Subject · Mining engineering

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İF-36113y6 creditsAutumn semesterMandatory2025-2026

Topic plan

The subject's topics and the learning outcomes attached to each one.

21 topics
  1. 1. Mineral deposits and their development methods

    Lecture

    Comparative analysis of existing underground and open methods for the classification, characterization and industrial development of mineral deposits.

  2. 2. Mountain rocks as an object of processing

    Lecture

    The physical-mechanical and technological properties of mountain rocks affecting the processes of excavation, loading and blasting are studied.

  3. 3. General information about open pit mining

    Lecture

    Basic understanding of elements of quarries, stages of open pit mining, main and auxiliary production processes is given.

  4. 4. Processes of preparation of rocks for extraction

    Lecture

    Stages of preparation for rock mass excavation, direct extraction of soft rocks and methods of preparing hard rocks for crushing are explained.

  5. 5. Mechanical crushing of mountain rocks. the main provisions of the preparation of rocks by blasting

    Lecture

    The theory of breaking solid rocks by explosive energy and the principles of mechanical crushing of semi-rock rocks are studied.

  6. 6. Drilling and blasting works in quarries

    Lecture

    Blast well drilling machines, drilling technologies and stages of mass blasting are studied in open pit mines.

  7. 7. Explosives and explosive devices

    Lecture

    The properties of industrial explosives (igdanite, granulite, etc.) and detonation means used in open works are analyzed.

  8. 8. Parameters of explosion wells and constructions of shots

    Lecture

    At the career stages, the location schemes of the well network, the diameter and depth of the well, the types of shot load (whole, intermediate) and their calculation are explained.

  9. 9. Repeated crushing of rocks by blasting

    Lecture

    The methods of re-shredding large-sized (out-of-standard) rock fragments (oversizes) created after a massive explosion are studied.

  10. 10. Drilling-blasting works in selective extraction. procedure for safe blasting operations. markshader provision of drilling and blasting works

    Lecture

    Sorting (selective) extraction of complex ores, blasting safety norms and blast block marker measurements are taught.

  11. 11. Waste management

    Lecture

    The storage of loose rocks (waste) extracted during mining operations, the design and setting of parameters of landfills are studied.

  12. 12. Excavator dumps. dragline dumps

    Lecture

    The schemes of collecting loose rock in the landfill by means of mechanical shovel excavators and draglines and their productivity are analyzed.

  13. 13. Creating landfills in different areas. basic provisions of safety rules in landfill creation and reclamation

    Lecture

    The organization of landfills according to the terrain (plain, mountainous), soil protection, recultivation (restoration) processes and environmental safety measures applied at this time are explained.

  14. 14. Extraction of minerals by special methods

    Lecture

    In contrast to the traditional excavator method, the principles of non-traditional, special open extraction technologies (for example, physical-chemical washing, thermal methods) are studied.

  15. 15. Hydraulic transport

    Lecture

    Transportation of mountain mass through water flow (pulp) with pipes or open channels, the basics and equipment of hydromechanization are studied.

  16. 16. Opening of mineral deposits

    Lecture

    The methods of digging capital ditches (trenches), construction of transport roads and ensuring access to the deposit are explained for the preparation of open fields for exploitation.

  17. 17. Open development systems

    Lecture

    Classification of open pit mining operations (operational systems), mutual spatial and temporal relations of excavation, transport and disposal operations are studied.

  18. 18. Elements of open development systems and their settings

    Lecture

    The working zone of the quarry, the step height, the width of the working area, the advance speed of the front and the effect of these parameters on the production are investigated.

  19. 19. Processing of beds by the combined method. environmental protection in mining

    Lecture

    Simultaneous or consecutive open and underground processing of the deposit, as well as ways to minimize the damage caused by open-pit mining to nature are studied.

  20. 20. Economics, organization and planning of open pit mining

    Lecture

    The organization of quarry production, the management of a mining enterprise, the preparation of annual/monthly plans and the effective division of labor are studied.

  21. 21. Approximate technical and economic indicators of open-pit mining

    Lecture

    Methodology for calculating the cost of 1 ton (or m³) of minerals, the utilization rate of fixed assets, labor productivity and the overall profitability of the project is presented.