12585 (v.3) WASM Mine Planning 532

Area:	Western Australian School of Mines
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Designed to provide an understanding of both the theoretical principles and practical methodologies associated with mine planning and feasibility project. The principles cover open pit and underground mine planning for coal and non-coal mining systems. Topics covered include - mining method selection (geotechnical aspects). Mine life capacities. Production scheduling. Principles of project management. Mine optimisation (pit, dump and stope). Regulatory environment. Site closure and environmental design. Equipment fleet selection. Benchmarking. Capital and operating cost estimation. Computer-aided mine design (Datamine, Vulcan, Surpac, Minex, MWP,and 4X).
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
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
2008	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 2	Y
2008	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 2			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