GENERAL

PRINCIPLES of
MINE DESIGN

JEF MICHAEL L.
DAHUYLA – BSEM 4
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Focus of Mine
Design Techniques
 Specify the most appropriate investment schemes to develop
economically useful mineral deposits and program the associated
design and investment work

 Optimize the basic design parameters for new and reconstructed

mines to obtain maximum profitability for the given investment
scheme.

 Execute the technical design necessary to implement the investment

projects.

 To analyze the feasibility of different design methods and to

determine their best application.
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Modelling
Techniques
● Graphical Modelling Design by drawing

● Physical Modelling Design by developing physical replica of the

structure

● Mathematical Modelling Design by developing

mathematical equations

● Graphical models (Sketches, Technical drawings (conceptual, construction and

workshop drawings), Architectural drawings and Diagrams ( e.g. flow sheets).

● Physical models
 Two dimensional
 There dimensional
 The System Approach
● Increasing complexity and scale of the problems confronting the designer.
● Determine a design methodology system which could provide the basis for
effective development of optimum design solutions.
● It its necessary to design not only the technical facility itself, in all its
complexity, but also to define a whole group of material and organizational
conditions which govern its effective operation.
● Consider the mine as system that has certain complex whole understanding
with a whole set of external conditions without which it could not exist.
● A system is a set component elements of subsystems which have their own
defined objective and scope.
● Each subsystem may be considered independently in the design process
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SYSTEM
DESIGN
● The system approach to design problems has three basic characteristics features:
○ A complex system solution
○ The design approach is interdisciplinary
○ Modeling methods are applied, mainly mathematical modelling, to obtain
optimum solutions
● A reliable complex analysis for optimization of the whole system is usually very difficult.
● Individual subsystem are therefore analyzed successively and partial optima is obtained.
● An optimum overall conception may be developed by determining:
○ the input and output characteristics and
○ the size and structure of the whole system, and of the individual subsystem
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DESIGNING A
MINE AS A
SYSTEM
● A mine can be treated as a system based on:
○ The scale of the investment involved in the construction of a new mine
○ The variety of facilities
○ The technological process involved
○ The mutual relations linking these process or elements
● Correct selection and coordinated operation of all the subsystem in a mine has a
major influence on the production and cost effectiveness of the mining system.
● In the case of a mine, natural deposit conditions are also important.
 THE MINE MODEL
● The spatial location and interconnection of the basic mine components, e.g.
○ Shafts
○ Drafts
○ Cross-cuts
○ Extraction faces
○ Development workings
○ Pit bottoms
○ Pit limits
○ Processing plant
○ Haulage routes
○ Stores
○ Workshops and
○ Auxiliary facilities located on the surface or underground
 ELEMENTS OF THE MINE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS

● The elements linked directly with the production in a mine, are the most important.
● The production capacities of these elements should be the same.
● Extraction areas must be protected against the effects of stoppages in the main haulage
system, particularly when there is high production from the mine.
● Mine ventilation and mine drainage are also basic elements of the production process,
independent of the others.
 MINE PRODUCTION FLOW DIAGRAM
● Conditions to be fulfilled for establishing the complex flow diagram of the mine
production:
○ Adequate production capacity of all production sectors
○ Safe operation and safe working conditions for personnel
○ Conformity of design with all relevant rules and regulations
○ Reliable operation, minimization of break-downs
○ Minimum labor demand,
○ Maximum concentration of production
○ Maximum exploitation of the deposit
○ Flexible design
○ Minimum investment expenditures and production costs.
 Mine Infrastructure
● Basic external installations and buildings necessary for proper operation of
the mine.
● Maximum use should be made of the existing infrastructure facilities and
installations in the region where the mine is to be considered e.g.
○ Existing rail road and networks
○ Drawing sufficient supplies of drinking and industrial water
○ Electric power.
● Facilities prior to mine construction
○ Access roads to the building site
○ Electric power network installations
○ Basic telecommunication facilities
 MINE INFRASTRUCTURE
● Protection of the natural environment
○ preservation of clean air
○ protection of the surrounding against noise, vibration, and
accumulation of mine waste
○ minimum dust generation
○ protection of the soil and ground-water
○ prevention of pollution of surface water by salty/toxic
underground waters
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Optimization of
the Design
Systems
● The mine design comprises three basic stages
○ The conceptual stage
○ The preliminary stage
○ The final stage
● Different degrees of accuracy of the mine model are required in the
different stages.

● By incorporating further knowledge of the technical and economic

relations during the investment process for a new mine and during
extraction of the deposit, further improvements can be made
 Thanks
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