In September 2025, the first domestic "ground+blast hole" full wireless initiation system for open pit mines was successfully applied in Anjialing Open pit Mine, Pingshuo, middling coal, filling the gap in the field of full wireless initiation technology in China-15In the same year, the national civil explosives industry delivered a commendable report: the cumulative industrial output value of production enterprises for the whole year was 39.4 billion yuan, the production and sales of industrial explosives were 4.36 million tons, and the revenue from blasting services was 39.6 billion yuan-11Behind the numbers, a profound transformation driven by technological innovation is changing the face of the civilian explosive industry. Today, let's approach this transformation together and explore the latest developments and future trends in explosive equipment.
As the core component of explosive detonation, detonators are the main battlefield for the iteration of civil explosive technology. Currently, the industry is undergoing a leapfrog transformation from "wired" to "wireless". At the beginning of 2026, the "Kirin 1" wireless electronic detonator independently developed by China Ordnance Industry Group Special Energy Group Qinghua Civil Explosive successfully completed a test explosion in a complex and confined tunnel space. Operators only need to use handheld terminals for wireless induction to complete detonator information registration, and monitor the detonation resistance, energy storage capacitor, and communication status of each detonator in real time, completely abandoning traditional physical connection lines-21In response to the difficulty of communication stability in blasting environments, the "Kirin 1" is equipped with a dedicated wireless relay to build a long-distance relay communication link, ensuring reliable communication and precise control in complex environments, and providing an innovative solution for underground engineering blasting to achieve "safety, precision, and efficiency"-21。
The improvement in security performance is also significant. The "Panshi No.1" electronic detonator, which was launched shortly after, innovatively adopted the desensitizing agent detonation technology without ignition powder or explosive, greatly reducing the risk of accidental energy stimulation during production, transportation, storage, and use from the source. This marks the formation of a dual wheel driven product pattern of "wireless convenience" and "intrinsic safety" in the field of electronic detonators by enterprises-24。
Technological breakthroughs are still accelerating. In April 2026, Hongda Civil Explosive, in collaboration with Gansu Hongda, University of Science and Technology of China, and other units, successfully unveiled the "Flying Chip Integrated Non Explosive Electronic Detonator Research" project, which will achieve a new breakthrough in the detonator field of "non explosive" and "lead-free"-25At the same time, the Blue Book on Standardization of Industrial Electronic Detonators and Electronic Control Modules, led by the China Institute of Electronic Standardization, provides standard support for the large-scale promotion of electronic detonators, and can achieve full process digital traceability and control of civil explosive products-20。
If electronic detonators solve the problem of intelligent ignition, then on-site mixed explosives solve the integration of energy production and loading.
The emergence of on-site mixed explosive technology has changed the traditional mode of explosives being produced and packaged in factories before being transported to the blasting site. At the blasting site, specialized mixing vehicles can directly mix raw materials into explosives and load them as they are mixed, greatly reducing the safety risks in the transportation process.
By 2025, the national on-site mixed explosive production has reached 1.58 million tons, accounting for 36%-11From industry data, the proportion of on-site mixed explosives continues to rise, reflecting the industry's pursuit of intrinsic safety and operational efficiency. Technological upgrades are also accelerating. The BCJ-Q (II) on-site mixed ammonium deep fryer truck, which has completed the appraisal and acceptance in Inner Mongolia, adopts the dual sending tank alternating charging process technology and equipment for the first time in China, achieving continuous pneumatic charging with a charging efficiency of over 80km/min. A vehicle mounted robotic arm assisted pipe feeding system has also been developed, realizing single person pipe feeding operation-29At the end of 2025, the fully static emulsification process technology renovation project of Hubei Dongshen Chutian passed the acceptance inspection, abandoning the traditional mechanical mixing mode and directly producing milk through static spraying. The Class 0 and Class I hazardous equipment of the entire line were eliminated, and the maximum production capacity was increased to 40 tons/hour-30。
It is worth noting that on-site mixed loading technology has expanded from open-pit mines to tunnel engineering. The "Complete set of equipment for transporting and loading mixed explosives in high-altitude large section tunnels" led by Sichuan Company and supported by the Green Civil Explosive Research Institute has been successfully selected for the first major technical equipment catalog of China Energy Engineering Corporation in 2025. It has been successfully applied in the construction of national strategic engineering tunnels, effectively solving the bottleneck of blasting equipment in harsh high-altitude environments on the plateau-33。
The production of blasting equipment and blasting operations themselves are high-risk processes. How to reduce the number of operators in hazardous positions and minimize safety risks is an eternal proposition in the industry.
In January 2026, the "Implementation Plan for the Implementation of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Standard System Construction Guidelines for the Civil Explosive Industry" was officially issued, which clarifies the cumulative revision of 30 intelligent manufacturing standards for the civil explosive industry by 2030 and establishes a relatively complete group of intelligent manufacturing standards-61According to the top-level design requirements, the civil explosive industry is promoting the process of "mechanization of personnel replacement, automation of personnel reduction, and intelligent unmanned". The number of operators in hazardous operation positions has been significantly reduced, and a number of unmanned and non fixed operator production lines have been built-61。
The transformation in the field of special robots, which emerged before and originated from civilian explosives, is equally strong. Data shows that if special robots are used for high-risk processes such as underground blasting and detection in mines, the operational risk can be reduced by more than 90%-39During the 2026 National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, National People's Congress deputies proposed to vigorously promote the development of special robots in high-risk industries, achieve breakthroughs in the localization of core components in "bottleneck" fields such as high-precision sensors, servo motors, reducers, and core algorithms, and support Longtou civilian explosive enterprises to integrate industrial chain resources, forming a full chain layout from basic components to intelligent complete sets of equipment-39。
According to the Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Transformation and Upgrading of the Civil Explosive Industry issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the end of 2027, unmanned production lines for civil explosive products will be widely promoted and applied, and high-risk production workshops will have no fixed job operators on site-55The achievement of this goal will fundamentally reconstruct the safety guarantee system of the civil explosive industry.
Technology is changing, and security management is also upgrading synchronously. In November 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology revised and issued the "Implementation Measures for the Sales License of Civil Explosives", which will come into effect on January 1, 2026, further standardizing the sales license procedures and safety management requirements-Along; tumult; Svg width = ngth; quot; 14 hereby; quot; Height = rhorn; quot; 14 hereby; quot; Viewbox = NNA & rdquo; quot; 0 0 14 14; quot; Fill = ln & quot; quot; Mschap untold; quot; Xmlns = nahy & rdquo; quot; http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" ; -ordinary; gt;
Under the strict regulatory framework, the business model of enterprises is also undergoing profound changes. By 2025, the national civil explosive industry will achieve a blasting service revenue of 39.6 billion yuan, maintaining double-digit growth-11The industry is accelerating its transformation from "selling products" to "selling solutions" - more and more civil explosive enterprises are no longer limited to the production and sales of explosives and detonators, but are extending towards the integration of blasting construction, scheme design, on-site services, etc., connecting the entire industry chain of "production, distribution, and blasting operations".
2026 is the starting year of the 15th Five Year Plan. On the basis of the basically completed industrial restructuring and technological iteration, the civil explosive industry is moving towards a more refined and intelligent direction - pursuing millisecond level synchronization in blasting accuracy, pursuing full process controllability and traceability in safety, and pursuing safety with fewer employees. For ordinary readers, every reliable mining operation, every smooth tunnel connection, and every safe building demolition are silently supported by the technological upgrading of the civil explosive industry. The road ahead is equally clear: from "wired" to "wireless", from "factory made explosives" to "on-site mixing of explosives", from "manual entry into dangerous positions" to "machines taking over high-risk activities", the innovative story of the civil explosive industry will continue to be written.
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