COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MARBLE OPERATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIN 5104 EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MARBLE OPERATIONS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR METE KUN

Offered to

Mining Operation
Mining Operation
Mining Operation

Course Objective

Within the scope of this course, wastes formed due to marble production and quarrying, utilization of marble wastes and evaluation of environmental impacts of marble quarries with respect to quarrying and environmental interactions will be covered. In addition, up-to-date regulations in Turkey and in the world related to marble quarrying will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Should be aware of waste and tailing concepts in mining applications
2   Should recognize and classify the marble wastes of production plants and quarries and their formation mechanisms
3   Should be aware of and capable of applying waste management in marble quarries and production plants
4   Should know the related laws and regulations to prevent possible environmental impacts of marble quarries (TC, EU, UNCSCEAR raws and regulations)
5   Should know the preparation steps of an Environmental Impact Assessment Report for a marble quarry

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of waste and tailings in mining, examples and environmental impacts
2 Definition and importance of marble operation in mining applications
3 Place, cause and progress of marble waste formation in marble quarry and production plants
4 Classification of tailings, efficiency evaluations of marble production plants and quarries working on tailings
5 Waste management, evaluations based on Turkey and EU
6 Determination of utilization possibilities of wastes in different industries
7 Homework and presantation
8 Environmental impacts of marble operations, obligatory laws and regulations on the adaptation period of EU, Environmental laws
9 Additional laws and regulations on establishment and production stages of marble quarries (water pollution and control, wild life protection, etc.)
10 Investigation of environmental impacts of West Anatolian marble quarries by up-to-date examples
11 Environmental impacts and re-utilization of abandoned marble quarries
12 Preparing a sample Environmental Impact Assessment Report on marble operations
13 Preparing a sample Environmental Impact Assessment Report on marble operations
14 Evaluation of structural elements of some marbles with respect to environment and human health and determination of area of usage (EU and UNSCEAR criterion)

Recomended or Required Reading

Doğal Taş (Mermer) Maden Işletmeciliği ve Işletme Teknolojileri; Prof. Dr. Seyfi KULAKSIZ
Mermer Jeolojisi ve Teknolojisi; Yard. Doç. Dr. Nejat KUN
Mermer; Prof. Dr. Turgay ONARGAN, Prof. Dr. Halil KÖSE, Prof. Dr. A.H.Deliormanlı
Mete Kun, Tahir Mallı, Baran Tufan,"The Determination of Reclamation Parameters and Cost Analysis in Mining Sites", Carpatian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, November 2012/vol 7/no:4/117-124, 2012, SCI-Expanded
Mete Kun, Seyda Topaloglu,"Evaluation of Wheel Loaders in Open Pit Marble Quarrying by Using the AHP and TOPSIS Approaches", Archives of Mining Sciences, 58/1/255-267/2013, 2013, ,SCIExpanded
I.Akkurt, R.Altindag, T.Onargan, C.Basyigit, S.Kılıcarslan, M.Kun, B.Mavi, A.Güney,"The Properties of Various Igneous Rocks for &-ray Shielding", Construction and Building Materials, 21/2078-2082/2007, 2007, ,SC

Other referances are given course description form.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term : LO1, LO2, LO3
Homework : LO4, LO5
Final Exam : LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mete KUN
Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Mining Engineering
Tınaztepe Campus, Buca/Izmir
Tel: 232 301 75 40
Email : mete.kun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Hours will be determined later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 2 12 24
Project Assignment 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13332111221
LO.23222212221
LO.333242112211
LO.424222211121
LO.544221211131

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS