MPE 405
Mineral Processing Technology II
2
Course Description
At the end of this course the student will be knowledgeable and skilful enough to:
1. Grasp the importance of mineral processing technology as a value-addition chain in mineral
resource development;
2. Be equipped with physico-chemical value addition processes: floatation and coal gold
agglomeration in particular, understand basic principles involved and application to sulphide
minerals and precious metals ores.
3. Be adequately equipped to design process flowsheet for industrial minerals (bitumen,
barytes, phosphates and bentonites and rare earth metals (lithium, cerium)
4. Be adequately equipped to design process flow sheet for ores of ferrous (magnetite and
haematite), base (cassiterite, columbite, galena, sphalerite, malachite and azurite) and
precious metals (gold, silver and platinum group of metals).
Course Outline
Review of Mineral Processing Technology I; Physico-chemical value addition process to
mineral resource; physico-chemical separation methods such as froth floatation and coal gold
agglomeration for ores of relevant base metals (galena, sphalerite, gold ores); Process design
(flowsheet development) for industrial minerals such as bitumen, barytes, phosphates and
bentonites; Process design for ores of base metals: cassiterite, columbite, galena, sphalerite,
malachite and azurite. Process design for ores of iron and steel (magnetite and haematite);
Process design for ores of precious metals: gold, silver and platinum group of metals. Process
design for rare earth metals such as lithium, cerium