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A ROADMAP FOR MINERALS PROCESSING EDUCATION

category (Mining Curriculum) covers programmes in the field of mining,
geoengineering and environmental engineering, which includes selected
issues related to mineral processing.

The graduates of the mineral processing curriculum in Poland has a deep
knowledge of techniques and technologies of various beneficiation methods
(gravitational, flotation, magnetic, electrostatic, chemical). The graduate is
educated in the field of preparatory operations as well as supplementary
ones, applied to processing technology, in particular comminution and
classification processes, dewatering operations, various methods utilizing
gravity, centrifugal, vacuum and pressure forces. Environmental protection
issues and problems related to water management and waste utilization in
accordance with the principle of sustainable raw materials management and
utilization are of key significance during the studies. The graduate is also well
prepared for material sampling, in addition to qualitative and quantitative
analysis. Other aspects include the operation of processing machinery and
equipment, organization, management and economics, process automation,
control and optimization, together with practical knowledge of raw materials
deposits (geology, geochemistry, mineralogy and petrography).

The graduates of the mining curriculum, who also have gained some
knowledge in the field of mineral processing, have an in-depth knowledge
in the field of mining, geology, environmental engineering, supported
by chosen aspects of mineral processing. These aspects include: Mineral
processing equipment, chosen methods of raw materials beneficiation, or
selected operations in technological circuits of raw materials processing.
The above issues may apply exclusively to selected raw materials (either
coal or ores, or aggregates).

Teaching programmes in the field of mineral processing will be described
using the example of curriculum applied at AGH UST. As was mentioned
previously, this is one of the primary universities in the field of higher
education in Poland. However, the respective programme at Silesian
University of Technology is similar. Mineral processing curriculum at AGH
includes a number of teaching modules that can be grouped into following
categories:

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Programmes in Poland