Area: |
WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area |
Credits: |
12.5 |
Contact Hours: |
16.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
4 x 4 Hours Weekly |
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Syllabus: |
Overview of the Australian and world mining industry for non-mining professionals. The nature of mining and its principal characteristics. Mining methods - surface and underground mining, surface mining methods, underground mining methods. Mining technology - unit operations in mining, drilling and fragmentation, excavation and transport, geotechnical analysis, mine occupational health and safety, ventilation environment monitoring and control. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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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 |
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| 2004 |
Kalgoorlie Campus |
Short Period 6 |
Y |
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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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