Engineering: Prescribed, Recommended and Open Textbooks: Mining Engineering

MINN2010A: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN MINING

1st & 2nd Semester; Block 1 - 4

• Using Information Technology: Practical Introduction to Computers and Communications / by Williams, B.K. (Prescribed)

MINN2012A & 2014A: EXCAVATION ENGINEERING

1st & 2nd Semester; Block 1 - 4

• Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering / by Persson, P. (Recommended)
• Drilling and Blasting of Rocks / by Jimeno, L.C. (Recommended) 

MINN2016A: ENGINEERING SURVEY

1st Semester; Block 1 & 2

• Surveying / by Bannister, A. (Strongly Recommended)
• Survey Handbook / by Durban. City Engineers Department. (Strongly Recommended)

MINN3016A: Mineral Resources Evaluation

1st Semester; Block 1 & 2

• Basic Linear Geostatistics / by Armstrong, M.
• Practical Geostatistics 2000 / Clark, I.
• Primer for Sampling Solids, Liquids and Gases: Based on the Seventh Sampling Errors of Pierre Gy / by Smith, P.L.

MINN3018A: ROCK MECHANICS

2nd Semester; Block 3 & 4

• Rock Mechanics in Mining Practice / by The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM).  (Strongly Recommended)
• Rock Mechanics for Underground Mining / by Brady, B.H.G. (Recommended)
• Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics / by Jaeger, J.C. (Recommended)
• A Textbook on Rock Mechanics for Tabular Hard Rock Mines / by Ryder, A.J.(Strongly Recommended)

MINN3019A: MINE VENTILATION AND CLIMATE CONTROL

2nd Semester; Block 3 & 4

• Ventilation and Occupational Environment Engineering in Mines / by Mine Ventilation Society. (Prescribed) Available from the Society.
• Measures in Mine Environmental Control / by the Institute. (Available from the Institute) (Recommended)
• Mine Ventilation Notes for Beginners / by Le Roux, W.L. (Recommended)

MINN3021A: MINE SURVEYING AND GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES

1st Semester; Block 1 & 2

• Surveying for Mine Surveyors / by Ritson, T.P. (Recommended)

MINN4000: MINE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

2nd Semester; Block 3 & 4

• Practice of Management / by Drucker, P. (Recommended)
• South Africa at Work: Applying Psychology to Organisations / by Fisher, J.
• Management and Organisational Behaviour / by Mullins, L.J.

 

 

MINN4002: INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH SEMINARS

Semester: Select

• Professional Communication: How to Deliver Effective Written and Spoken Messages / by English, J. (Highly Recommended)
• 3D Geosciences Modeling, Computer Techniques for Geological Characterization / by Houlding, S.W.
• Introduction to Mineral Exploration / by Evans, A.M.
• Astride Mining: Issues and Policies for the Minerals Industry / by Crowson, P.C.F.
• Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation / by Sinclair, A.J.

MINN4003: MINING B (GOLD)

1st Semester; Block 1 & 2

Strongly Recommended. The following books are available directly from the Institute that published it:

• 15th CMMI Conference / SAIMM (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• Deep - Level Mining: The Challenges / SAIMM
• Development: State of the Art / SAIMM (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• Drilling and Blasting in Narrow Reefs / SAIM1980/1M (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• Hard Rock Boring / SAIMM (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• Innovative Support Systems for Safety and Productivity / SAIMM (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• Maximising Face Utilisation / SAIMM (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• Minefill 1993 - Mining with Backfill / SAIMM
• New Mining Methods and Systems for Narrow Reef Mining / SAIMM (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• Narrow Tabular Orebody Mining / SAIMM (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• Papers of the Association Mine Managers of 1976/7 & 1980/1 / SAIMM (Contact Booklist Coordinator)

 

 

MINN4004: MINING C (COAL)

2nd Semester; Block 3 & 4

• Increased Underground Extraction of Coal /by Fouconnier, C.J. (Prescribed)

MINN4005: FINANCIAL VALUATION

1st Semester; Block 1 & 2

• Financial Management / by Correia, C. (Prescribed) (Electronic book)
• Financial Management in Southern Africa / by Marx, J. (Prescribed)
• Time Value of Money in Practice / by Smal, C. (Prescribed)
• The Mining Valuation Handbook / by Rudenno, V. (Electronic book)

MINN4006: MINE DESIGN

2nd Semester; Block 3 & 4

• Trackless Mining Symposium / by Association of Mine Managers of South Africa. (Recommended)