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EPA-approved blast dispersion modelling

Delivering site-specific, intuitively designed environmental monitoring to plan intelligently

Do you need a fully integrated service that gives you a concise picture pre and post blast?

DTN APAC’s Blast Dispersion Modelling is a comprehensive weather, environmental and alerting system, enabling you to run simulations days in advance.

Entirely customised to your mining site, our dispersion services take precise weather forecasts, topography, pollutants and legislative requirements into account, leaving no stone unturned.

As simulations are run, you can visualise the trajectory and intensity of pollutants in relation to the local forecast and pre-set thresholds. Dust monitors and Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM) heighten forecast accuracy. With a clear, projected outcome you can pin-point the best day to blast.

Our cloud-based, fully auditable report trails assist you in fulfilling your license and legislative requirements. As blasts are executed supervisors and managers can add their pre and post blast observations to ensure requirements are met.

Let us help you make your critical decisions on when to blast, simple.

Get the complete environmental picture

When in-depth consideration of the surrounding towns and environment is required, you need to be precise in your projections. Powered by Opticast, DTN APAC’s advanced nowcasting and forecasting system, you can rest assured that reliability and accuracy are the bedrock for our dispersion modelling. Results are globally proven to give you peace of mind.

Precision Forecasting

Environmental and weather monitoring are brought to you by the experts in meteorology, with a globally proven track record.

Easy to Visualise

All data for your environmental observations and blast simulations are intelligently presented to keep full comprehension simple.

Auditable Reports

Clean and informative reports on both blast simulations and executed blasts give you an auditable trail, keeping you compliant.

Mitigate Risk and Visualise Outcomes

An integrated Fume Management Zone (FMZ) tool adds to the depth of your blast planning. A logical traffic light system indicates whether your simulated blast creates pollutants that are above or below pre-set thresholds at any ‘virtual’ or existing monitors. You can create FMZs within the system, making it simple to plan and mitigate against risk. All these details are easily visualised in clean and informative reports, allowing you to justify your decision making on when to blast.

Your needs are as individual as your business, and we collaborate with you to bring ease to your every day. Our teams of meteorologists and data scientists are there, every step of the way, to help you navigate your challenges.

We don’t do status quo, choosing instead to lead with next-generation science and a service tailored to you.

Make well informed critical decisions, with the most accurate and site-specific data at your fingertips.

Latest news

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2025 southwest monsoon completes retreat from India

The 2025 Indian Southwest Monsoon that brings cooler temperatures and heavy flooding rainfall to Indian transport, mining and utility industries completed its retreat from India on October 16, 2025. As seen in the map below issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the Indian Southwest Monsoon withdrew from the entirety of the Indian sub-continent on […]

Northern Australia mining operations impacted by 4 million lightning strikes, severe heatwaves and fires

The north Australian build up period is in motion with a broad trough drawing intense heatwave conditions and triggering widespread thunderstorms across Australian mining areas. Intense thunderstorms have lit up the north Australian skies over the past week as a broad horseshoe shaped low pressure trough extended across the country. DTN APAC’s Total Lightning Network […]

South Pacific 2025-26 Tropical Cyclone Season Outlook

The Fiji Meteorological Service and New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research (NIWA) both released their 2025-26 tropical cyclone outlooks last week, with elevated risks focused on New Caledonia, Vanuatu and New Zealand’s North Island. The Fiji Meteorological Service is responsible for tropical cyclone services across the local Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) […]

Severe thunderstorms to hit NSW businesses and industries on Friday

Intense thunderstorms are likely to pummel parts of NSW on Friday, with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain all a risk for mining, transport, insurance and aviation sectors. A cold front and associated low pressure trough will sweep across NSW on Friday, causing a relatively cool air mass travelling from the south to clash […]