MEng/Mining and Mineral Engineering

MINE6106 MINE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

MEng/Mining and Mineral Engineering

MINE6105 Rock slope Engineer⁵

MEng/Mining and Mineral Engineering

MINE6104 ADVANCED SURFACE MINE DESIGN

MEng/Mining and Mineral Engineering

MINE6103 ADVANCED UNDERGROUND MINE DESIGN

MEng/Mining and Mineral Engineering

MINE6102 ADVANCED MINE VENTILATION

Objective: Review and synthesize knowledge to identify and provide solutions to complex mine
ventilation problems; Evaluate complex ideas in mine ventilation; Develop specialized technical
and creative skills using appropriate tools to solve problems in mine ventilation

Course content: Review of elementary mine ventilation; Review and extension of mine
ventilation network analysis; Optimization of mine ventilation systems; Design and planning of
Chilled water reticulation systems; Design and Planning of Mine refrigeration systems; Ice as a
mine coolant; Methane drainage systems; Radon and Radon daughter control in mines; The effects
of mine fires on ventilation and the prediction of these events; Stench analysis

MEng/Mining and Mineral Engineering

MINE6101 ADVANCED ROCK MECHANICS

The course is aimed at providing an overview of  mine design and operations fundamentals with a focus on the future trends which consider where the industry will be in the next decade(s). topics vies an over-arching significance to social, environmental, health amd safety considerations in traditional designs and operation decision-making.At the end of the course  the students would have aquired skills on theory based problem solving motivating self-reliance and independence; they will also show a mastery of mining environment security. some of the topics treated in this course will include; theory of elasticity, strength and deformation of rock, insitu stresses, methods of escavation Analysis, mine fill anddesign of filling systems, rock and cable bolt systems, hydraulic yielding roof support systems, mine seismicity etc.