BlastCasting Mechanism and Parameter Optimization of a
Specifically speaking, once the blastcasting technique is applied in opencast coal mines for overburden removal, 3065% of the materials can be directly thrown into the minedout area without any need for further handling (Figure 1); thus, it will reduce the stripping cost by more than 30% [1, 2]. As a matter of fact, blastcasting is the most economically effective method in opencast mining.