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TGB4301

Mineral Processing, Basic Course

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Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

The course provides an introduction to mineral processing. This includes an overview of the main unit operations with respect to comminution (crushing and grinding), classification/screening and mineral separation (gravity separation, magnetic separation, electric separation, flotation, dewatering and sorting). The combination of unit operations into circuits is also covered, as well as the calculation of separation efficiencies, recoveries and mass balances in separation circuits. The importance of efficient mineral processing for sustainable utilisation of mineral resources is stressed throughout the course.

Learning outcome

The purpose of the course is to give the students an understanding of the most important processes in mineral processing.

Knowledge: The students should be familiar with the most important unit operations in minerals processing, the physical and chemical principles that control these unit operations and the equipment that is used. Furthermore, the students are expected to know the applicability and limitations of the most important fragmentation and separation equipment. about different mining methods and their pros and cons. The students should be able to establish the link between the properties of the raw material and the choice of processing solution.

Skills: The students should be able to suggest basic flowsheets for mineral processing of raw materials with given properties and to calculate simple mass balance and separation results, including the use of partition curves. The students should be able to calculate and use particle size distributions and mineral liberation curves, and to make initial calculations for sizing of ball mills and simple classifiers.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures. Obligatory exercises. Course evaluation using questionnaire.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

The examination papers will be given in English only. Students are free to choose Norwegian or English for written assessments. If there is a re-sit examination, the form of assessment may be changed from written to oral.

Course materials

Textbook: Wills' Mineral Processing Technology - An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery, 8th ed., 2015

Lecture presentations (Powerpoint/pdf)

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TGB4227 3.8 sp Autumn 2023
TGB4225 7.5 sp Autumn 2023
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Processing of raw materials
  • Process Mineralogy
  • Mineral Raw Materials
  • Mineral Production
  • Mineral Processing
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Geoscience