CE 559 Course title: MINING ENGINEERING

Module I: Introduction: Mineral History of India. Geological aspects controlling selection of mining
methods opencast and underground mining. Advantages and disadvantages of opencast mining and
underground mining. Mining and Environment. Haul roads in opencast mining. 8 Lectures

Module II: Rock Slope Engineering: Structural discontinuities and its impact on rock slope stability.
Wedge failure, plane failure, Circular failure and toppling failure. 8 Lectures

Module-III: Waste dump Stability: External and Internal dump. Different types of failure modes in waste
dumps. Factors influencing stability of external and internal dumps. 8 Lectures

Module IV: Case histories: Fatal accidents due to slope failure of rock slope and dump slope. Preventive
measures to tackle accident due to slope failure in surface mining. 8 Lectures

Module-V: Air and Noise Pollution and air blast: Mining related pollutants, Water Pollution, Water in
mineral industry. Ground vibration due to blasting. Land degradation and Subsidence : Reclamation of
mined land and waste dumps, re-vegetation, Prediction of subsidence, subsidence damage control,
Mine closure : Principles, Planning, financial provision, implementation, standards for closure criteria,
developing closure plans, progressive and mine closure. 8 Lectures

TEXT BOOK 1. Coal Mining and Management in Four volumes by Editors S P Mathur & N K Singh.

REFERENCE BOOK 1. A hand book on Dragline Dump profiles in Surface Coal Mines of India by Dr.
Indrajit Roy & Somesh Sengupta Gaps in the syllabus (to meet Industry/Profession requirements) Design
of real-time industrial projects.

Topics beyond syllabus/Advanced topics/Design Application of geo-technical engineering in opencast

mining engineering. POs met through Topics beyond syllabus/Advanced topics/Design

Q1. Discuss external dump and case studies – Ashwani Samrat.

Q2. Discuss internal dump and case studies – Abhishek Singh

Q3. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of opencast mining – Abhishek Singh and Yawar Malik

Q4. Discuss case studies of slope failure of Jayant ocp - Priyanshu Harsh

Q5. Discuss case studies of slope failure of Rajmahal ocp- Mukesh Kumar Singh

Q6. Discuss case studies of rock failures in opencast mines -Puja

Q7. Discuss Lignite mines of India and its slope failures – Neeraj Kumar

Q8. Discuss Monitoring techniques of Mine slopes - Yawar Malik

Q9. Discuss design of Haul roads in opencast mining - Sourav Kumar Singh.

Q10. Problems of waste handling of Mining and Thermal Power plants - Sourav Kumar.