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MinE 301 Principles of Mining Engineering (3:3,0)
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General introduction: Importance of minerals, occurrences, ore reserves and grades. Past mining activities and developed mining techniques. Ore deposits in Saudi Arabia and contributions to development. Role of Deputy Ministry of Mineral Resources. An overview of mineral prospecting, ore exploration, and orebody delineation. Mine project planning, and development. Mine operation: drilling, ore extraction, haulage and mine equipment. Nature of mining industry. Mine environment, safety and reclamation.
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Prerequisite: EMR 101
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MinE 311 Rock Mechanics (I) (3:2,3)
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Engineering characteristics of rocks and discontinuities in them. Fundamentals of stress and strain analyses. Deformation behavior of rocks. Criteria of failure of isotropic and non-isotropic rocks. Strain energy concept and rock bursts. Stresses and strains around underground openings. Design of underground excavations. Pillar design and safe extraction ratio. Use of computer methods for analysis and design.
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Prerequisites: MinE 301, CE 202
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MinE 312 Rock Blasting (3:3,0)
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Fragmentation principles. Strength characteristics of rock. Properties of explosives. High explosives. Blasting agent. Initiation devices safety fuse, electric shot firing and detonating cords. Primers and boosters. Sequential firing. Practical usage of explosives. Blast-hole drilling. Blasting theory. Types of cuts. Application of computer programs in designing drill patterns for blasting in tunnels and other main headings. Blasting in stope operations. Blasting in coal mines.
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Prerequisite: PHYS 101
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MinE 321 Mine Planning (3:3,0)
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Design and planning of mine operations with emphasis on design and planning of surface lay-outs. Main access entries and secondary development openings. Underground layouts, etc. Long and short-term planning. Project planning to extract minerals. Project scheduling and systems analysis. Application of computer methods to mine planning and scheduling.
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Prerequisite: MinE 301
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MinE 322 Surface Mining (3:3,0)
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Current and future status of surface mining. Prospecting and exploration. Land and water acquisitions: Preliminary evaluation. Planning and engineering design of open-pits, quarries, and alluvial mining operations applying computer programs: Exploitation unit operations drilling, blasting, excavation. Loading, haulage & transportation, etc. Auxiliary operations. Organization, management and economics.
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Prerequisite: MinE 301
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MinE 323 Mining Methods (3:3,0)
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Classical mining techniques for narrow veins, wide lodes, massive and stratified deposits associated with corresponding methods of mine development. Classification of underground mining methods: configuration of the deposit, depth below surface, physical characteristics, applicability, flexibility, development, recovery, dilution, rate of extraction, unit costs, and safety. Methods of mine support. Stope mechanization. Coal mining methods. Application of computer methods.
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Prerequisite: MinE 301
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MinE 331 Mine Plant Design (I) (3:2,2)
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A review of applied mechanics principles. Classification of mine plant and equipment. Design parameters and selection of drills, excavators, loaders, scrapers, LHD machines and other miscellaneous underground equipment. Design of hoisting and rope haulage systems, including monorails and aerial ropeways. Applying computer-aided design programs.
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Prerequisite: MinE 301
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MinE 342 Mineral Processing (I) (4:3,2)
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Introduction to mineral processing. Efficiency of operations. Liberation. Concentration and Metallurgical Balances. Comminution and Classification. Sampling. Sizing. Gravity concentration. Heavy medium separation. Magnetic and electrostatic separation. Dewatering and tailings disposal. Examples of flowsheets, and computer applications in mineral processing. Brief introduction to flotation.
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Prerequisite: MinE 301
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MinE 390 Summer Training (10 Weeks) (2:0,0)
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Training in industry under the supervision of a staff member. Student has to submit a report about his achievements during training in addition to any other requirements as assigned by the department.
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Prerequisites: MinE 301
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MinE 400 Cooperative Work (26 Weeks) (8:0,0)
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Training in industry under the supervision of a staff member. Students should submit a final report about their training in addition to any other requirements as assigned by the department.
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Prerequisites : MinE 301, IE 201
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MinE 401 Mine Surveying (3:2,3)
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Surface and underground surveying, involving methods of transferring the meridian underground. The Geotheodolite. Tunnel Surveying. Laser methods. Stope surveying. Preparation and plotting of mine maps applying computer programs. Computation of earthworks. Application of geodesy and triangulation to mining problems.
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Prerequisites :MinE 301, CE 371
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MinE 402 Principles of Mining Engineering (3:3,0)
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General introduction: Contributions of a national mining industry to Saudi Arabia. Economic minerals: resources. reserves and grades. Concept of ore recovery, dilution, and upgrade. Mine products sales revenues, concentrate grades, metal recovery, and prices. Production rate and cost estimation. Concept of time value of money; an overview of cashflow, taxes, and deductions. Finance and economic analysis using spreadsheets. Introduction to sensitivity and statistical analysis.
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Prerequisite: MinE 301, IE 255
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MinE 403 Mine Laws and Management (3:3,0)
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The Mining Code of Saudi Arabia and its comparison with the mining laws of industrialized countries. Mineral concession and conservation laws. Mine labour and safety laws. Management structure. The structure of a modern mining industry . Organization. Co-ordination and control. Human relations. Management techniques: Principles of Operations Research and its application in mining using computer software. Project scheduling. Gantt charts , PERT , CPM, and other deterministic methods.
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Prerequisites: MinE 301, IE 256
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MinE 404 Mine Data Analysis (3:3,0)
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Introduction to principles of statistics-random variables. Sampling & distributions. Statistical analysis. Principles of geostatistics, Krigging method. Geostatistical simulation for mineral prospecting, Ore grade and ore reserve estimation. Geostatistical applications in Mining Engineering. Utilizing computer program.
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Prerequisites: MinE 301
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MinE 411 Rock Mechanics (II) (3:3,1)
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Design of support and reinforcement of underground openings. Subsidence and caving. Stability analyses. Design and monitoring of open pit slopes: Slope failures: preventive and corrective measures. Stability of waste rock dumps and tailings dams. Wave propagation in rocks and its application to mining problems. Application of computer methods in relation to slope stability .
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Prerequisite: MinE 311
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MinE 412 Experimental Rock Mechanics (3:2,2)
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Problems of rock engineering: Surface and underground instrumentation: In-situ tests on rocks. Measurement of static and dynamic properties, their co-relationship. Instruments for measurement of physical and mechanical properties. Determination of static and dynamic modulii and their application in design of underground openings. Application of computer programs .
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Prerequisite: MinE 311
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MinE 421 Tunneling Engineering (3:3,0)
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Classification of tunnels. Preliminary studies including economic, geological and geo-technical parameters and their influence on tunnelling. Route survey and alignment of tunnels. Stress distribution around tunnels. Methods and techniques employed in tunnelling in hard and medium rocks as well as in weak rock and soils. Tunnelling under water. Application of computer programs.
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Prerequisites: MinE 311, MinE 312
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MinE 432 Mine Plant Design (II) (3:2,2)
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Design parameters and selection criteria of such open-pit equipment as blast-hole drills, bulldozers, shovels, front-end loaders, draglines, bucket-wheel excavators, power scrapers and dredges. Design of haulage systems: locomotives, conveyors, elevators, trucks and fluid transport. Mine drainage and pumping. Application of computer programs.
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Prerequisites: MinE 301, MinE 331
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MinE 441 Mineral Processing (II) (3:2,2)
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Introduction to the theory of flotation. Reagents in flotation. Contact angle at solid/liquid/air interface. Gibbs adsorption equation as applied to flotation. Adsorption of collectors on minerals. The importance of pH in flotation. Activation and depression in flotation . Theories of the electrical double layer at mineral-water interfaces. Flotation circuits and machines. Concentration of iron, phosphates, copper, lead, zinc, and other ores, by flotation. Application of computer programs in concentration of some ores by flotation and other mineral processing techniques.
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Prerequisite: MinE 342
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MinE 442 Mine Environmental Engineering (3:3,0)
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Impact of mining on environment. Mine surface vegetation control. Air, water and noise pollution and control. Planning, methods, and costs. Legislative regulations and implementation. Public relations. Mine land. Reclamation and regional restoration
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Prerequisites: MinE 322, MinE 323, MinE 342
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MinE 443 Mine Ventilation and Safety (4:3,2)
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Introduction to mine ventilation and its control. Sources of heat and humidity in mines. Physiological effects and permissible limits. Sources of dust, and its suppression. Mine fires and explosions. Ventilation flow and its principles utilizing computer methods. Main fans and boosters. Occupational diseases of miners. Mine accidents. Mine safety. Personal Protective equipments. Mine health and safety laws. Mine rescue and recovery procedures.
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Prerequisites: MinE 323, MEP 290
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MinE 444 Principles of Metallurgy (3:3,0)
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Introduction to Metallurgy. The metallurgy of Pig iron. The iron blast furnace. The manufacture of steel. Production of copper by hydrometallurgical processes. Production of alumina from bauxite ores. The aluminium reduction cell. Recovery of gold and silver by amalgamation and cyanidation. Brief account on the metallurgy of lead and zinc. Examples of flowsheets, and computer application in metallurgy.
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Prerequisite: MinE 342
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MinE 470 Special Topics in Mining (3:3,0)
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Selected topics in major to specialize in one of the Mining Engineering areas.
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Prerequisite: MinE 301
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MinE 499 Senior Project (4:4,6)
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Final preparations for the review and/or experimental work. Procurement of available information and data and/or conducting experimental work. Data processing, Analysis of results, Preparation of the project report.
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Prerequisites: MinE 331, MinE 403
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