Taylor and Francis Open Pit Mine Planning and Design

• ISBN: 9781466575127
• Authors: William A. Hustrulid,Mark Kuchta,Randall K. Martin
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 30/08/2013

This textbook enables (under)graduate students to take a fast-track approach to surface and open pit mine planning and design and geological excavation engineering. User-friendly software guides the student through the planning and design steps, and the drillhole data sets allow the described principles to be practised via mining properties case examples. Volume 1 covers fundamental concepts involved in planning and design. Volume 2 deals with the CSMine and MicroMODEL Academic version 8.1 mine planning software packages, which are also included on a CD together with their associated tutorials and user manuals. This third edition has been revised, updated and significantly expanded.