Open pit mine planning & design / William Hustrulid, Mark Kuchta & Martin R.

Contents

1. Mine planning
1.1 introduction
1.2 mine development phases
1.3 an initial data collection checklist, etc

2. Mining revenues and costs
2.1 introduction
2.2 economic concepts including cash flows
2.3 estimating revenues, etc

3. Orebody description
3.1 introduction
3.2 mine maps
3.3 geologic information, etc

4. Geometrical considerations
4.1introduction
4.2 basic bench geometry
4.3 Ore access, etc

5. Pit limits
5.1 introduction
5.2 hand methods
5.3 economic block models, etc

6. Production planning
6.1 introduction
6.2 some basic mine life-plant size concepts
6.3 Taylor's mine life rule, etc

7. Reporting of mineral resources Ore reserves
7.1 introduction
7.2 The JORC code-2004 edition.
7.3 The CIM best practice guidelines for the estimation of mineral resources and mineral reserves-general guidelines, etc

8. Responsible mining
8.1 introduction
8.2 The 1972 united nations conference on the human environment
8.3 world commission on environment and development, etc

9. Rock blasting
9.1 General introduction to mining unit operations
9.2 rock blasting

10. Rotary drilling
10.1 brief history of rotary drill bits
10.2 rock removal action
10.3 rock bit components, etc

11. Shovel loading
11.1 introduction
11.2 operational practices
11.3 dipper capacity, etc

12. Haulage trucks
12.1 introduction
12.2 sizing the container
12.3 powering the container, etc

13. Machine availability and utilization
13.1 introduction
13.2 time flow
13.3 Availability- node 1, etc

Includes bibliographic references . _ Index :p.995-1004