301235 (v.2) WASM Risk Analysis in Mine Planning 601


Area: WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 25.0
 
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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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Field of Education: 030303 Mining Engineering
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y        
2005 Kalgoorlie Campus Study Period 7 Y        
2005 Kalgoorlie Campus Trimester 2 Y        
Area
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Central
External
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Partially
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Internal
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Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External