COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TREATMENT METHODS FOR THE METALLIC ORES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIN 5067 TREATMENT METHODS FOR THE METALLIC ORES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ABDULLAH SEYRANKAYA

Offered to

Mineral Processing
Mineral Processing
Mineral Processing

Course Objective

Metals, alloys and various compounds are indispensable materials of today's technology. Metallic ores are an impure metal containing large amount gangue like sand and rocky material or non-economic minerals. The gangue minerals must be removed from the ore by enrichment processes based on the differences between the physical or chemical properties of the gangue and the ore before the extraction of the metal. Thus, the concentrate(s) obtained may be processed further through hydrometallurgical or pyrometallurgical processes to a metal product. In this course, the future of metallic ores, factors affecting the choice of the enrichment method, properties and specifications and physical, physicochemical and hydrometallurgical methods for beneficiation of some important metallic ores such as iron, chromite, manganese, copper, lead-zinc, antimony, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, aluminum, nickel, etc., and examples from mineral processing and hydrometallurgical plants are discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   understand and be able to express the fundamentals of mineral processing methods.
2   understand and able to discus flow sheets of mineral processing plant for different types of metallic ores.
3   develop the knowledge on the physical and physicochemical and chemical methods of enriching ores.
4   follow developments related to mineral processing and hydrometallurgical methods.
5   develop analytical thinking skills, capability to perform the basic engineering calculations, and provide the ability to evaluate the results of the experiments.
6   develop conceptual process flow sheet for different types of metallic ores.
7   analyze, understand and assess the economic, environmental and social aspects of various mineral processing and hydrometallurgical methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introductiıon: Mineral Processing Methods and Their Basic Principles Physical and physicochemical and chemical methods.
2 Iron Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Industrial applications
3 Copper Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Physical and physicochemical methods. Industrial applications
4 Copper Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Hydrometallurgical methods. Industrial applications.
5 Lead and Zinc Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Physical and physicochemical methods. Industrial applications
6 Lead and Zinc Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgycal methods. Industrial applications
7 Aluminum Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Bayer Process
8 Chromite Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Industrial applications
9 Antimony, Mercury, and Arsenic Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Industrial applications
10 Nickel Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Physical and physicochemical methods. Industrial applications
11 Nickel Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgycal methods. Industrial applications
12 Gold, silver ores. Beneficiation Methods. Industrial applications
13 Manganase Ores and Beneficiation Methods. Industrial applications. Methods for obtaining some metals such as Co, Bi, Cd, Mo, Sn.
14 Developments in mineral concentration and hydrometallurgical processes, Evaluation of these processes in terms of environmental risk assessments and occupational health and safety

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):

Çilingir, Y. (1990). Metalik cevherler ve zenginleştirme yöntemleri, DEÜ Müh.-Mim. Fak., MM/MAD-90 EY 198, Izmir.
Weiss, N.L. (1985). Mineral Processing Handbook, Vol. 1-2, Published by SME, ISBN:0-89520-433-6, New York.
Burt, R.O. (1984). Gravity Concentration Technology, New York
Svoboda, J. (1987). Magnetic Methods for the Treatment of Minerals, Elsevier Sci., New York

Materials: Lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Class presentation and discussion, Team works, laboratory applications, Reports of analyses results, Project presentation, Individual assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1-5: Mid-term exam, assignment and presentation
1-7: Final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Abdullah SEYRANKAYA: a.seyrankaya@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90 232 3017519

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 3 10 30
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.152332112131
LO.252332112131
LO.352353143131
LO.454334414145
LO.521555455344
LO.651555434334
LO.724444512522

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