Hypex Bio–Franzefoss Minerals deal: blast design and emissions notes for engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on International Mining – News
30 Second Briefing
Hypex Bio has signed a long-term group agreement for Franzefoss Minerals AS to adopt its hydrogen peroxide-based explosive solutions across multiple quarry and limestone operations in Norway. The emulsion system replaces conventional ANFO and nitrate-based products, aiming to cut CO₂ and NOx emissions at the blast face and reduce residual nitrates in groundwater around benches and pit walls. For drill-and-blast engineers, the shift may require recalibrating charge design, sleep times, and initiation sequences to match the different energy profile and gas volumes of peroxide-based formulations.
Technical Brief
- Agreement is structured as a long-term group supply contract between Franzefoss Minerals AS and Hypex Bio Norge AS.
- Roll-out covers multiple quarry and limestone operations in Norway under a single framework arrangement.
Our Take
Among the 704 tag-matched pieces in our coverage, Norway appears relatively sparsely compared with core mining jurisdictions, so an offtake-style supply deal here signals how Scandinavian industrial minerals players like Franzefoss Minerals are becoming more visible in sustainability-linked product chains.
Because this is structured as an offtake rather than an equity or JV arrangement, Hypex Bio and Hypex Bio Norge can scale product deployment into Norway’s industrial minerals sector without taking on mine- or plant-level capital risk, a pattern seen in several other sustainability-tagged Mining items in our database.
Franzefoss Minerals’ role in Norway’s industrial minerals market means this agreement could act as a reference case for wider Nordic adoption of Hypex Bio’s products, which in turn tends to give technology suppliers more leverage in subsequent offtake negotiations with smaller regional operators.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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