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305715 (v.1) WASM Surface Mining Methods 331
  
Area: | WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area |  
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |  
Credits: | 12.5 |  
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |  
  | An introduction to surface mining methods. Open pit mining - mine development data, pit layouts, mine operations, productivity and 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, productivity and cost factors, multiple seam mining, reclamation. Alluvial mining -hydraulicking, dredging, applications, and tailings disposal. Mine water and its control. Mine safety and regulations, environmental management. |  
 
 Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External |  | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 1 | 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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