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MPE 209 Mining Methods

ND2 levelEngineering & Technology15 topics

MPE 209 covers 15 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. Open-pit mining fundamentals
  2. Open-pit mine development methods
  3. Open-pit machinery and ore extraction
  4. Quarrying operations
  5. Glory-hole mining
  6. Surface mine transportation systems
  7. Surface mining storage facilities
  8. Underground mine entry and development
  9. Development drilling patterns and mucking
  10. Underground mining methods for metalliferous deposits
  11. Mining of stratified deposits
  12. Panel and conventional mining systems
  13. Longwall advancing and retreating
  14. Cutting machinery, cutters and picks
  15. Underground loaders and applications

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Open-pit mining fundamentals

Open‑pit mining fundamentals cover the basic principles that govern the design, planning and operation of surface mines. Mastery of pit geometry, cut‑off grades, waste‑to‑ore ratios, and the economic and safety implications of pit design is essential for the NUC CCMAS / NBTE / NCCE exams, as these concepts underpin all subsequent calculations and decision‑making in mining engineering.

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