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Mining Engineering Information
1. What is the primary legislation governing mining in Australia?
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
The Pacific Quarrying Act
The Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT)
The Gold Mining Act
2. What is one of the most significant risks in mining?
Health and safety
Low profit margin
Changes in work shifts
Lack of skilled workers
3. What is the common approach Australia uses for minerals extraction?
Shale gas extraction
Deep sea mining
Open cut mining
Mountaintop removal
4. Which Australian state is the largest producer of iron ore?
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
Western Australia
5. What rare earth element is Australia known to have the biggest reserves worldwide?
Silver
Cobalt
Thorium
Tantalum
6. What is the standard method to identify the quality of an orebody in Australia?
Comparing colors
Touch and feel
Visual inspection
Drilling and assay analysis
7. What mineral causes a major health risk to miners and is thus heavily regulated?
Asbestos
Copper
Quartz
Silver
8. What mining software is commonly used for mine design and scheduling in Australia?
Microsoft Word
Google SketchUp
Surpac
Adobe Photoshop
9. What tool is primarily used to estimate a Mineral Reserve and its economic viability?
An Excel spreadsheet
A manual calculation
A geostatistical model
A guess estimate
10. What is an important part of a mining engineer's job in Australia?
Supervising extraction operations and managing staff
Organizing miner social events
Scheduling lunch breaks for miners
Painting mine walls
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