The Fragblast 12th International Symposium was held at Lulea, Sweden from 11th to 13th June 2018.

A total of 202 participants from 33 countries attended the conference.

Bhatawdekar Ramesh Murlidhar, International Fellow from Centre of Geoengineering (GEOTRPIK) presented his research paper on “Productivity Improvement in Aggregate Quarry Vis A Vis Fragmentation by Blasting” at the symposium.

The triennial event is held in different parts of the world. The next Fragblast 13 conference will be hosted at Hangzhou, China in 2021.