MIME 341. Introduction to Mineral Processing.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
View offerings for Winter 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Theory and practice of unit operations including: size reduction-crushing and grinding; size separation-screening and classification; mineral separation-flotation, magnetic and gravity separation. Equipment and circuit design and selection. Mass balancing. Laboratory procedures: grindability, liberation, magnetic and gravity separation, flotation and solid-liquid separation.
- (3-0.5-5.5)
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MIME 200 or MIME 250