Blasting is the cheapest way for mines to fracture rock. It makes consumer goods that are manufactured from mined resources less expensive. The things that we use on a daily basis are cell phones, the roads we drive to and from, work on, the buildings that are constructed, the energy that we use to power those cars, even if it's an electric vehicle, commercial explosives are essential to that.The minerals and the things that you need to make a battery. All of those things at some point were touched by comme ...