73178 - Mines M

Learning outcomes

The course provides the basic principles of design, quarrying, management and control of activities of exploitation of raw materials. The design is examined in the light of the interconnection with the protection and safety of the environment, economic criteria, market and regulations.

Course contents

Program and content
Ore body evaluation, mineral exploration, ore reserve calculation, ore body ground conditions. Sampling, dilution and recovery. Open-pit or underground mining. Choosing an underground mining method (room and pillar mining, sublevel stoping, cut and fill mining, cemented fill mining, shrinkage, long wall mining, caving methods, sublevel caving, block caving mining, solution mining). .Guide lines for selecting a mining method. General mine planning.  Environmental considerations. Underground equipment (primary breaking, loading and hauling and dumping). Ground support. Ancyllary equipment. Costs of underground mining materials and supplies. Financial considerations. Foundations for design. Mine ventilation. Design of underground blasting. Effects induced by blasting.

Readings/Bibliography

• W.A. HUSTRULID, UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS,
• C.J. HALL, MINE VENTILATION ENGINEERING,
• V.S. VUTUKURI, R.D. LAME, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN MINES,
• Lecture notes

Teaching methods

Class lessons, class and computer lab exercises

Assessment methods

The exam consists of a written test. The written test will is to evaluate critical skills and methodological gained by the student, who will be invited to confront the arguments covered during the course. Will be particularly assessed the student's ability to be able to move within the sources and bibliographical material in order to be able to identify in them the useful information that will enable them to apply in a plan of a mine of a real case study. The achievement by the student of an organic vision of the issues addressed in joint lesson critical to their use, demonstrating ownership of a mastery of expression and specific language will be assessed with a mark of excellence. Knowledge for the more mechanical and/or mnemonic of matter, synthesis and analysis of non-articulating and/or correct language but not always appropriate assessments will lead to discrete; training gaps and/or inappropriate language - although in a context of knowledge minimal examination of the material - will lead to votes that will not exceed the sufficiency. Training gaps, inappropriate language, lack of guidance within the reference materials offered during the course will be evaluated negatively.

Teaching tools

powerPoint presentations

technical visits

Office hours

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