Syllabus - Surface Mine Planning (MI702 (B))

Dragline, Stripping Shovel Layouts of open pit mines, Methods of sidecasting, Sidecasting by Stripping Shovel and Dragline, Range/ Balancing Diagram, calculation of operating radius. Layouts of waste dumps. Design of Haul roads

Introduction to continuous surface mining equipment, Bucket wheel excavators, constructional features, basic operation and productivity, Continuous surface miner, their construction, basic operation and productivity. Face Layouts.

Ultimate pit design, Factors affecting ultimate pit limits; Significance of ultimate pit limits; Manual methods of developing ultimate pit limits. Floating cone technique, Production planning, some basic mine life and plant size concepts, Mine and Mill plant sizing

Introduction to rock slope engineering, Slopes in surface mines and their formation, Pit slopes and their influence on mine economics, Slope/Dump stability, Factors influencing slope/dump stability, various types of slope failure and their geometrical conditions.

Determination of factor of safety of a slope under plane and circular failure, planning of slope stability investigations, Stabilization and protection methods for stability of slopes. Waste dump stability parameters