What is ISO 22932-1- Planning and surveying mining about?
ISO 22932-1 specifies the commonly used terms in mine planning and surveying. Only those terms that have a specific meaning in this field are included.
Planning is the integration of all information about a mining project, from geology, mining and metallurgy, to environment, security, society, etc., with the specific goal to define a project’s feasibility.
Who is ISO 22932-1- Planning and surveying mining for?
ISO 22932-1 on planning and surveying of mining is relevant to:
- Miners and mining engineers
- Geologists and hydrogeologists
- Metallurgists and metallurgical engineers
- Materials engineers and materials scientists
Why should you use ISO 22932-1- Planning and surveying mining?
The ISO 22932 series has been prepared in order to standardize and to co-ordinate the global use of technical terms in mining, for the benefice of the experts working on different types of mining activities.
The need for the ISO 22932 series arose from the widely varying interpretation of terms used within the industry and the prevalent use of more than one synonym. ISO 22932-1 is about the vocabulary and explanation of all the technical terms related to planning and surveying.
Overall, ISO 22932-1 is helpful as it assists the user with all the definitions and terms that are related to the field of mining, planning and surveying.
