Syllabus

10 classes
Liberation and its significance, Comminution and sizing, Laws of Comminution, Crushing: primary crusher (Jaw & gyratory crusher) secondary crusher: Roll crusher, cone crusher, impact crusher, Grinding- types and equipment (tumbling, mill shell, rod mill, autogenous mill, washing, Sorting and hand-picking; Laboratory and industrial screening- equipment, screen efficiency.

9 classes
Principles of classification, Free settling, hydraulic classifier, Spiral classifier, Hydro cyclone: Hindered settling, Zonation of hydro cyclone, classifier- mechanical and hydraulic, sizing and sorting classifiers, methods in identification of mineral phase (X-Ray diffraction, SEM, etc.).

9 Classes
Gravity concentration methods, Tabling, Jigging, types of jigs, Heavy media separation, Separation in vertical and streaming currents, Sedimentation, Dewatering techniques, Thickener, Filtration and Drying, CHPs & its environmental issues.

8 Classes
Requirements of flotation, conditions for direct & reverse flotation, Contact angle, its influence upon flotation, activators, frothers, depressants, PH regulators, cost effectiveness of flotation, Design of Mineral processing circuits with reference to case studies.

Review the nature of mineral occurrences and ore composition analytical techniques.

Introduce students to the principles of ore comminution, liberation and particle size analysis,

Teach students the various methods of mineral separation and the equipment required.

Get familiarize with the various ancillary operations and equipment in the mineral processing plant

Provide students the opportunities to acquire practical skills in mineral separation through participatory laboratory experiments and field activities

To review physics and chemistry in the context of mineral engineering.

To learn basic principles of mineral separation processes and equipment related to them.

To explain the implications of mineralogical characteristics.

To analyse the relation between processing, structure, and physical properties.

To produce conceptual designs for simple extraction process.

Wills, B.A., Napier-Munn, T. , Mineral Processing Technology, Elsevier , , 7th Ed., 2006.

Gupta A. Yan D., , Mineral Processing Design & Operation: An Introduction, , Elsevier , 1st Ed., 2006

M. Gaudin. , Principles of Mineral Dressing, Tata McGraw-Hill , 1987

Fuerstenau M., Han K, (eds.),, Principles of Mineral Processing, SME , 2003