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MINERALS INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND TRAINING II

Core Courses: Supplementary Material
Materials handling Transport: conveying, pumping, pipelines;
Concentrates: shipment, storage; Tailings:
storage + treatment
Applied mineralogy Instruments and methods; Data presentation
and interpretation
Ore and mineral properties

Geometallurgy
Process control Instrumentation; Regulatory control to
optimization
KPI, Targets, Quality
Automation
Statistics Sources of measurement error; Plant sampling &
surveying: theory, methods, devices, Modeling
Material balancing Methods: data reconciliation; Metallurgical
accounting, Plant auditing
Testing Laboratory: methods + instruments, Plant:
methods, performance measures, Experimental
design, Model building
Measurements Ore and process parameters; Product
specifications, value; Observations, Data
collection & mining: interpretation & utilization
Process design Process and equipment selection, Plant: layout,
costing, scheduling; Reporting Case studies

Environment Regulations: local & national, Energy:
minimizing, novel sources; Water: conservation,
monitoring & control, treatment, recycling
Ecological engineering & recycling
Auxiliary Courses Health & safety, Personal development,
Research management, Economics, Consulting,
Engineering ethics

Developing Guidelines for Mineral
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Processing Education