Agne Rustan

Agne Rustan is a researcher affiliated with Luleå University of Technology, specializing in rock blasting, fragmentation analysis, and mining engineering. Their work focuses on optimizing blasting techniques in hard rock environments, particularly in sublevel caving and controlled contour blasting.

Education:

• Doctoral thesis (1995) on controlled fragmentation and contours in rock blasting, including a licentiate thesis (1970) on ore content measurement in LHD-buckets.

Research Interests:

• Key areas include gravity flow of broken rock, acoustic impedance in hematite, micro-sequential contour blasting, and computer modeling of ore extraction processes.
• Developed new design formulas for fragment size distribution and burden-diameter relationships, validated through model and full-scale experiments.

Publications: 10+ works (1992–2000) covering blasting theory, experimental methods, and international standardization efforts. Collaborated with researchers in India, Canada, and Australia.