Hydro Nobel brings a commercially focused view of the explosives market, combining supplier benchmarking, contract and pricing analysis, and total cost-of-blasting assessment. We help customers understand what they are really paying for, how different suppliers and offerings compare, and where there is opportunity to reduce cost, improve performance, and strengthen supply security.
Strategic Planning
- Corporate explosives strategy covering mining, quarry, construction, and seismic markets
- Market entry and location strategy for bulk plants, magazines, and mobile manufacturing unit depots, plus make–buy–partner and joint-venture design, and merger and acquisition screening and due diligence
- Commercial models and contracts, including service bundles, performance indicators and service-level agreements, availability guarantees, and gain-share mechanisms
- Safety and sustainability governance, including “Zero Harm” programs, emissions and nitrogen reduction
- Regulatory strategy and compliance frameworks across licensing, transport, storage, and international dangerous-goods codes
Market Research and Analysis
- Demand mapping by segment and commodity (surface and underground) with regional outlooks
- Competitive landscape reviews, including supplier benchmarking, asset footprints for ammonium nitrate, emulsions, and detonators, and technology positioning
- Price and benchmark tracking for ammonium nitrate, ANFO, emulsions, detonators (non-electric and electronic), diesel, freight, and labour, including indexation practices
- Technology watch across electronic and wireless detonators, data-driven blast design, automation, and digital “blast-to-mill” integration
Production and Sourcing
- Bulk explosives plant and mobile manufacturing unit network strategy, including site footprint, capacity planning, reliability, and operating-efficiency improvement
- Formulation and product-line optimisation to balance cost and performance
- Detonator sourcing and approvals, including quality systems and interoperability standards
- Tender and request-for-proposal management, from scope definition and technical-commercial scorecards to like-for-like bid comparison
- Contracting and indexation models (linked to ammonium nitrate, diesel, freight, inflation, and foreign exchange), plus invoice verification and variance analysis
- Logistics and compliance for dangerous-goods transport, magazine design, inventory management, and loss reduction
Market Research and Analysis
Developing long-term goals and strategies to guide business growth and success.
Business Analysis
Developing long-term goals and strategies to guide business growth and success.