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EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A5 Surface Mining Methods and Design, 2014-Dec. 3 hours duration, closed book; one hand-written 8.5×11 inch reference sheet and an approved Casio or Sharp calculator permitted. Question 1 is compulsory (40 marks, all seven parts 1.1–1.7); a candidate then selects THREE of Questions 2–7 (each worth 20 marks).
Reference texts: Hartman & Mutmansky (eds.), SME Mining Engineering Handbook, 3rd ed. (dragline stripping systems, truck-shovel productivity, mine dewatering, mine cost estimation); Hustrulid, Kuchta & Martin, Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, 3rd ed. (block-model economics, floating/moving-cone algorithm, the Lerchs–Grossmann graph-theoretic pit-optimization method); Kennedy, B.A. (ed.), Surface Mining, 2nd ed., SME (dragline range-diagram geometry, stripping methods); Lerchs, H. & Grossmann, I.F. (1965), “Optimum Design of Open-Pit Mines,” CIM Bulletin, 58, 47–54; Mular, A.L. & Poulin, R. (1998), CapCosts: A Handbook for Estimating Mining and Mineral Processing Equipment Costs, CIM Special Volume 47 (parametric open-pit capital-cost formulae used throughout Question 7).
