Mine Planning - MINE3230
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Mining Engineering
Course Outline: http://www.mining.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequsite: MINE3220
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Students will be expected to complete a mine planning project with emphasis on pit optimisation, long term production scheduling and financial evaluation.
This course involves the following topics:
- Mine planning process
- Economic environment and mine planning
- Role of feasibility studies in mine planning
- Project evaluation techniques
- Open pit and underground mine optimisation
- Mine scheduling and production planning
- Cut-off grade analysis
- Financial technical modelling and revenue assumptions
- Sensitivity and risk analysis
- Mine closure planning