Mineral Processing Technology

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0183/01
Abbreviation	TUS
Course title	Mineral Processing Technology
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Mineral resources, their characteristics and division, basic technological processes of treatment
2. Coal. Origin and chemical composition of coal, physical properties of coal and their use in the process of treatment. Coal processing technologies
3.Ore raw materials, iron ores, non-ferrous and precious metals ores, their classification and characteristics
4.General principles of ore treatment schemes. Basic factors influencing the choice of ore technology. Genetic, physical, physico-chemical and chemical properties
5.Non-ferrous metal ore processing technology (selected chapters)
6.Technology of precious metals ores processing
7.Non-metallic raw materials, characteristics and distribution
8.Technology of ceramic raw materials
9.Aggregate technology
10.Technology of glass raw materials
11.Technology of inorganic binders
12.Graphite technology
13.Barite and fluorite technology

Literature

KAWATRA, S. K. and Courtney YOUNG. SME mineral processing & extractive metallurgy handbook: volume one (and volume two). Englewood, Colorado: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2019.
BULATOVIC, Srdjan M. Handbook of flotation reagents: chemistry, theory and practice. Boston: Elsevier, 2007. ISBN 0-444-53029-0.
LEONARD, Joseph W. a Byron C. HARDINGE. Coal preparation. 5th ed. Littleton, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 1991. ISBN .
WILLS, B. A. Mineral processing technology: an introduction to the practical aspects of ore treatment and mineral recovery. 3rd ed. New York: Pergamon Press, 1985. ISBN 0-08-031160-1.

Advised literature

BULATOVIC, Srdjan,N . Handbook of flotation reagents: chemistry, theory and practice. Volume 3, Flotation of industrial minerals. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2015. .
BULATOVIC, Srdjan, N. Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice. Flotation of gold, PGM and oxide minerals. Elsevier, 2010. .
DRZYMALA J. Mineral Processing. Wroclaw University of Technology. 2007. .
WILLS, B. A., Tim. NAPIER-MUNN a B. A. WILLS. Wills' mineral processing technology: an introduction to the practical aspects of ore treatment and mineral recovery. 7th ed. Boston, MA: Elsevier/BH, 2006. ISBN 978-0-750-64450-1.

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