Geol.736 MINERAL PROCESSING AND BENIFICIATION (3 C.H)
Commonly occurring processes for mineral development and beneficiation, analyze reasons for selection of beneficiation processes based on raw material properties, mineral separation, limiting grades and selectivity, mechanism and processes for particle separation, comminution, screening and sieving, flotation and other surface separations, ore sorting and magnetic separation, electrostatic separation, gravity and dense medium separation, sedimentation, filtration, screening and sieving, classification, mass balancing, particle technology of minerals, dissolution, adsorption, precipitation, rheology of suspensions and particulate matter, shear strength of particulate matter, plant control, process integrator and flow sheet analysis, use of mineral processing methods in the recycling of industrial and consumer products, visits of various mineral-based industrial units regarding mineral handling and processing for utilization in the manufacture of consumer products.
Books Recommended:- Mineral processing technology- an introduction by Well, B. A., 6th Ed., 2003. Butterworth-Heinmann.
- Mineral processing design and operation: an introduction by Gupta, A., Yan, D. and Yan, D. S., 2006. Elsevier Science.
- Wills’ mineral processing technology: an introduction to the practical aspects of ore treatment and mineral recovery by Wills, B. A. and Napier-Munn, T., 7th Ed., 2006. Butterworth-Heinmann.
- Changing scopes in mineral processing: proceedings of the 6th international symposium, Kusadasi, Turkey, 24-26 September 1996 by Kemal, M., 1996. Taylor & Francis.