15MN64C: Advanced Opencast Mining Mining 6th Sem Syllabus for Diploma DTE Karnataka C15 Scheme

Advanced Opencast Mining detail syllabus for Mining Engineering (77), C15 scheme is taken from DTE Karnataka official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (15MN64C), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other mining 6th sem syllabus for diploma c15 scheme dte karnataka you can visit Mining 6th Sem Syllabus for Diploma C15 Scheme DTE Karnataka Subjects. For all other Electives subjects do refer to Electives. The detail syllabus for advanced opencast mining is as follows.

Pre-requisites:

Basic knowledge of Open cast mining.

Course Objectives:

The objective of this course is to provide students in mining engineering with the necessary knowledge in understanding & analyzing the safe design,scientific, efficient and environmentally responsible advanced opencast mining operations.

Course Outcomes:

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UNIT-1 OPENCAST MINE PLANNING AND DESIGNING

Division of mining area into blocks. Ultimate pit slope. Open pit &optimization. Pre-project activities: Feasibility report- their salient features, environment clearance, detailed project report, Haul road design and maintenance, Stability of Benches. Slope failures: Theory, types, measures to be taken against slope failures, Application of DGPS in opencast mines, advantages and dis-advantages,

UNIT-2 ADVANCED OPENCAST MINING EQUIPMENTS

Equipment: Machine availability, productivity, maintenance scheduling, preventive maintenance, truck dispatch system, control & monitoring. Degree of mechanization: Selection of Continuous & discontinuous mechanization. Output data & cycle time of equipments. Dimensional stone drill rigs. Heavy duty dumpers: applicability, working efficiency, merits and de-merits. Continuous opencast miners: applicability, working efficiency, merits and de-merits. Rock breakers: applicability merits and de-merits.

UNIT-3 INPIT PROCESSING OPERATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION

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UNIT-4 LEACHING TECHNIQES AND DREDGING

Special mining techniques: Marine mining methods-Sea water, marine beaches, continental shelves, sea-bed sediments, solution mining. Principles and Methods of dredging, advantages and dis-advantages. Leaching techniques: Applicability, methods, types .Ore leaching , Heap leaching, Insitu – leaching, advantages and dis-advantages

UNIT-5 DEEP PIT DRAINAGE

Problems of water associated with deep pit working. Water control measures on haul roads. Design and Construction of in pit sump, capacity, pumping efficiency, high capacity pumps and pantoon pumps.

UNIT-6 WASTE DUMP MANAGEMENT

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SUGGESTED LIST OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Note: Any one of the following activities or similar activities for assessing CIE (IA) for 05marks

Students are grouped into batches and each batch should not have more than five students.

1. Each student should do any one of the following type activity or any other similar activity related to the course and before conduction, get it approved from concerned Teacher and HOD.
2. Each student should conduct different activity and no repetition should occur.

Make a Visit to any nearest mine or use the information obtained during the vocational training and Submit hand written report of 2 to 3 pages from the following activities or similar activities.

• Understand and analyze mine planning & designing for advanced opencast mine.
• Efficient &proper utilization of opencast mining equipments.
• Understand the conditions applicable for the use of inpit processing & transportation machineries.
• Understand the different leaching & dredging techniques & apply different methods for economical extraction of ore.
• Understand the problems of water arising due to deep pit working & apply proper techniques to tackle the problem.
• Understand the difficulty of disposing the overburden on the opencast& precaution taken in managing the crises.

Note to IA verifier:

The following documents to be verified by CIE verifier at the end of semester

1. Blue books ( 20marks)
2. Student suggested activities report for 05 marks and assessed.
3. Student feedback on course regarding Effectiveness of Delivery of instructions & Assessment Methods.

Reference Books:

• Advanced open cast mining by G.K.Pradhan& Manoj , MINTECH Publications,Bhubaneshwar.
• Principles of Mine planning by JayanthBattaracharya, allied publishers,Delhi -2003.
• Fundamentals of Open pit Mine planning & design by Hustrulid.W and Kuchta.M.
• Mine Planning & Equipment Selection by Raj.KSinghal.
• SME Mining Engg Hand book Vol-1&2 -Cummings,Newyork.
• Rock Slope Engineering by Hoek.E and Bray.J.W,Institution of Mining & Metallurgy,1991.
• Coastal & Deep ocean Dredging, by Herbich.J.B,Gulf Publishing CO,Houston,1975.
• Opencast Mining Equipments,Martin,J.W.Bennett,T.P.E,Martin,K.M.Martin Consultants Inc,USA 1982
• Open cast Mining operations,Rzhevsky,V.V,Mir Publisher 1983
• Methods from the seabed,Manjula ,R.Shyam,Oxford& IBM publ

LIST OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE/LEARNING WEBSITE

1. http://www.infomine.com/library/publications/docs/Prasad2006b.pdf
2. http://www.hxjqchina.com/pro/mining_equipment.html?gclid=CMPHp_vCuM4CFd OOaAodXVAJ-w#
3. www.google.co.in/#q=In+pit+processing+operations+%26+transportation.

Model Question Paper:

(CIE)

1. Describe how the mine area is divided into blocks? or Explain ultimate pit slope in advanced opencast mine.
2. Write a note on Slope failures in opencast mine working benches
3. Explain the applicability of rock breakers on different working conditions. or Explain the field applicability of Down the hole drill rigs.
4. Explain Output data & cycle time of equipments required for mechanized opencast mines.

Model Question Paper:

Part-A

Answer any 6 of the following 6×5=30 marks

1. Explain ultimate pit slope in advanced opencast mine 1 U
2. Explain the salient features of feasibility report. 1 U
3. Explain the application of DGPS in opencast mines 1 A
4. Explain any one type of slope failure on OCM benches. 1 An
5. Write a note on Machine availability in OCM 2 A
6. Explain in brief Continuous & discontinuous mechanization in advanced opencast mining. 2 An
7. List the problems of water associated with deep pit working 5 A
8. How the locations of waste dumps are chosen? 6 An
9. Illustrate the different problems arises due to waste dumps 6 An

Part-B

Answer any 7 of the following 7×10=70 marks

1. Explain the precautionary measures to be taken against slope failures on opencast mine benches 1 An
2. Explain the applicability of rock breakers on different working conditions. 2 A
3. Explain the degree of mechanization needed for the present trend in advanced opencast mining. 2 An
4. Explain the applicability condition of high angle conveyor 3 A
5. Point out the advantages and dis-advantagesof High angle conveying system 3 An
6. Describe the principles and methods of dredging, 4 U
7. Write the applicability and explain any one method of Ore leaching 4 A
8. Explain Heap leaching and Insitu – leaching 4 A
9. Explain the working of pantoon pumps 5 A
10. What is meant by green blanketing? Explain. 6 An

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