Overview
This unit introduces students to the improved safety and productivity of mining methods from an historical perspective. Students will investigate the social, environmental and economic sustainability of Australian mining operations and the impact of Australian laws on coal and metalliferous, underground and surface mining, blast design, and mineral processing. During the unit students will be expected to demonstrate an effective and professional level of teamwork, communication and support for collaborative peer group learning through the use of forums, reflective journals and workbooks.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student verbal feedback via Zoom tutorials.
Students who engaged with the unit's content via Zoom tutorials and videos felt they got a lot out of the unit and the content was relevant to their workplaces.
To keep offering Zoom tutorials in the evenings to keep engaging with working students.
- Analyse the historical development of mining methods to determine the key factors that have improved the safety and productivity of mining operations.
- Assess the social, environmental and economic sustainability of Australian mining operations.
- Outline the acts and regulations associated with Australian law that impact on blast design and mineral processing for surface, underground, coal and metalliferous mining.
- Determine a suitable blast design for a coal or metalliferous deposit in a surface mining operation.
- Evaluate suitable mineral processing methods for the extraction, separation and concentration of various coal and metalliferous products.
- Demonstrate an effective and professional level of teamwork, communication and support for collaborative peer group learning through the use of forums, reflective journals and workbooks.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 45% | ||||||
| 4 - Portfolio - 0% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | |||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 45% | |||||||||||
| 4 - Portfolio - 0% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Introductory Mining Engineering
- Edition: Second (2002)
- Authors: Hartman, HL & Mutmansky, JM
- John Wiley and Sons
- Hoboken Hoboken , New Jersey , USA
- ISBN: 0-471-34851-1
- Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
Copies can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Word processing software (e.g. Microsoft Word)
- Zoom capacity (web cam and microphone)
- Speadsheet Software
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
b.donnelly@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 11 Mar 2019Module/Topic
Introduction to Mining
Chapter
Hartman & Mutmansky
Chapter 1: Introductory Mining Engineering,
Reading in Week 1 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Course Introduction
Week 2
Begin Date: 18 Mar 2019Module/Topic
Mine Development
Chapter
Hartman & Mutmansky
Chapter 4: Sections 4.1 to 4.6
Chapter 6: Sections 6.1
Reading in Week 2 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Mine Development
Week 3
Begin Date: 25 Mar 2019Module/Topic
Mining Methods
Chapter
Hartman & Mutmansky
Chapter 07: Sections 7.1 to 7.5
Chapter 08: All
Chapter 09: Sections 9.1 to 9.5
Chapter 10: Sections 10.1 to 10.5
Chapter 11: Sections 11.1 to 11.5
Chapter 12: Sections 12.1 to 12.4
Reading in Week 3 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Mining Methods
Week 4
Begin Date: 01 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Mine Surveying
Chapter
Reading in Week 4 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Mine Surveying
Assignment 1 Due: Week 4 Monday (1 Apr 2019) 8:00 am AEST
Learning Portfolio Due: Week 4 Monday (1 Apr 2019) 8:00 am AEST
Week 5
Begin Date: 08 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Mine Planning
Chapter
Hartman & Mutmansky
Chapter 06: Sections 6.2 to 6.5
Chapter 07: Sections 7.7
Chapter 09: Sections 9.6
Chapter 10: Sections 10.6 and 10.7
Chapter 11: Sections 11.1 to 11.6
Reading in Week 5 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session Session - Mine Planning
Vacation Week - Non Teaching Week
Begin Date: 15 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Vacation Week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Week 6
Begin Date: 22 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Blast Design
Week 7
Begin Date: 29 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Mine Ventilation and Mine Environmental Hazards
Chapter
Hartman & Mutmansky
Chapter 12: Section 12.5
Reading in Week 7 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session Session - Mine Ventilation
Assignment 2 Due: Week 7 Monday (29 Apr 2019) 8:00 am AEST
Week 8
Begin Date: 06 May 2019Module/Topic
Mining and the Environment
Chapter
Hartman & Mutmansky
Chapter 2: Section 2.4
Reading in Week 8 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Mining and the Environment
Week 9
Begin Date: 13 May 2019Module/Topic
Health and Safety
Chapter
Hartman & Mutmansky
Chapter 2: Section 2.3
Reading in Week 9 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Health and Safety
Week 10
Begin Date: 20 May 2019Module/Topic
Introduction to Mineral Processing
Chapter
Reading in Week 10 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Introduction to Mineral Processing
Week 11
Begin Date: 27 May 2019Module/Topic
Metallurgical Processing
Chapter
Reading in Week 11 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Metallurgical Processing
Week 12
Begin Date: 03 Jun 2019Module/Topic
Hydrometallurgical Processing
Chapter
Reading in Week 12 Moodle Block
Events and Submissions/Topic
Weekly Zoom Tutorial Session - Hydrometallurgical Processing
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 10 Jun 2019Module/Topic
No module or topic for review week.
Chapter
No reading required.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Week
Begin Date: 17 Jun 2019Module/Topic
No module or topic for exam week.No exam.
Chapter
No reading required.
Events and Submissions/Topic
No exam.
Lecturer: Brendan Donnelly
email: b.donnelly@cqu.edu.au
Phone: 07 4940 7853
1 Written Assessment
This assessment is designed to strengthen your understanding of the historical development of mining methods and their social, environmental and economic impacts on Australian society. You will need to carefully review the material provided in Moodle and to answer the questions in the assignment.
In order to achieve this you will need to:
- review the detailed assignment questions found in Moodle
- review relevant literature (textbooks, websites, etc) to gain a broad understanding of costs, processes and procedures associated with sampling and testing rocks.
- research the primary literature to locate relevant current primary sources (i.e. scientific journal articles written in the last 3 years)
- complete the assignment questions in your own words, making effective use of the available resources
Your assignment should be produced in an electronic format using word, excel and pdf documents. Submit your assignment through the assessment link on Moodle.
Note: All submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin). You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Week 4 Monday (1 Apr 2019) 8:00 am AEST
Submit using the link on the ENAR12014 moodle page.
Vacation Week Monday (15 Apr 2019)
Assignments will be returned with feedback within two weeks.
Use clear, coherent sentences.
Where appropriate, include clearly labelled diagrams.
Ensure photographs, pictures and diagrams are correctly labelled, introduced and referred to within the text of the answer.
Ensure formulae and workings are shown in sufficient detail to clearly explain how the answer was derived.
Answers should show correct units of measure eg. (m, MN, m2, tonnes, m3, oC, etc).
Correctly cite and reference sources of information. Include a list of references at the end of the assignment.
Use mining and mineral processing terminology correctly.
Refer to assignment specific assessment criteria listed in Moodle for further details.
- Analyse the historical development of mining methods to determine the key factors that have improved the safety and productivity of mining operations.
- Assess the social, environmental and economic sustainability of Australian mining operations.
- Outline the acts and regulations associated with Australian law that impact on blast design and mineral processing for surface, underground, coal and metalliferous mining.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
This assessment is designed to strengthen your understanding of the technical aspects of mining associated with drilling and fragmentation, mining acts and regulations and ventilation. You will need to carefully review the material provided in moodle and to answer the questions in the assignment.
In order to achieve this you will need to:
- review the detailed assignment questions found in Moodle
- review relevant literature (textbooks, websites, etc) to gain a broad understanding of costs, processes and procedures associated with sampling and testing rocks.
- research the primary literature to locate relevant current primary sources (scientific journal articles written in the last 3 years)
- complete the assignment questions in your own words that makes effective use of the sources of information
Your assignment should be produced in an electronic format using word, excel and pdf documents. Submit your assignment through the assessment link on Moodle.
Note: All submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin), hence the requirement to submit the documents as pdf files. You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Week 7 Monday (29 Apr 2019) 8:00 am AEST
Submit using the link on the ENAR12014 moodle page.
Week 9 Monday (13 May 2019)
Assignments will be returned with feedback within two weeks.
Use clear, coherent sentences.
Where appropriate, include clearly labelled diagrams.
Ensure photographs, pictures and diagrams are correctly labelled, introduced and referred to within the text of the answer.
Ensure formulae and workings are shown in sufficient detail to clearly explain how the answer was derived.
Answers should show correct units of measure eg. (m, MN, m2, tonnes, m3, oC, etc).
Correctly cite and reference sources of information. Include a list of references at the end of the assignment.
Use mining and mineral processing terminology correctly.
Refer to assignment specific assessment criteria listed in Moodle for further details.
- Assess the social, environmental and economic sustainability of Australian mining operations.
- Outline the acts and regulations associated with Australian law that impact on blast design and mineral processing for surface, underground, coal and metalliferous mining.
- Determine a suitable blast design for a coal or metalliferous deposit in a surface mining operation.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
3 Written Assessment
This assessment is designed to strengthen your understanding of the technical aspects of mining and mineral processing. You will need to carefully review the material provided in Moodle and to answer the questions in the assignment.
In order to achieve this you will need to:
- review the detailed assignment questions found in Moodle
- review relevant literature (textbooks, websites, etc) to gain a broad understanding of costs, processes and procedures associated with sampling and testing rocks.
- research the primary literature to locate relevant current primary sources (scientific journal articles written in the last 3 years)
- complete the assignment questions in your own words that makes effective use of the sources of information
Your assignment should be produced in an electronic format using word, excel and pdf documents. Submit your assignment through the assessment link on Moodle.
Note: All submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin), hence the requirement to submit the documents as pdf files. You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.
Review/Exam Week Monday (10 June 2019) 8:00 am AEST
Submit using the link on the ENAR12014 moodle page.
Exam Week Friday (21 June 2019)
Assignments will be returned within two weeks.
Use clear, coherent sentences.
Where appropriate, include clearly labelled diagrams.
Ensure photographs, pictures and diagrams are correctly labelled, introduced and referred to, within the text of the answer.
Ensure formulae and workings are shown in sufficient detail to clearly explain how the answer was derived.
Answers should show correct units of measure eg. (m, MN, m2, tonnes, m3, oC, etc).
Correctly cite and reference sources of information. Include a list of references at the end of the assignment.
Use mining and mineral processing terminology correctly.
Refer to assignment specific assessment criteria listed in Moodle for further details.
- Outline the acts and regulations associated with Australian law that impact on blast design and mineral processing for surface, underground, coal and metalliferous mining.
- Determine a suitable blast design for a coal or metalliferous deposit in a surface mining operation.
- Evaluate suitable mineral processing methods for the extraction, separation and concentration of various coal and metalliferous products.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
4 Portfolio
The "Learning Portfolio" provides you with an opportunity to reflect on what you are learning. You will record in the Learning Portfolio, notes on any work and reading that is relevant to the learning outcomes detailed in the course profile. You will record and demonstrate evidence of all of the learning outcomes detailed for this course, particularly teamwork, cultural sensitivity and ethical values. The Learning Portfolio provides you with an opportunity to discuss your learning experiences online. It is also a record of websites, texts and journal articles that may be useful for future reference in your career in mining.
With each assignment submitted you will also submit an updated version of your Learning Portfolio. There are three elements to the portfolio,
- Study Diary
- Learning Reflections
- Interactions
Each element should contain updates when submitted with an assignment.
Maintain a "Learning Journal" while you are working on this course. Spend the last 5 minutes of any study session updating your Learning Journal.
Reflect on your learning and record what you have been working on. Record your work and background reading that is completed as part of the preparation for submitting an assignment.
Record your online discussions and interactions and map them to the learning outcomes for this course.
Record and demonstrate evidence of all of the learning outcomes detailed for this course, particularly teamwork, cultural sensitivity and ethical values.
Week 4 Monday (1 Apr 2019) 8:00 am AEST
A copy of your updated learning portfolio should be submitted with each assignment submission.
Vacation Week Monday (15 Apr 2019)
Your Learning Portfolio will be returned with comments along with your marked assignments.
With each assignment submitted you will also submit an updated version of your Learning Portfolio. There are three elements to the Learning Portfolio,
- Study Diary
- Learning Reflections
- Interactions
Each element should contain updates when submitted with an assignment.
Maintain a Learning Journal while you are working on this course. Spend the last 5 minutes of any study session updating your Learning Journal.
Reflect on your learning and record what you have been working on. Record your work and background reading that is completed as part of the preparation for submitting an assignment.
Record your online discussions and interactions and map them to the learning outcomes for this course.
Record and demonstrate evidence of all of the learning outcomes detailed for this course, particularly teamwork, cultural sensitivity and ethical values.
Do not spend time on presentation. The important thing is to provide evidence that you have updated your portfolio weekly.
- Analyse the historical development of mining methods to determine the key factors that have improved the safety and productivity of mining operations.
- Assess the social, environmental and economic sustainability of Australian mining operations.
- Outline the acts and regulations associated with Australian law that impact on blast design and mineral processing for surface, underground, coal and metalliferous mining.
- Determine a suitable blast design for a coal or metalliferous deposit in a surface mining operation.
- Evaluate suitable mineral processing methods for the extraction, separation and concentration of various coal and metalliferous products.
- Demonstrate an effective and professional level of teamwork, communication and support for collaborative peer group learning through the use of forums, reflective journals and workbooks.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
