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Technology of Ores Treatment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 542-0441/03
Abbreviation TÚR
Course title Technology of Ores Treatment
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator Ing. Tomáš Široký, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

1. Classification of ore raw materials and products of their adjustment.
The aim of treatment of ores and historical development. The overview of methods of ore treatment.

2. General principles of treatment schemes ores. Basic factors affecting choice of ore treatment technology. Genetic, physical, electrochemical and chemical properties.

3. Characteristics of the technological processes of ore treatment.
3.1. Crushing and milling of ore.
2.3 Classification of ore.
3.3 Gravitational separation of ores.
3.4 floatation separation of ores, chemical treatment concentrates.
3.5 Separation magnetic and electric.
3.6. Other methods of ore separation.
3.7 Auxiliary processes in the treatment of ores.
3.8. Wastewater treatment from ore treatment process.

4. Technological schemes of ore treatment.
4.1. Modification of iron ore.
4.2 Adjustment of non-ferrous metal ores.
4.3 Treatment of ores of noble and precious metals
4.4 Treatment of uranium ore.

5. Control of technological processes of ore treatment.

6. Development trends of ore processing.


Seminars:

1. Selective flotation of Cu-Zn ores from the area Zlaté Hory-East
2. Application of magnetic separation and floatation for the treatment of siderite
3. Possibilities of obtaining Sb from antimony debris
4. Utilization of bacterial leaching in decomposition of coal and pyrite ore
5. Selective flocculation of galenite and quartz

Literature

WiLLs, B.A.,Wills’ Mineral Processing Technology. An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery. 2006, ISBN 0-7506-4450-8
BULATOVIC, Srdjan M. Handbook of flotation reagents: chemistry, theory and practice. Boston: Elsevier, 2007-. ISBN 0-444-53029-0.
BULATOVIC, Srdjan, N. Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice. Flotation of gold, PGM and oxide minerals. Elsevier, 2010. ISBN 9780444530820 .
BULATOVIC, Srdjan M. Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice Flotation of Industrial Minerals. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2015. ISBN 978-0-444-53083-7 .

Advised literature

GUPTA, C. K. Chemical metallurgy: principles and practice. Cambridge: Wiley-VCH, c2003. ISBN 3527303766 .
SCHLESINGER, Mark E. a A. K. BISWAS. Extractive metallurgy of copper. 5th ed. Boston: Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-0-08-096789-9 .
CRUNDWELL, F. K. Extractive metallurgy of nickel, cobalt and platinum-group materials. Boston: Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-0-08-096809-4 .
KAWATRA, S. K. a Courtney YOUNG. SME mineral processing & extractive metallurgy handbook: volume one (and volume two). Englewood, Colorado: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, ISBN 978-0-87335-385-4 .