Theory teaching
Decorative (architectural) stone is exploited mostly by surface methods. However, in the past decades, underground exploitation has been intensively developing. This is influenced by a number of factors, among which the most important are market, ambient-architectural, cultural-historical, geological and ecological. Underground exploitation of ornamental stone has a number of specificity in technical and technological terms in relation to the exploitation of other mineral resources. These specificity primarily arise from the market requirements to obtain a quality stone block that will, after appropriate processing, quantity and quality, provide a sales price at a level that guarantees profitable operations of the mine. Methods and technologies of exploitation and processing of ornamental stone are essentially the content of the course. In addition to the inevitable preliminary presentation of all the factors that condition them and the technical and economic and environmental effects that can be achieved by underground exploitation of the deposit.

Practical teaching
Preparation of seminar paper

1. Mirko Maksimović: Eksploatacija, ispitivanje, primena arhitektonskog kamena, Contractor, Beograd, 2006.