301288 (v.3) WASM Mine Planning and Design Project 601

Area:

WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area

Credits:

75.0

Contact Hours:

120.0

** 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. **

Other:

1 x 120 Hours Once-only

Syllabus:

The development and presentation of an original mine planning and design project. Demonstrates the core principles and concepts learnt during the course - a critical review of the resource estimate used, rationale behind selection of the mining method, mine layout and design and its associated geotechnical implications, equipment selection, mining services requirements, operating and capital cost estimation, mine development and production scheduling and a financial analysis of the project.

** 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:

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
2006	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
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