Syllabus

1) Ultimate Pit Slope limit determination using Floating cone and 2D L&G algorithm (Economic Pit Shell)

2) Preliminary Pit Slope design using Empirical rock mass classification system (MRMR) (Stable Geo technical Pit Shell)

3) Generation of Optimized pit shell using Whittle Software (Economic Pit Shell)

4) Preparation of geological model from bore hole log data using Surpac (Geological Block Model)

5) Design of pit slopes, ramps and waste dumps using Surpac

6) Advanced Production Planning & Scheduling in open pit mines (using MineSched)

7) Estimation of rock support (rock bolt, shotcrete, etc.) requirement using Empirical approach

8) Preparation of B&P mining system (galleries, pillar size, excavation requirement etc.) for a given geo-mining condition

9) Design of Stope size and Crown pillar dimension for a u/g metalliferous mines using Empirical approach

10) Evaluation and reconciliation of as-design vs as-built structures (open pit mines, underground mines)

11) Selection of Optimal Shovel-Dumper combination for a surface mining operation

12) Use of Lidar and Photogrammetry data for mine modelling and evaluation (Prometheus Software)

13) Selection of mining method using UBC Modified Nicholas methods with case studies

14) Preparation of a mechanized mining system (CM/Longwall) (galleries, pillar size, excavation requirement etc.) for a given geo-mining condition

01. Understand the concept & principle of mine planning using industry accepted tools

02. Learn Designing of a pit, ramp & waste dumps

03. Ability to use Empirical approach in preliminary level mine designs

04: Understand use of new technologies tools and techniques for mine planning

CO1: Understand basis of pit design from exploration data

CO2: Able to design a open-pit mines from geological block model

CO3: Understand the practice of production planning & scheduling in both surface & underground mines

CO4: Evaluate stope design and pillar parameters in u/g metalliferous mines

Mark Kuchta and Willam Hustrulid, Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, CRC Press

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, Advances in Applied Strategic Mine Planning, Springer

Ernesto Villaescusa, Geotechnical Design for Sublevel Open Stoping, CRC Press

J. M. Galvin, Ground Engineering - Principles and Practices for Underground Coal Mining, Springer