Undergraduate courses
MIME 322. Fragmentation and Comminution.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Principles of drilling, penetration rates, and factors affecting the choice of drilling method. Characteristics of explosives, firing systems and blast patterns. Blasting techniques in surface and underground workings. Special blasting techniques at excavation perimeters. Vibration and noise control. Mechanical and continuous
approaches to fragmentation, including longwall shearing and fullface boring. Economics of drill/blast practice, interface with transport and crushing systems, drivers for mine-to-mill integration including energy considerations. Modelling of fragment and particle size distributions; comminution as a transfer function. Comminution technology: crushing, grinding, size classification. Integrated analysis
of fragmentation and comminution operations.
- Prerequisites : MIME 209 or MECH 262 or CIVE 302 or CHEE 231 or ECSE 205
- Corequisites: MIME 341
- (3-3-3).
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MIME 428. Environmental Mining Engineering.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Effect of mining on the environment: ecology, legislation, effluents and wastes, environmental impact. Acid mine drainage: prediction, treatment, prevention, control. Mineral processing agents. Solid wastes. Mine site closure, reclamation and monitoring. Economic aspects. Environmental practices.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisite(s): MIME 323 and CIVE 205
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.
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Graduate courses
MIME 514. Sustainability Analysis of Mining Systems.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Concepts of sustainability analysis applied to mining projects. Case studies topics selected from: Stakeholder Engagement and Participation; Biodiversity and Conservation Management; Mine Water Management; Tailings and Waste Rock
Management. Relationship between risk management and life-cycle assessment. Mass balancing and logistical modeling applied within the mining value chain, with an emphasis on sustainability. Quantification of systemic balances between
environmental, economic and social indicators, using geostatistical simulations, discrete event simulation, and multi-objective optimization techniques.
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisite: FACC 300 and MIME 341, or permission of the instructor.
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