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Revision as of 13:07, 28 January 2019
This page contains a hyperlinked list of pages that have been completed as part of Mine 448 - underground mine design project. Each topic has been completed as part of the course requirements for the design groups. It is hoped that with time, these guides will accumulate into a useful resource for the course. Comments on any of these topics can be left in the discussion page attached to each topic page.
List of topics related to the mine design process:
Contents
The general environment in which the mine exists
- Company objectives
- Description of objectives
- General mine site considerations
- Location and access
- Confirmation of legal ownership of property
- Exploration and development committments
- Infrastructure availability
- Previous production
- The social commitments
- Social engagement
- Environmental Permitting
- Legal environment
- Business drivers
- Risks and Benchmarking
- Organizational Design
Information required for mine design
- The geological model
- Geostatistics and resource estimation techniques
- Cut-off grade estimation
- Mining in the Arctic
The stages of mine design
- The stages of mine design
- Pre-evaluation study
- Scoping study
- Pre-feasibility study
- Feasibility study
- Detailed design
- Project management principles
Geotechnical engineering
- Master list of tasks required for various stages of mine design
- Site investigation and rock mass characterization
- Geotechnical site investigation
- Stress measurement
- Stability Graph Method
- Numerical modelling
- Ground support
- Mine dewatering
- Mine waste dump stability analysis
- Dynamic stability analysis of tailings dams
- Mining induced seismicity
Mining methods
- Factors influencing mining method selection
- Selection of mining method
- Estimation of the potential production rate
- Dilution and ore recovery
- Block caving
- Sublevel caving
- Cut and fill
- Longhole mining
- Shrinkage stoping
- Hard-rock room and pillar
- Crown pillars
- Solution mining
Mine infrastructure
- Equipment selection
- Crushers
- Shaft vs. Ramp Access
- Ramp design
- Shaft construction
- Access drifts
- Mine service facilities
- Ore and waste passes
- Conveyor systems
- Ventilation
- Use of explosives
- Backfill
- Port Facilities
- Ice roads
- Energy considerations for off-grid mines
- Fly-in fly-out mines
Mineral processing
Economics and finance
- Economic Evaluation Checklist - Mineral Projects
- Project economics
- Net smelter return
- Project Evaluation Methods
- Metal price forecasting
- Equipment purchase vs leasing
- Shipping costs
