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A ROADMAP FOR MINERALS PROCESSING EDUCATION
Figure 3: What do mineral processors need to know?
Mineral Engineering Competencies : Filtered to remove academics
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Physical separation
Pyrometallurgy
Materials handling
Process control
Metallurgical...
Commimiton Flotation Hydrometallurgy Mineralogy Dewatering technology Sampling theory and... Metallurgical... Process modelling
Essential for all Graduates Develop within 0-5 years Useful for some Not Important
The two groups are largely in agreement, with just a couple of significant
differences. The most significant relates to the importance of topics like
dewatering and materials handling. They also give a higher rating to lab
procedures.
Respondents were invited to comment on this question, and the following
are examples of what was said:
We have re-baselined our expectations to reflect the fact few mineral
processing engineers are being produced by the universities.
Pyrometallurgy needs to be introductory only.
It looks like a long list of essentials, but really it is just saying a minerals
engineering graduates should have some knowledge of all the branches
of minerals engineering, underpinned by a knowledge of mineralogy
and I would add geology and enough mining engineering to provide
context and understanding of the source of feed
We need graduate competencies, otherwise we have to train in our EIT
Program
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Skills for Today’s Industry
