Online Courses Handbook 2003

11715 (v.3) WASM Mineral Processing 601

Area:	WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area
Contact Hours:	16.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	4 x 4 Hours Weekly
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.