeee­eeeeeee! :D

[wvufanngarner]

this is used with regularity. with MTR we don't get the fireballs like that but production makes my check come every week. it aint doing us any good under ground. we need coal. Show me something that is ready to go to put out the electricity needed to power this country just for one day let alone for good. It doesn't exist yet

[Twixlex]

devil sneezed.

[crydepunkmuffin]

definition of beauty :)

[zackthepunk2114]

Can you say Bar-B-Que

[jango4eva]

Pause right when the explosion starts it's epic

[omeane]

chuck norris farted

[induna7]

haha way to set fire to your profits

[racergsxr1]

for a second i thought "oh, thats not a fireball thats jus a lit-HOLY SHIT!"

[redtuss0ck]

@racergsxr1

You can get the same thing with a flare and sawdust, Flour, etc and compressed air ... every kid knows how to do it thanks to Myth Bloody Busters. Bringing up two boys that are regular watchers is a nightmare ... trust me.!!!

[TheUploader1]

damn,,Satan had eaten to much beans!

[seanmccullough67]

@TheUploader1 lol omg

[TheUploader1]

@seanmccullough67

from 0:00 to 0:04 hes all like *nom nom nom nom nom nom nom* and at 0:05 hes all like FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUU

[Boardfreakk]

coal mine fail

[ak0087]

looks like hell opened up

[AVerbene]

dick-tation

[126mx]

thats not good is it? its burnin and wasting coal

[airpower123]

@126mx not reali, becuase we'r not paying for coal in the ground. we only pay labour to extract it. like the labor to make the machines, and people and run the machines. once u pay all that to extact the coal and transport it to ur location then its worth money. otherwise coal thats just laying there in ground is worthless.

[kentuckyheadhunter1]

@126mx when you blast coal, the dust, which is very flammable always ignites and makes this fire ball. the pile itself wont (shouldnt) catch fire.

[mmaatt123456789]

hehe nice!! :D

[tylozo123]

Healthy

[boyjako]

0:07 you can see a crane on the left side tipping backwards

[runehcker129]

@boyjako it was turning dumb ass

[epistte]

That's not crane, its a dragline, and it's digging in the distance.

[DirtDigger1250]

It looks like a very flat lying seam, sometimes coal can be very hard. they probably had to blast it in order to dig it. Most coal though, is not very hard and does not need to be blasted.

[Slic3R1]

this is like something you would see in a shitty Hollywood movie

[soundseeker63]

Was that huge explosion meant to happen?

[epistte]

They either used too much explosive or they didn't stem the holes because it isn't supposed to happen but its not as dangerous as it looks.

Coal dust is very explosive, but the fireball doesn't last long.

[turanza72]

Fucken haha slappa, half the fun is seeing how big the fireball can get, or if you can get secondary ignition, when it starts to rain solidified coal dust, thats a decent shot......... Yep done it haha, and yes @ BMA Blackwater

[hybridpyrotech]

oxidisation and rapid burning of coal is like tons of gunpowder's worth , i have to say this but its quite a waste

[RPGash]

BIG badda BOOM!

[hnrksl]

BBQ!

[zeratul65535]

and this is supposed to give us "clean-coal" that the government is pitching so much?

good vid

[minadabom1]

there is no such thing as "clean-coal" just *cleaner* renewable fuels.

[TheAntmonkey]

bet they did it in purpose. to cut down on coal dust. or there just jackasses

[spaddad]

lost a lot of fines there LOL

[dosbootman]

lol oh ya.

[mstaff657]

Peons can be very irresponsible, when management is lax.

it's obvious these dummies aren't using explosive engineers or least qualified ones.

Coal mines have a history of using unqualified - unscrupulous help.

[mestreshow]

LOCO!

[prayfortruejustice]

0:05 pause ??? ignition prior to detonation -- see the rows of flame and the line of flame coming from the top (or back ...

I don't understand this. Strip mines use explosive to loosen the coal for the drag lines -- something is wrong or weird here.

looks like PRB (Western Bituminous) - very combustible when in dust form (pulverized) -- typically lower BTU /ton than most higher sulfur Eastern Coal but very combustible.

[MarsFKA]

Got to test it first, I suppose. It's a waste of time digging the stuff out if it won't burn.

[prayfortruejustice]

they do multiple core drills all over to test the coal ("ultimate analysis") before removing the overburden (dirt) and extracting it -- that way they can load cars going to customers based on contract terms. They lab test for carbon content - BTUs, ash, volatiles, moisture, sulfur, NOx, Mercury, etc... and the ultimate analysis is provided with the train load delivery and then usually tested again by the utility (or whoever the end user is) - some contracts require additives (rare)

[dynoblasterbabe]

nice....i've never seen the coal dust ignite like that, but, i guess it happens some times....i've seen many coal blasts, but, that was rather cool....it didn't look like you had much for delays between the holes and the rows....that might have helped with the fly rock/fragmentation and it might have not produced the fire ball...but, nonetheless...fire is always cool! :)

[thecashier]

whos got the marshmallows?

[judderman37]

dont understand why they would blow up a coal seam, was there something dodgy like a gas pocket or something down there?

[coal4life]

The coal where I work is at around 45 degrees. We go through alot of ripper teeth on our cats to get it down for the loaders. It's a tough gig but our coal is very low sulfur and ash. When the seam is thick enough we do blast it. Back in the old days when we hand loaded the holes with Prell, we had some fireballs that went over a thousand feet up. Fun to watch. We don't alter the enviroment, we just load it up and haul it away.

[TheFluorineMartyr]

saved to favourite...

very nice.

[lordedvard8]

global warming XD

[pinkvictims]

seen that type of explosion before .

they use it for mining

[andrew375ml]

really

[geoffro11]

LMAO!

[TheBlaster15]

oh really haha, makes sense, its in a coal mine!

[moxy18]

rock shots are sooo lame next to that. wow

[wtfmrkaffe]

wow xxxxl size creamora :P

[c48d927]

Weird, I've never seen a mine blast coal. Then again, in my corner of the world, 10m is a thick seam.

I'm guessing they use drill cuttings for stemming, which explains the rifling and the enormous fireball. Someone should at least consider using long in-hole delays (ie, 800ms) to let the det-cord burn before that enormous dust cloud gets thrown up.

It also looks like the entire pattern is firing at once. Why not shoot row-by-row? Much better fragmentation for a few dollars worth of delays.

[TheFluorineMartyr]

Hush hush now, enjoy the massive fire-ball

[dustystix76]

Damn that's a helluva fireball! i've seen fireballs in our coal shots, but nothing that big. cool vid!

[constructioncartoons]

I hate moving and blasting coal man.

[dustystix76]

whaaaaa..get over it

[dirtastegood]

Hey. Yeah. Do you not like it cuz it is dirty and tiring?

[constructioncartoons]

b/c its flamable.

[taiming71]

why did they blast the coal? was it to hard to dig or was it a test of some sort? when i worked in a coal mine drilling in the coal was the last thing you wanted to do as it sluffed in and planted the drill pipe.

[dsdime]

I had the same question- I am trying to learn all about coal bed blasting, for a new project I am working on. If you can offer any additional information, it would be appreciated very much. Thanks-

[craigercj]

Pretty much all sub-bituminous or higher quality coal has to be blasted. The only exception may be very thin seams that can be ripped with a bulldozer. If you didn't blast the coal, it would take way to much break-out force for excavators to efficiently dig it. Drill holes maintain cirque pretty well in coal, and you don't leave a pipe in the ground. Coal masses are harder than you'd think.

[dustystix76]

coal seams are hard as a rock, so they have to be blasted to loosen for digging

[Shalinar45]

oops!

[Deadheaddead]

KABLAMO!

Take that nature! - and remember who's boss next time.

[Veteran4Peace]

Wow, I wonder what the carbon footprint of THAT was? LOL

[AuGmENTor]

Damn, ya beat me to it. Anyway, that was actually the SECOND biggest I saw this week...

[JEFFFALL]

never seen someone blast coal.

you probably burnt 500 grand worth right there.

[bakalakpal]

boom! that sucked jk not jk it was good not jk it was ok jk it was good

[rollingthunder04]

dude -- that aint slowmotion, its real speed, which should give an idea of how large the blast was

[windatekili]

@rollingthunder04 why they burned it? or this is accident

[Barbarian216]

Nice, next time have the crane operator attach some pig or cattle ribs to his bucket and move that machine next to the cliff. Then he should hang it over and let the fireball cook it, instant bar-b-cue with a sprinkle of coal flavoring!

[rollingthunder04]

okay, yes, it is indeed from "BWM"... are we all happy now?

[kp7285]

definately BMA Blackwater mine. Can tell by the tablelands in the background!

[mightygood1]

I live in emerald

[mightygood1]

is this at blackwater BMA??

[rollingthunder04]

how do you know about blackwater??

[riceski]

wild and large - cool -thanks for sharing

[armani430]

Blasting coal is more efficient and alot easier on equipment with a gain of approx 25% productivity.

[themisplaced]

easier on what equipment?

coal is pretty soft.

[rollingthunder04]

to themisplaced - good quality bituminous coal - specifically this stuff used as met. coal is not soft - granted, it ain't like trying to dig sandstone, but it still wears down digger teeth like you would not believe. by blasting it thus, you get far higher productivity, as well as longer times between tooth changeouts on your digger. incidentally, the site i am now working at doesn't blast their coal, but its not as hard as the coal at this site was.

[themisplaced]

interesting. we dig a fairly high grade bituminous coal used for met and if we ever blasted the coal our heads would roll.

[BoTMSapper]

@rollingthunder04 well then this must be black coal... I have never heard of them blasting coal, and not around where I live, if they did, it would start a fire that would then burn for years...

[lofeas123]

how many Kcal haves this coal?

How deep isthe coal line?

[lofeas123]

why they explosive the coal? its to hard for the machines?

[rollingthunder04]

technically, no. you certainly can free-dig it if you wish, however, you gain about 25% productivity and decrease equipment wear by blasting it