13473 (v.3) WASM Mining and Metallurgical Processes 252

Area:

WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** 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:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

303138 (v.1) WASM Mining and Metallurgy 131 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Metallurgical processes for the production of metals and minerals. Processes of economic importance to Australia, such as nickel, copper, gold, mineral sands, alumina, iron, lead and zinc. Mining commodity case studies and topics including drilling, blasting, ventilation, dewatering, environment protection, mine development, geomechanics, ground support, resource estimation, mine design, mine safety, and equipment and technological advances.

** 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:

30305 Materials Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Fully Online
*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
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	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