Objectives of general skills

• Implement an engineering approach dealing with a set problem taking into account technical, economic and environmental constraints
• Identify and describe the problem to be solved and the functional need (of prospective clients) to be met considering the state of technology
• Design, evaluate and optimise solutions addressing the problem
• Implement a chosen solution in the form of a drawing, a schema, a plan, a model, a prototype, software and/or digital model
• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in science and engineering to solve problems involving these disciplines
• Identify, describe and explain basic scientific and mathematical principles
• Identify, describe and explain the basic principles of engineering particularly in their specialising field
• Select and rigorously apply knowledge, tools and methods in sciences and engineering to solve problems involving these disciplines
• Demonstrate thoroughness and independence throughout their studies
• Identify the different fields and participants in engineering
• Learn to use various resources made available to inform and train independently

UE's Learning outcomes

place mineral processing in the thread of industrial minerals, metallic ores and metals describe the purposes and the basics of the main operations in mineral processing (comminution, sizing, concentration) describe characteristics, possibilities and limits of the different equipments interpret and give a commentary on an unpublished flow-sheet explain choice and arrangement of equipments in a flow-sheet solve numerical exercices

UE Content

minerals and metals; ores; purposes of the mineral processing; presentation of samples of ores; comminution; liberation; reduction ratio; crushers and grinding mills; practical aspects of crushing and grinding; sizing; particle-size analysis; screening; classification; concentration; gravity concentration; magnetic separation; high-tension separation; flow-sheets; exercices (mass balance, washability curves, sizing and classification, partition curves) ;

Prior experience

basic knowledge in physics and chemistry ; geology ; mineralogy ; mining

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Oral examination
• Quoted exercices

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Oral Examination

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Oral examination