COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINING AND ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EES 5035 MINING AND ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EROL KAYA

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES-NON THESIS

Course Objective

Teaching basic mining activities affecting environment
Teaching mining emissions to environment and reducing their effects
Teaching how to treat mining waste and how to asses their usability
Teaching solutions to environmental problems caused by mining activities

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows basic mining activities and their environmental effects
2   Knows mining emissions to environment and find solutions to reduce their effects
3   Knows how to treat mining waste and how to asses their usability
4   Knows chemicals used during mining activities
5   Knows restoration activities after mining and mineral processing activities
6   Knows solutions to environmental problems caused by mining activities

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic definitions of mining
2 Mining methods and environmental effects
3 Basic mineral processing methods and environmental effects
4 Chemicals used during mineral processing
5 Chemical Processing (hydrometallurgy) in mining
6 Activities after mining closure
7 Definition of acid mine drainage, formation, prevention and disposal
8 VISA 1
9 Tailings dam in mining and environmental effects
10 Sources of dust and noise in mining
11 Disposal and utilization of mining wastes (tailings)
12 Cleaning and reusing water coming from mining and mineral processing activities
13 Reducing waste and environmental effects during mining activities. Law governing mining activities
14 Presentations of homework

Recomended or Required Reading

*Suggested Sources for the Course:
Textbook(s):
Class notes

Subsidiary sources:
Vick, S. G., 1883, Planning, Design and Analysis of Tailings Dams, New York, John Willey and Sons.
Fuerstenau, M. C. and Han (Eds), K. N., 2003, Principles of Mineral Processing, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Littleton, CO, USA.
Mular, A. L., Halbe, D. N. And Barratt, D. J., 2002, Mineral Processing Plant, Design, Practice, and Control, Vol. 2, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Littleton, CO, USA.
Madencilik ve Çevre Sorunları, TMMOB Çevre Mühendisleri Odası yayını (in Turkish).
TMMOB, Madencilik Faaliyetlerinden Sonra Çevrenin Düzenlenmesi, Jeoloji Mühendisleri Odası, Yayın No: 21 (in Turkish).
Karadeniz, M., 1996, Cevher Zenginleştirme Tesis Artıkları, Çevreye Etkileri Önlemler, Istanbul Ofset Basım Yayın San. Tic. A.Ş. (in Turkish).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures
Presentations
Homework

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 * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam %25
Assignments %25
Final %50

Language of Instruction

English

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 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 4 15 60
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1243
LO.233
LO.344
LO.4232
LO.534
LO.6

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