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CET 213 Geology and Mining of Cement Raw Materials

ND2 levelEngineering & Technology17 topics

CET 213 covers 17 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Sources and classification of cement raw materials
  2. Distribution and assessment of cement raw material deposits in Nigeria
  3. Rock mechanics for excavation design and support
  4. Formation and exploitation of geologic deposits
  5. Introduction to geology and branches of geology
  6. Rocks, minerals and cement raw materials
  7. Sources and characteristics of cement raw materials
  8. Distribution of cement raw material deposits in Nigeria
  9. Deposit assessment, prospecting and reserve estimation
  10. Geostatistical and computer-aided deposit evaluation
  11. Rock mechanics: stress, strain and elasticity
  12. Rock properties, failure theory and rock mass classification
  13. Excavation design, support selection and in-situ stress
  14. Surface mining methods and unit operations
  15. Bench design, tonnage estimation and production scheduling
  16. Factors affecting mining methods
  17. Hard rock mining methods, blasting and mine safety

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Sources and classification of cement raw materials

Cement raw materials are the building blocks of Portland cement, mainly consisting of limestone, clay, and other minerals that supply calcium, silica, alumina, and iron. Understanding their sources and classification—by chemical composition, mineralogy, and source locality—is essential for predicting raw mix design, energy consumption, and environmental impact.

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