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24-MMP-A5 Surface Mining Methods and Design: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 Availability and Utilization
  2. Question 2 Conventional Dragline Mining — Casting Methods
  3. Question 3 Cost Indices
  4. Question 4 Short-Term vs. Long-Term Mine Planning
  5. Question 5 Truck Spotting and Drive Types
  6. Question 6 Block Models and Pit-Inclusion Rules
  7. Question 7 Dragline Range Diagram — Simple Side Casting
  8. Question 8 Pareto's Law and Capital Cost Indexes
  9. Question 9 Open-Pit Annual Production Schedule
  10. Question 10 Truck-Shovel System Productivity
  11. Question 11 Block Economics and Ultimate Pit Optimization (Moving Cone vs. Lerchs–Grossmann)

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EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A5 Surface Mining Methods and Design, 2014-May. 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 six parts 1.1–1.6); a candidate then selects THREE of Questions 2–6 (each worth 20 marks).

Reference texts: Hartman & Mutmansky (eds.), SME Mining Engineering Handbook, 3rd ed. (dragline stripping systems, truck-shovel productivity, mine cost estimation — the primary reference throughout this paper); 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, annual push-back scheduling); 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.