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<p><b>Drilling and blasting</b> is the controlled use of <a href="page.php?w=explosives">explosives</a> and other methods, such as gas pressure blasting pyrotechnics, to break <a href="page.php?w=rock_%28geology%29">rock</a> for <a href="page.php?w=earthworks_%28engineering%29">excavation</a>. It is practiced most often in <a href="page.php?w=mining">mining</a>, <a href="page.php?w=quarrying">quarrying</a> and <a href="page.php?w=civil_engineering">civil engineering</a> such as <a href="page.php?w=dam">dam</a>, tunnel or road construction. The result</p><p>
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