MET E 5680 - Mineral Processing II: Design and Advanced Control for Plant Operations

The course focuses on metallurgical design in mineral processing of precious metals, base metals, steel raw materials, industrial minerals, as well as critical materials such as lithium and rare earth, based on ore characterization. Latest advances in mineral processing such as High-Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR), ultra-fine grinding, and pre-concentration technologies will be introduced. Foundation of Advanced Process Control (APC) will be trained, including control strategy, fuzzy logic, and hands-on programming.