Program Overview

ENG527 - Extractive Metallurgy I

Overview

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Offerings

The following offerings are available:

• MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2025
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: Yes
• MURDOCH-S1-ONLINEFLEX-2025-ONGOING
  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Online Flexible
  • Start year: 2025
  • End year: -
  • Self enrol: Yes

Requisites

Exclusion

The following units are excluded:

• EXM302: Advanced Mineral Processing (4 cp)
• EXM505: Advanced Mineral Processing (3 cp)
• ENG325: Pyrometallurgy (3 cp)

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

1. Understand the techniques used in Extractive Metallurgy such as thickening, filtration, centrifuge dewatering and drying.
2. Understand the processes involved in the production of copper, nickel, iron and steel, aluminium, titanium and titanium dioxide, zinc, lead, gold and silicon.
3. Know the methods of tailing disposal and slag cleaning.
4. Understand the environmental issues and how to deal with them including recycling.
5. Understand pyrometallurgical process design and costing.

Additional Information

Unit content includes:

• Theoretical and practical techniques used in Extractive Metallurgy
• Processes involved in the production of various metallic materials
• Methods of tailing disposal and slag cleaning
• Environmental issues and recycling
• Pyrometallurgical process and plant design and costing

Unit Details

• Unit version: 09
• Version start date: 01/07/2024
• End date: 31/12/2025
• Owning college: College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
• Owning school: Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry and Physics
• Credit points: 3