Dyno Nobel is one of the global leaders in the commercial explosives industry. It operates in North America, Australia and Asia. The firm offers commercial explosive products to customers in the mining, quarry, construction, pipeline and geophysical exploration industries. It also provides consulting services, such as vibration monitoring, ore dilution control, final wall control, limits blast optimization and underground productivity. The company s recent innovations are the NONEL detonator and Titan series of emulsions. Dyno Nobel has 36 manufacturing plants, including state-of-the-art initiation systems. It holds associations with Sandvik Mining and Construction Inc., CANMET (Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology), Whipware, Split Engineering, Nomis and Instatel.