UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BMN054

Surface Mining

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Mining Engineering · Sem 5 (Departmental Elective-II)

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Syllabus

5 units
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction to Surface Mining

Definition of important terms, Advantages and disadvantages of surface mining, Various surface mining methods, introduction to unit operations in surface mining. Introduction to various types of machineries used in surface mining.

Unit2

Unit 2: Open Pit Design and Layouts

Important parameters of Open pit design; Design of Benches, Ultimate pit, stripping ratio, Break even stripping ratio, Different methods of opening up the deposits; Box cuts, internal and external box cut, Methods of driving Box cuts; Layout of open pits; Layout of waste dumps.

Unit3

Unit 3: Drilling and blasting

Different Types of Drill Machines Used in Open Pits; Rotary, Percussive and Rotary Percussive Drilling, Selection of Drill Machines on the basis of Drill-ability; Inclined Drilling; their Advantages and Disadvantages. Terminology for bench blasting; parameter affecting surface blasting; designing surface blasting.

Unit4

Unit 4: Pit preparation, Loading and Excavation

Dozers, Scrapers, Front-End Loaders, Grader, Back Hoe, their Construction, Operation, Suitability and applicability; Shovel, Dragline, Hydraulic Excavators, Multi Bucket Excavators, their Construction, Specifications, Operation, Suitability and Applicability.

Unit5

Unit 5: Transport in open pits

Automobile Transport, Rail Transport and Conveyors; their Suitability; Computation of their Productivity; Automation in Open Pit transport such as Truck Dispatch System.

Course Outcomes (COs)4 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understanding the various methods of surface mining techniques
  2. CO2Application of design principles for stable benches and overall pit slopes
  3. CO3Orient with different equipment for surface mining
  4. CO4Apprehend the impact of surface mining on environment

Text Books

  1. Surface Mining Vol 1, Author G. B. Misra, Publisher Dhanbad Publishers, 1979
  2. Surface mining equipment: Martin, Publisher Martin Consultants
  3. SME Mining Engineering Handbook, Editor(s): Peter Darling (Editor-in-Chief for 3rd Edition), Arthur B. Cummins (2nd Ed.), Ivan A. Given (1st Ed.), Publisher: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
  4. Surface Mining, Editor(s): B.A. Kennedy (Bruce A. Kennedy / Barbara A. Kennedy), Publisher: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
  5. Surface Mining Technology, Author(s): Mostafa Mohamed Ali Elbeblawi, Hassan Ali Abdelhak Elsaghier, Mostafa Tantawy Mohamed Amin, Wael Rashad Elrawy Abdellah, Publisher: Springer

Recommended books

  1. Elements of Mining Tech. (Vol- 1), D. J . Deshmukh.
  2. Surface Mining Technology, Samir Kumar Das.
  3. Elements of Mining Tech. (Vol- 1), D. J . Deshmukh.
  4. Surface Mining Technology, Samir Kumar Das.
  5. Heavy Earth Moving Machines, Amitosh de. U M S

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 18, 19 of the original AKTU PDF.

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