Online Courses Handbook 2003

301214 (v.2) WASM Open Pit Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 601

Area:	WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Contact Hours:	25.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 25 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	301210 (v.2) WASM Applied Mining Geostatistics and Resource Estimation 601 or any previous version
Introduction to strategic open pit planning and design concepts. Optimisation in open pit design. 3D ultimate pit limit algorithms and their applications. Computer aided haul road generation and dump design, heuristic long and short term scheduling techniques, mathematical optimisation for sequencing and scheduling. Equipment selection. Drill-blast-shovel-truck production systems. Equipment monitoring and grade control strategies. Future concepts in open pit mining. Design procedures are illustrated using various computer programs.