Area: | WASM Mining Geology Teaching Area |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 40.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 20 Hours Weekly |
Practical: | 1 x 20 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Designed from a commercial perspective, focuses on the following industries - cement and lime, salt-soda ash-chlorine cycle, iron and steel, phosphate and fertilisers, refractory minerals, alumina, chemicals and construction. There will be an emphasis onunderstanding how technologies are implemented and their effect on costs. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- an understanding of the occurrence and properties of industrial minerals and the economics of industrial mineral mining operations. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 80%, Examination 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 10703 Geology | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Supplemental | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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