MRED 406 SURFACE MINING

Terminology, basic elements of exploration, designing and scheduling of open pit exploitation; exploitation of decorative stones (mining with drilling, diamond wire cutting, chain saw, mild explosions and combinations); theory of mechanical drilling and cutting of rocks, selection of equipment (rotational or/and impact), compressed air networks; non-continuous mining and transport; mechanics of open pit exploitation, techno-economic analysis of technical works, yield of mechanical shovels.

Laboratory exercises: study of open-pit exploitation or marble quarry.