Chapter 1 Rocks, Minerals and Exploration 1.1 Rocks and materials 1.2 Area selection and target generation 1.3 Methods of exploration 1.3.1 Geophysical methods 1.3.2 Geochemical methods 1.4 Mineral resource reserves classification 1.5 Dialogue Chapter 2 Overview of Mining 2.1 Terminology 2.2 The types of minerals 2.2.1 Metallic ores 2.2.2 Nonmetallic minerals (also known as industrial minerals) 2.2.3 Fossil fuels (also known as mineral fuels) 2.2.4 Mineral water gas 2.3 Methods of mining 2.3.1 Surface mining 2.3.2 Underground mining 2.3.3 Aqueous extraction methods 2.4 Study of mine feasibility 2.5 Exploration rights and mining rights 2.6 Dialogue Chapter 3 Surface Mining 3.1 Introduction to surface mining 3.2 Design of surface mining 3.2.1 Pit limits 3.2.2 Bench 3.2.3 Haul road 3.2.4 Waste dump [排土場] 3.3 Open pit blasting technology 3.3.1 Surface blast design 3.3.2 Decked charges 3.3.3 Holes loading 3.3.4 Delay blasting 3.4 Dialogue Chapter 4 Drifting and Tunneling 4.1 Introduction to horizontal openings 4.2 Technology of construction 4.3 Mucking 4.4 Support 4.5 Dialogue Chapter 5 Vertical Shafts 5.1 Introduction to vertical shafts 5.2 Shaft excavation design 5.3 Shaft hoisting system 5.3.1 Hoists 5.3.2 Conveyances 5.3.3 Rope 5.3.4 Shaft 5.3.5 Headframe
5.4 Dialogue Chapter 6 Ventilation System of Underground Mines 6.1 Introduction to mine ventilation system 6.2 General considerations of ventilation system 6.3 Design of ventilation system 6.4 Dialogue Chapter 7 Rock Mechanics 7.1 Geomechanics classification 7.2 Complexities in rockmass 7.2.1 Rock fracture 7.2.2 Groundwater 7.2.3 Weathering 7.3 Ground control 7.4 Implementation of a rock mechanics programme 7.4.1 Site characterization 7.4.2 Mine model formulation 7.4.3 Design analysis 7.4.4 Rock performance monitoring 7.4.5 Retrospective analysis 7.5 Dialogue Chapter 8 Underground Mining Methods 8.1 Room and pillar mining 8.2 Shrinkage mining 8.3 Upward cut-and-fill 8.4 Sublevel caving 8.5 Vertical crater retreat (VCR) stoping 8.6 High-density backfill system 8.7 Dialogue Chapter 9 Trends of Mining 9.1 Green mine 9.2 Smart mine 9.3 Deep mining 9.4 Ocean mining 9.5 Dialogue Chapter 10 Mineral Processing Methods 10.1 Introduction to mineral processing methods 10.2 Dialogue Chapter 11 Mineral Economics 11.1 Introduction to mineral economics 11.2 Dialogue Appendix A Overview to Science and Technology English A.1 Structure of scientific papers A.1.1 Topic(題目) A.1.2 Abstract(摘要) A.1.3 Keywords(關鍵詞) A.1.4 Introduction(引言) A.1.5 Materials and methods(材料與方法) A.1.6 Discussion and conclusion(討論及結論) A.1.7 References(參考文獻) A.1.8 Appendix(附錄)
A.2 Dictionary characteristics of professional English A.2.1 Initialism(縮略詞) A.2.2 Front and rear suffix(前後綴) A.2.3 Compound word(組合詞) References
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