303152 (v.2) Surface Mining 331

Area:	Department of Mining Engineering
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
Equivalent(s):	309994 (v.2) Mining Systems 331 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Surface mining methods - open pit mining, mine development data, pit layouts, mine operations, equipment selection, shovel-truck systems, productivity, cost factors, haul road design and construction, monitoring and control of operations. Strip mining - resource estimates, stripping methods, mine development, equipment selection, dragline pit design, productivity and cost factors, multiple seam mining and reclamation. Alluvial mining - hydraulicking, dredging, applications and equipment selection, tailings disposal. Surface mine design techniques - block economic value and cut-off grade, determination of final pit limits, bench geometry, cut-back design, long and short term planning, production scheduling and dump planning. Surface mining technology - in-pit crushing and conveying, trolley haulage, drill monitoring, truck dispatching, mine water and its control. Dewatering bore holes, sumps and pumping operations. Field trip to mining operations.
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
2010	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