Advanced Surface Mining Technology detailed syllabus for Mining Engineering (MNG) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MNG students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mining Engineering 8th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MNG 8th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to MNG Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of advanced surface mining technology is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
Pit Planning
Development of economic block model; Pit cut-off grade and its estimation; Ultimate pit configuration and its determination – hand method, floating cone technique, Lerchs-Grossmann algorithm, and computer assisted hand method. Addition of haulroad on pit plan; Pit layouts. Open-pit optimisation techniques for mine geometry and output, mine development phases, quality control Output and manpower planning; calendar planning, mine scheduling, production scheduling, truck dispatch system; Feasibility Report, DPR-contents and preparation.
Unit II
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Unit III
Pro D U Ction An D Equipment Planning
Determination of mine size and sequencing by nested pits; Cash flow calculations; Mine and mill plant sizing; Production scheduling. Stockpiling and blending, Spreaders and Reclaimers; computerized truck dispatch. Selection of mining system vis-a-vis equipment system; Computations for the capacity and number of machines vis-a-vis mine production. Machine availability, productivity, maintenance scheduling, preventive maintenance, control and monitoring inventory. Workshops for HEMM. Power supply arrangements in opencast mines.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Modern Trends in Opencast Mines
Recent developments in mining methods and layouts. In pit crushing and conveying, continuous surface mining. Selective extraction and dumping. Extraction of seams developed/extracted by underground methods. Deep Open pit Mining; Placer mining and solution mining – scope of applicability, sequence of development and machinery; Closure of surface mines.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Cummings, A.B. and Given, I.V., SME Mining Engg. Hand book Vol.I and II, New York, 1994
- Hustrulid, W. and Kuchta, M., (eds)., Fundamentals of Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, Elsevier, 1995
References:
- Proceedings of National Seminar on Surface Mining, IME Publications/ Calcutta, 1995
- Das, S.K., Surface Mining Technology, Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, 1994
- Das, S.K., Modern Coal Mining Technology, Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, 1994
- Kennedy, B.A., Surface Mining – 2nd Edition, SME, New York, 1990
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mining Engineering 8th Sem, visit MNG 8th Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.
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