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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

309995 (v.2) Mine Planning 332

Area: Department of Mining Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 303155 (v.2) Surface Mine Design 332 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     303138 (v.2) Mining and Metallurgy 131 or any previous version
    OR
    11312 (v.4) Mining 131 or any previous version
AND
309994 (v.2) Mining Systems 331 or any previous version
Syllabus: Mine planning process- Mining method selection ; Mine life/ capacities ; Principles of mine layout and design ; Mine scheduling ; Mine optimisation ; Benchmarking / KPI ; Equipment/ fleet selection ; Capital and operating cost estimation; Environmental issues in mine planning ; Regulatory environment ; Role of feasibility studies in mine planning; Risk analysis in mine planning.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 030303 Mining Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 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