Underground Metal Mining Mining 6th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Underground Metal Mining detail syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17MN63), 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 be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Mining 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for underground metal mining is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to:

1. Understand the construction of the mine developments to the deposit.
2. Understand the different methods of extraction of ore blocks in metal mine.
3. Understand the modern methods of extraction of ore blocks in metal mine.
4. Understand the problems, method of extraction in deep mining and machineries used.

Module 1:

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Module 2:

Stope and Stoping
Classification of stoping methods, factors affecting the choice of stoping methods like depth, dip, width, grade of ore, physio mechanical characteristics of ore and wall rock. Open stoping/Unsupported stoping – room and pillar, sublevel, large diameter blast hole/DTH, shrinkage and vertical crater retreat methods – their applicability, stope layouts, stope preparation, ground breaking, mucking, ventilation and supporting, haulage and dumping.

Module 3:

Stoping Methods
Supported stoping – post and pillar, square set, longwall, cut and fill- their applicability, stope layouts, stope preparation, ground breaking, mucking, ventilation and supporting, haulage and dumping Caving stoping – top slicing, sublevel caving, and block caving; their applicability, stope layouts, stope preparation, ground breaking, mucking, ventilation and supporting, haulage and dumping. Indian case studies.

Module 4:

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Module 5:

Design of Stopes
Mining of parallel and superimposed veins, Pillar recovery Dilution, loss and recovery in stoping. Design of stopes: Stope design and production planning, scheduling, oms.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course students will be able to:

1. Ability to construct the mine developments to the deposit
2. Ability to extract the ore block by different methods.
3. Ability to extract the ore block by modern methods.
4. Ability to identify the machineries used, methods of extraction and to analyse the problems in deep underground mine.

Text Books:

1. Elements of Mining Technology Vol. II – D.J.Deshmukh, 6th edition Central Techno Publication, Nagpur, 1998.
2. Introductory Mining Engg – by H.L.Hartman

Reference Books:

1. Underground mining methods handbook – by Hustrulid SME publication
2. Metalliferrious mining of ores – by Borosov et.al.
3. SME Mining Engineering Handbook, Edited – by H.L.Hartman SME publication
4. Techniques in Underground Mining Selection – Richard E. Gertsch et al, SME 1998

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