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Opencast Mining of Deposits

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Course Unit Code542-0087/06
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HUM72Ing. Martin Hummel, Ph.D.
STE0150Ing. Jiří Štěrba
Summary
The student will amplify her/his knowledge from previous subjects,
concentrating on the opencast mining of coal and non-metalliferous deposits,
largely for constructional building industry, including the specificities of
effacement broken activities landscape revitalization after opencast mining.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of this subject is inform students about questions of systems opencast mining of coal, ore and another deposit.
Course Contents
Course Syllabus:

1st Problems fracture of coal mining, building materials and silicates in
CR and the world
2nd Selected terminology quarry mining.
3rd Natural conditions affecting the choice of mining methods.
4th Legislation binding to quarry mining deposits.
5th Mining methods.
6th Cyclical mining technology.
7th Continuous mining technology.
8th Systems of nontransport quarry mining.
9th Transport systems quarry mining.
10th Dump and pipe economy in quarries, quarry dewatering.
11th Mechanization on the spoil banks and tips.
12th Mining coherent rocks.
13th Mining loose and powdery rocks.
14th Remediation and Reclamation terrains after exploitation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
B.A. Kennedy.: Surface Mining - 2nd ed.. - Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990 - xi, 1194 s. : il., mapy ISBN 0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7
Klimecký,O. a kol.: Dobývání ložisek II., učebnice SNTL Praha, Praha 1988, 287 s.
Kryl,V. a kol.: Povrchové dobývání ložisek, skripta ES VŠB – TU Ostrava,
Ostrava, 1997 ISBN 80-7078-396-6, 282 s.
Recommended Reading:
Hummel, M.: Mining and Environment, Ostrava, 2005
Kryl,V., Vavruška,O.: Návody do cvičení z lomového dobývání, ES VŠB Ostrava,
Ostrava, 1988, 202 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined