COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINERAL ENRICHMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDT 3019 MINERAL ENRICHMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Mining Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ECE KILINÇ AKSAY

Offered to

Mining Technology

Course Objective

To teach the beneficiation methods of ores.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know the aim and importance of mineral beneficiation methods
2   Know the terms related to the beneficiation of ores
3   Know the gravity methods and equipments
4   Know the magnetic and electrostatic methods and separators
5   Apply the enrichment test about mineral processing in laboratory

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition the mineral processing methods
2 The basic principles of mineral processing and the classification of mineral processing methods
3 The mineral processing methods based on structuralmechanical properties of ore
4 Definition and principles of gravity methods
5 Definition and principles of heavy medium separators
6 Definition and principles of jig
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Mid-term exam
8 Definition and principles of shaking table and
9 Definition and principles of spiral, multi-gravity separator, knelson and falcon concentrator
10 Definition and principles of spiral, multi-gravity separator, knelson and falcon concentrator
11 Magnetic separators and its principles
12 Magnetic separators and its principles
13 Electrostatic separators and its principles
14 The beneficiation flowsheets of some ores

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s ):
Wills' Mineral Processing Technology, 7th edition, Barry A. Wills & Tim Napier-Munn,
2006.
Burt, Richard,O., Gravity Concentration Technology , Amsterdam, 1984.
Svoboda, J., Magnethic Methods for the Treatment of Minerals , Amsterdam, 1987.
Weiss, N.L., Mineral Processing Handbook New York, NY.: American Institute of Mining,
Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, 1985
Cevher Hazırlama ve Zenginleştirme, Necati Yıldız, 2010
Cevher hazırlamada flotasyon dışındaki zenginleştirme yöntemleri, Güven önal, 1980

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lecturer of the course tries to give a technical skill about mining by straight narrative techniques and applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

COMPULSORY

Assessment Criteria

I. Mid-term exam %50: To examine the theoretical information.
II. Final Exam %50: To examine the all learning outcomes

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ece.kilinc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Lectures 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Preparing presentations 13 5 65
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.51