MAD 354 - Mineral processing II

Course Objectives

1. Concepts of enrichment, importance of enrichment, principles and importance of physical separation, physical properties of minerals and their effects for separation
2. Design of base enrichment flow sheet, evaluation of experiment’s results, methods and equipment in mineral processing
3. Design of process flow sheet.

Course Description

Description and importance of mineral processing, Purpose of mineral processing, Application fields of mineral processing, Mineral Properties used in mineral processing, Concentration methods, Selection of concentration methods, Basic properties flow sheets of concentration operations, Evaluation of concentration results, Particle liberation, Concentration by size classification , concentration by hand sorting, Gravity separation, Magnetic separation, Electrostatic separation, Concentration by flotation, Chemical Processing.