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

Area:

WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** 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:

2 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

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

Syllabus:

Consists of three modules: metallurgy, mining and mine finance and accounting. The metallurgy module consists of principles of metallurgical processes for the production of metals and minerals and metallurgical processes of economic importance to Australia such as nickel, copper, gold, mineral sands, alumina, iron, lead and zinc. The mining module consists of mine sampling and resources, exploration drilling, detonators and ANFO and emulsion explosives, mine access, ventilation and safety, introduction to rock mechanics, and sustainability in the minerals industry. The mine finance and accounting module consists of funding a mining project, financial markets, sources of corporate finance, risk and return and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM); sources of corporate finance, project finance, capital structure, financial risk, management accounting, financial objectives, planning and budgeting, the break-even model, budget variances and financial control, capital budgeting and investment appraisal, cash flows, time value of money, discounting to present value and discounted cash flow (DCF) criteria of value.

** 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:

030305 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
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2007	Kalgoorlie 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