Open-Pit Mining Operations Course
Master open-pit mining operations for copper: design efficient pits and haul roads, match truck-shovel fleets, cut bottlenecks, improve crusher feed, and boost safety, productivity, and environmental performance in demanding engineering projects. This course equips you with practical skills to plan, optimise and manage truck-and-shovel operations effectively.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Open-pit Mining Operations Course gives you practical skills to plan and optimize copper truck-and-shovel operations. Learn pit layout basics, equipment selection, haul road design, and cycle time calculations. Identify bottlenecks, improve fleet productivity, and apply safe, environmentally responsible practices while stabilizing crusher feed and meeting production targets with clear, actionable methods.
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Develop skills
- Open-pit layout design: plan benches, ramps and stages for safe, efficient mining.
- Truck-shovel selection: match fleets, payloads and cycles for higher productivity.
- Cycle time analysis: compute trips, tonnage and shift output with simple formulas.
- Haul road engineering: design, maintain and manage traffic to cut delays and risk.
- Bottleneck and KPI control: spot constraints, tune operations and boost plant feed.
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