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| MDM2001 | Surface Mining | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ayhan KESİMAL | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The purpose of this course is to educate students in surface mining engineering, and to bring them to an understanding of the industry and the technology. Emphasis is placed on encouraging students to learn the surface mining by observing and doing: they conduct case studies, visit mines, see films, using computer software, solve problems, compile mining method notebooks, and design open pit mining systems. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | calculate stripping ratios, geometry and pit limits of surface mining. | 1,2 | 1,3 | | LO - 2 : | estimate reserve of ore deposit. | 1,2 | 1,3 | | LO - 3 : | design rock blasting and fragmentation. | 1,2 | 1,3 | | LO - 4 : | select loading and hauling equipment in surface mining. | 1,2 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | calculate the slope stability both for individual bench and overall slope of surface mines. | 1,2 | 1,6 | | LO - 6 : | take responsibility to carry out pit planning and design. | 1,2 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Basic concept in surface mining, ore reserve estimates, pit planning and design, production planning, bench geometry, stripping ratios and pit limits, drainage of ground water, soft and hard rock mining, equipment and system selection, sequence of development, blasting and rock fragmentation, loading and hauling of materials, cycle of operations, slope stability, mine waste management, mine reclamation. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Basic methods and concepts in surface mining | | | Week 2 | Stripping ratio calculations | | | Week 3 | Ore body reserve estimate | | | Week 4 | Open pit optimisation | | | Week 5 | Bench geometry | | | Week 6 | Slope angle and design | | | Week 7 | Hard and soft rock excavation | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Slope failures in open pit mining | | | Week 10 | Slope stability and precautions | | | Week 11 | Rock blasting in hard rock mines | | | Week 12 | Blast design and examples | | | Week 13 | Excavation, loading and transporting of rocks | | | Week 14 | Reclamation after mining and eqipment used for it. | | | Week 15 | Open pit planning | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kesimal, A. 2021, Açık İşletme Ders Notları. | | | 2 | Kennedy, B. 1990, Surface Mining. 2nd edition, Society for Mining; metallurgy, and Reclamation, Inc, Colorado,1180 p. | | | 3 | Hustrulid, W. A., and Kuchta, M., 1998, Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 640 p. | | | |
| 1 | Hustrulid, W. A., et al., Slope Stability in Surface Mining, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 442 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1,5 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2,0 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 13 | 1 | 13 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 2 | 3 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 108 |
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