Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

11715 (v.3) WASM Mineral Processing 601


Area:

WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

16.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

4 x 4 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Introduction to the processing stages that follow the discovery and mining of mineral deposits. Focus on the various unit operations in the treatment of a mined ore body from run-of-mine ore through to a marketable mineral product. This mineral product may be processed further through hydrometallurgical - solutions, or pyrometallurgical - heat, processes to a metal product or utilised metal form. This unit is designed for non-science and engineering graduates who work in and with mining companies.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

030300 Process and Resources Engineering (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2006 Bentley Campus Study Period 2 Y        
2006 Bentley Campus Trimester 1 Y        
2006 Bentley Campus Trimester 2 Y        
2006 Bentley Campus Trimester 3 Y        
2006 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y        
2006 Kalgoorlie Campus Study Period 3 Y        
2006 Kalgoorlie Campus Trimester 2 Y        
2006 Kalgoorlie Campus Trimester 3 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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