Area: | WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 25 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Review of the conventional mine planning process. Areas of risk at each stage in the process. Review of probability and statistics. Practical computational techniques, including conditional simulation. Reconciliation. Conditional simulation. Resource risk. Geotechnical reliability and minimising excavation costs. Reserve reliability. Schedule reliability. Cut-off grade and stockpile optimisation. Grade control risk. Decision making tools. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have- Applied the elements of probability to mine planning and design. Understood and performed system reliability analysis. Understood and designed for mining risks. Performed quantitative and semi - quantitativerisk assessments to mining engineering designs. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Over 50% continuous assessment, less than 50% examination. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 30303 Mining Engineering | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Winter Period | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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