This unit covers the principles of designing, constructing and operating mine waste storage facilities; implementing best practice to ensure emissions are prevented; ensuring environmental compliance; case studies of failures of storage facilities; emerging technologies for reducing water and energy use; preparing a mine closure plan; and ensuring long-term geotechnical and environmental stability. -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Andy Fourie
Prerequisites: enrolment in the Master of Professional Engineering; for pre-2012 courses: CIVL2121 Engineering Geology and Geomechanics or ENSC3009 Geomechanics
