COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MINING ACTIVITIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTS 3010 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MINING ACTIVITIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EROL KAYA

Offered to

Industrial Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Geophysical Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

1. Teaching mining, its history and importance
2. Teaching mining extraction methods and environmental effects
3. Teaching mineral processing methods and environmental effects
4. Teaching acid rock drainage, pH, dust concepts in mining and environmental effects
5. Teaching mining tailing dams, mining closures and recultivation
6. Teaching tailings purification and evaluating tailings for use as raw materials

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the purpose of mining
2   Defines mining extraction methods and their environmental effects
3   Defines mineral processing methods and their environmental effects
4   Defines environmental effects of tailings incurred during mining
5   Describes mining closure methods and recultivation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic definitions in mining and importance of mining
2 Mining extraction methods and environmental effects
3 Mineral processing methods and environmental effects
4 Chemicals used in mining and their environmental effects Hydrometallurgy in mining and environmental effects
5 Tailing dams in mining and environmental effects Dust in mining
6 Mining closure methods Recultivation methods
7 Tailings purification methods
8 Evaluating tailings for use as raw materials
9 Water discharge in mining and reuse
10 Basic principles to reduce mining effects
11 Mining activities and legal issues
12 Visual (films and documentaries) presentations
13 Visual (films and documentaries) presentations
14 Visual (films and documentaries) presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Cevher Zenginleştirme Tesis Artıkları, Çevreye Etkileri, Önlemler, by Mehmet Karadeniz, 1996
(Turkish book)
Class notes
Visuals and documentaries

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical presentations
Visual presentations
Documentaries about mining activities

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MID-TERM %40
CLASS PARTICIPATION %10
FINAL %50
Note: Mid-term exam and participation will be graded (Total of %50) as one.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erol.kaya@deu.edu.tr; 232 301 7514

Office Hours

Open door policy any time.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 72

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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