Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• 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

Learning Outcomes of UE

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describe characteristics, possibilities and limits of the different equipments interpret and give a commentary on an unpublished flow-sheet (explain choice and arrangement of equipments); solve numerical exercices

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

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; additional operation s( settling, filtration, drying, pelletisation and sintering); flow-sheets; exercices (mass balance, washability curves, sizing and classification, partition curves) ;

Prior Experience

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