12583 (v.2) WASM Surface Mining 531


Area:

WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Surface mining methods - open pit mining, mine development data, pit layouts, mine operations, equipment selection, shovel-truck systems, productivity, cost factors, haul road design and construction, grade control and stockpiles, monitoring and control of operations, heap leaching. Strip mining - resource estimates, stripping methods, mine development, equipment selection, dragline pit design, productivity and cost factors, multiple seam mining, reclamation. Alluvial mining - hydrualicking, dredging, applications and equipment selection, tailings disposal. Surface mine design techniques - block economic value and cut-off grade, determination of final pit limits, pit shell optimisation, bench geometry, cut-back design, long and short term planning, production scheduling, dump planning. Surface mining technology - in-pit crushing and conveying, trolley haulage, global positioning systems, drill monitoring, truck dispatching, mine water and its control - run off estimation, rainfall analysis, drainage design. Dewatering bore holes, sumps and pumping operations. Water recycling. Mine safety and regulations, environmental management. Field trip to mining operations.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

30303 Mining Engineering

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 1 Y 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