The
course aims to introduce students to basic concepts, definitions and design
principles related to raw material exploitation methods. More specifically, it
includes five main sections that are critical to the safe and economic
operation of surface and underground exploitations:
- Unit operations of mining.
- Surface mining methods
- Slope stability.
- Underground methods.
- Ventilation.
- Rock Mechanics.
- Basic design principles in AutoCAD or SURPAC.
After successfully completing the course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding in basic principles of safe mining design.
- Apply their knowledge and understanding the design of an operation from the selection of the appropriate equipment to the rehabilitation of the mine after the end of operations.
- Gather and interpret the necessary information needed to define the optimum method used in the mineral extraction.
- Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Develop those learning skills that are necessary for them to continue to undertake further study with a high degree of autonomy.
- Use modern tools to design critical mining operations.
Course type: Semester-Long Course
Duration: 13 weeks
Instructor(s): Michael Galetakis, Georgios Xiroudakis
University offering the course: Technical University of Crete
Semester: Spring/Summer
Language: English