Advanced Surface Mining
- a. Reviewing the practical open - pit mines planning and design
- b. Surface mining methods classification and application
- c. Guideline and procedure for selecting surface mining methods, conditions, techniques, and mechanism, (Nicholas & UBC methods).
- Mechanical Mining included
1.Open-pit (Characteristics, planning, design)
2.Strip mining
3.Quarrying
4.Auguring
- Mechanical Mining included
1.Open-pit (Characteristics, planning, design)
2.Strip mining
3.Quarrying
4.Auguring
- Mechanical Mining included
1.Open-pit (Characteristics, planning, design)
2.Strip mining
3.Quarrying
4.Auguring
- Aqueous mining methods included
1-Placer Mining
Hydroulicking
Dredging
2-Solution Mining
Borehole mining
Slurry mining
Insitu leaching mining
- Aqueous mining methods included
1-Placer Mining
Hydroulicking
Dredging
2-Solution Mining
Borehole mining
Slurry mining
Insitu leaching mining
- d. Guideline and procedure for selecting surface mining equipment
- e. Site selection for surface mines equipment and facility.
- f. Surface mine planning
Variables associated
Types of plan
- g. Cost estimation in surface mining
Detailed methods
O'Hara Method
- g. Cost estimation in surface mining
Detailed methods
O'Hara Method
- h. Future mining (Responsible mining, Sustainable development, Lean mining, Mine reclamation, Overall pit slope)
- i. Free discussion about what they have learned during semester