ABSTRACT

Building on the success of its 2006 predecessor, this 3rd edition of Open Pit Mine Planning and Design has been both updated and extended, ensuring that it remains the most complete and authoritative account of modern open pit mining available. Five new chapters on unit operations have been added, the revenues and costs chapter has been substantial

chapter 1|46 pages

MINE PLANNING

chapter 2|139 pages

MINING REVENUES AND COSTS

chapter 3|104 pages

OREBODY DESCRIPTION

chapter 4|119 pages

GEOMETRICAL CONSIDERATIONS

chapter 5|95 pages

PIT LIMITS

chapter 6|166 pages

PRODUCTION PLANNING

chapter 8|41 pages

RESPONSIBLE MINING

chapter 9|39 pages

ROCK BLASTING

chapter 10|79 pages

ROTARY DRILLING

chapter 11|25 pages

SHOVEL LOADING

chapter 12|72 pages

HAULAGE TRUCKS

chapter 13|29 pages

MACHINE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION

chapter 14|51 pages

THE CSMine TUTORIAL

chapter 15|114 pages

CSMine USER’S GUIDE

chapter 16|58 pages

THE MicroMODEL V8.1 MINE DESIGN SOFTWARE

chapter 17|61 pages

Orebody case examples