Welcome to the world-renowned series of technical monographs, published by the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) for the practising engineer.
JKMRC publishes a unique and widely-lauded series of monographs on mining and mineral processing, designed to help practitioners do a better job in operations, consulting, engineering services and research. These books combine practical method with scientific rigour by the world-renowned expertise available at JKMRC, and its peer groups, to deliver effective solutions to problems that professionals are required to solve in the field. Because of the applied research basis of the expert knowledge captured in the monographs, the books can also be a valuable aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Each book is designed as an integrated approach to a particular topic, written by top experts in the field and including many illustrative case studies.
- Mineral Comminution Circuits is the standard work on the operation and optimisation of comminution and classification circuits, and a guide to process simulation using JKSimMet.
- Open Pit Blast Design covers the blast design and monitoring methodology developed by JKMRC researchers over many years of applied research in Australia and overseas.
- Block Caving Geomechanics makes available the knowledge gained in the first International Block Caving Study.
- Guidelines on Caving Methods builds on this knowledge based on the succeeding Mass Mining Technology research program.
- Metal Balancing and Reconciliation provides metallurgists and geologists with the information necessary to practice these essential skills and complements the Draft Code of Practice developed as part of an AMIRA project.
- Statistical Methods for Mineral Engineers is a comprehensive and practical guide to collecting and analysing data, including plant trials
- Process Mineralogy is a wide-ranging treatment of principles, methods and technologies in this vital process discipline.
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5. Open Pit Blast Design: Analysis and Optimisation
Edited by Andrew Scott
This book addresses the challenge of optimising the design of blasts for open pit mines and quarries. It presents a practical approach to the design and assessment of blasts, and demonstrates how blasting operations can be engineered not only to solve classic blasting problems, but also optimise blasting performance to meet the needs of excavation and downstream handling and beneficiation processes.
The approach utilises the computer-based methodology and monitoring instrumentation developed by the JKMRC Blasting Group in over 15 years of applied research and consulting in Australia and overseas.
Topics Include:
- Blast monitoring and assessment
- Rock mass characterisation
- Explosive selection
- Fragmentation
- Muckpile properties and grade distribution
- Damage and wall control
- Environmental impact and monitoring
This book is intended to assist drilling and blasting engineers to understand their current operations and to modify blast designs and field practices to achieve target blasting performance. The text will also be of value to students of mining, civil engineers or environmental technology and engineers not directly involved in blasting practice but whose function requires them to have some knowledge of the technology.
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