COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING AND MACHINERY-EQUIPMENT SELECTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDN 3301 OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING AND MACHINERY-EQUIPMENT SELECTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Mining Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR GÜRCAN KONAK

Offered to

Mining Engineering
Mining Engineering

Course Objective

The objective of this elective course is to teach the open pit mine planning stages and the effective factors in this planning and also to teach topics that are forwarded to the suitable selection of machinery and equipment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to determine the design parameters intended to open pit production planning,
2   To gain the skill of geometric dimensioning for an open pit mine,
3   To be able to design the stages of an open pit production plan,
4   To be able to make proper machinery-equipment selection depending on the open pit mining method and rock properties,
5   To be able to calculate the capacities of machinery and equipment and to be able to make economic analysis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of general terms regarding to open pit mining method
2 Importance of open pit design and the operations included in this planning
3 Aims of open mine planning and the factors that must be taken into consideration
4 Open pit geometry, slope angles, design of excavation parameters
5 Stages of open pit mine planning-factors which affect short, medium and long term planning
6 Examples of open pit mine planning
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Selection criteria for excavation and loading macihenry and equipment at open pits
9 Diggability classification systems at open pit mines
10 Determination of operation parameters intended to the machinery-equipment selection at open pits
11 Open pit machinery and equipment and their technical features
12 Working conditions of excavator, dragline, bucket-wheel excavator and their selection criteria
13 Open pit mine transport systems
14 Project examples related to selection of machinery-equipment at open pit mines

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Köse, H., Yalçin E., Şimşir, F., Konak, G., Onargan, T., Kızıl, M. Open pit mining technique (in Turkish), DEU Engineering Faculty, Press, Izmir, Turkey.
Auxiliary sources:
Eskikaya, Ş. Mining engineering-open pit mining handbook (in Turkish), TMMOB Chamber of Mining Engineers Press.
William, A., Hustrulid, W. (2006). Open pit mine planning and design , Taylor & Francis, 991 pages.
Saltoğlu, S. (1992). Open pit mines , (in Turkish), ITU Press, No: 1472, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kennedy, B.A. (1990). Surface mining , SME Inc., Colorado, USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

It will be conducted in the form of in-class presentations, visual explanations, in-class discussions and homework presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam 1 : LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4
Homework : LO 4, LO 5
Final Exam : LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Gürcan KONAK (Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering Department, 35160 Tınaztepe Campus Buca/Izmir-Turkey)
Phone : 232 301 75 24 E-mail : gurcan.konak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On Tuesdays, between 1:00-3:00 p.m.
On Thursdays, between 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1431311122321
LO.24424321244431
LO.33513211123421
LO.435131123321
LO.545411123331

CONTACT INFORMATION
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