Blasting is the primary mechanism for rock breakage during overburden removal in open pit coal mining.  However, overburden blasting in many cases can result in significant coal damage and loss.  JKTech applies this latest modelling and measurement techniques to identify the optimum blasting practice to improve the productivity of overburden removal and coal recovery.  JKTech provide solutions to improve the cast blasts and through seam blasts without compromising on coal recovery.