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Microsoft Word - RSE4010_ Assignment 2_2021.pdf Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering RSE4010 - Mine planning and scheduling Assignment 2 (Individual) Due: Week 10, Friday Worth 17% Assuming that your processing plant is located at X latitude and Y longitude, and using the data in the table below: Latitude (X) Longitude (Y) GPS Coordinates -30.012030 136.845091 30° 0' 43.308'' S 136° 50' 42.3276'' E a) Plan road and rail routes to transport the concentrate from your processing plant to the nearest port. Note that you may need to build additional road and/or rail lines to connect your processing facilities to the existing transportation infrastructure. b) Estimate the length of new road and rail required and the total transportation distance from the processing plant to the port. Show the process used to derived these estimates and state the assumptions employed in your calculation. c) Using the production schedule developed in Assignment 1, estimate the road and rail fleet capacity required to transport concentrate to the nearest port. Find the associated road and rail capex, the fleet capex for both, and the ongoing transportation costs. d) It is estimated that poor weather will prevent road transportation 20 of the 365 days of production each year. Assuming the same price for concentrate as listed in Assignment 1 and that payment is not made until the concentrate is delivered to the port, how do these delays this affect your overall project NPV? (Assume excess concentrate can be stockpiled until transported and that weather delays do not affect the production schedule). e) How much should you increase your road fleet capacity to offset the poor weather delays? Justify your answer. f) Which method (road or rail) should you use to transport your concentrate? Justify your answer. g) In reality, what other considerations might you need to take into account when deciding between transportation options? What other methods could you use to transport concentrate? Submit: i. a word document including all of your answers. ii. an excel spreadsheet showing your calculations. Mode Capex Fleet Capex Fleet Opex Road $2,000,000/km $45,000/ (Mt km/yr) $0.10/t/km Rail $5,000,000/km $110,000/ (Mt km/yr) $0.02/t/km Notes Per km of new road or rail Based on the maximum annual capacity of fleet. Based on concentrate production and total transportation distance. Criteria for Marking: Component Components Value % Cover page & ToC Neatness, design, title, names, table of contents, etc. Cover page attached and signed 5 Introduction Succinctness, clarity, numbering, comprehensiveness 5 Statement of Aims & Objectives Succinctness, clarity, comprehensiveness 5 Assumption, Calculation, Results, and Discussion Supporting evidence by appropriately referencing, lateral thinking, heading numbers (for tables on the top and for figures at the bottom), Only compulsory figures/diagrams and tables and their cross referee within the body of the text and vice-versa 45 Conclusions & Acknowledgements Clear statement of findings of the project 15 References Whether followed scientific referencing style (Standard approaches must be used) All references in the body of the report are in the reference list at the end of the report The Author-date reference system is the standard approach for engineering reports. 10 Formal issues of the report To get a good mark the following aspects will be considered: thematic and linguistic coherence, appropriateness and quality of graphics. Grammar and expression checked (Proof read your report and use the grammar checking tools in your word processor). All figures are numbered and have captions. Figure captions are below figures. All tables are numbered and have captions. Table captions are above tables. Headings numbered consecutively Pages numbered Appendices have the same standard of expression, spelling and grammar as the main report Superscripts and subscripts are used as appropriate e.g. m3 not m3 or m^3 Numbers have appropriate significant figures with a comma separating thousands e.g. 34,000 15 Marking and Grading: High Distinction (80-100 HD) Distinction (70-79 D) Credit (60- 69 C) Pass (50- 59 P) Fail (0- 49 F) Exceptionally clear understanding of subject matter and appreciation of issues; clearly and logically organised with excellent presentation. Addresses all of the assessment criteria to a very high standard. Evidence of insight and originality where appropriate. Strong grasp of subject matter and appreciation of key issues; addresses all the assessment criteria, with several to a high standard; clearly and logically organised with good presentation. Evidence of solid work. Competent understanding of subject matter and appreciation of most of the main issues; addresses most of the assessment criteria reasonably well. Competent organisation and presentation. Satisfactory. Demonstrates appreciation of subject matter and issues. Addresses most of the assessment criteria adequately but may lack in depth and breadth. Often work of this grade demonstrates only basic comprehension or competency. Work of this grade may be poorly structured and presented. Unsatisfactory. Evidence of lack of understanding of subject, minimal or inadequate comprehension and does not address the assessment criteria. Work is often inadequate in depth and breadth and sometimes incomplete or irrelevant; lack of care and thought in organising, presenting and structuring work. Assignment submission Online Submission: Please submit your work via Moodle site for this unit, which you can access via the Moodle page of RSE4010.