Introduction to Ore Dressing and Extractive Metallurgy

A course of about 53 lectures with practical work.

SУLLAВus.

Ore Dressing.

Objects and uses of ore dressing. Mineral association and liberation. Tlie size of particles; methods of size specification and determination, average size, size distribution. Comminution ; crushing and grinding practice and theory. Screen sizing. Motion of solid particles in fluids.

Classification. Gravity methods of concentration; heavy media separation, jigging, tabling, etc. Centrifugal magnetic and electrostatic concentration. Flotation con- centration : Introduction to flotation systems, consideration of phases and inter- faces. Chemical preparation of minerals for flotation. Complex relationships involving collectors. Foams and flotation froths. Technology.

Extractive Metallurgy.

Engineering fundamentals of unit processes : material and heat balances ; fuels and combustion ; flow of heat and fluids ; refractories and furnaces, pyrometry, instrumentation and control.

Unit processes : physico-chemical principles including kinetic and thermo- dynamic view points ; hydrometallurgical ; gas-solid (drying, calcining, roasting and gaseous reduction) ; sintering and pyroagglomeration; reduction of metallic compounds ; simple smelting ; blast furnace smelting ; converting ; retorting ; re fining of liquid metals. Integrated processes: consideration of flowsheets for extraction of metals, including iron, copper, lead, zinc, gold and uranium.

PRACTICAL Woак. About 75 hours. Chemical analysis and dry assaying. Ore dressing operations.

Candidates may

be

required to visit mines and other places associated with mining at times

to be

arranged during the year.

A charge of I1 will be made for use of apparatus in the laboratory.

Booкs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Eavenson, H.

N.-Coal Through the Ages. (A.I.M.E.) Lovering—Minerals in World Affairs. (Prentice

Hall.) Farwell, G. Down

Argent Street.

(Johnson, Sydney.)

Haddock, M.

1.—Cultural Contacts of Mining.

(Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949.)

Read,

J.—Explosives. (Pelican.)

Jones, W.

R.—Minerals in Industry.

(Pelican.)

Alexander, W. and Street,

A: Metals in the Service of

Matt. (Pelican.) Blarney,

G.—The Peaks of Lye!!.

(М.U.Р.)

Group I

(b) Prescribed text-books:

Lewis, R.

S.-The Elements of Mining.

(2nd ed., Wiley.)

or

Young, G.

J.—Elements of Mining.

(4th ed., McGraw-Hill.)

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Group Il

Newton,

J.—Introduction to Metallurgy.

(2nd ed., Wiley.) Gaudin, A. 1.—Mineral Dressing. (McGraw-Hill.)

(c) Recommended for reference:

Group I

Marshall, A.—Explosives. (2nd ed., Churchill.)

Davis, T.

L.—Chemistry of Powder and Explosives.

(Wiley.) Peele, R.—Miuing Engineer's Handbook. (3rd ed., Wiley.) Hoover, H.

C. Principles of Mining.

(McGraw-Hill.)

Beringer, В.—Underground Practice in Mining. (2nd ed., Mining Publications.)

Symposium on Diamond Drilling.

(Journal of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society of South Africa, Vol. 52, No. 10, Part 2, April, 1952.) Mining Methods in Australia and Adjacent Territories. (Fifth Empire

Mining and Metallurgical Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. II.) Jeppe, C. W.

B.—Gold Alining in the Witwatersrand.

(Transvaal Chamber

of Mines.)

Tyler, P. McI. From the Ground Up. (McGraw-Hill.)

Forrester, J. D.—Principles of Field and Mining Geology. (Wiley.) Dobrin—Introduction to Geophysical Prospecting. (McGraw-Hill.)

Stoces,

B. Introduction to Mining.

(Eng. ed., Lange, Maxwell & Springer, 1954.)

Cumming, J.

D.—Diamond Drill Handbook.

(Toronto.) Group II

Rabone, P. Flotation Plant Practice. (Mining Publications.) Dalla Valle, J.

M.—Micromeritics.

(Pitman.)

Taggart, A.

F.—Elements of Ore Dressing.

(Wiley.)

Ore Dressing Methods in Australia and Adjacent Territories. (Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. III.) Extractive Metallurgy in Australia. (Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical

Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. IV.)

Schuhmann,

R.—Metallurgical Engineering,

Vol. I. (Addison-Wesley Press, 1952.)

ExAMINArrox. Two 3-hour written papers and one whole day practical test for Pass and Honours.

Practical work done during the course will be assessed as part of the annual examination. Reports of assignments in practical work should be indexed and suitably bound in a folder and retained for resubmission on the last day of examination in Mining Part I, if required.

MINING PART

II

(Associate Professor Dunkin, Mr. Nevill)

A course of three lectures per week, with practical work, throughout the year.

SYLLABUS. Group I. dining Principles and Practice.

A course of about 25 lectures.

A continuation of the study of mining principles and practice started in Mining Part I. Modern prospecting methods. Recent trends in stoping and their influence on development. Working alluvial deposits : underground methods, dredging, hydraulic mining. Mining of bedded deposits, including coal. Quarrying, open cut and strip mining ; black and brown coal. Stability and support of mine excavations. Deep level mining. Dust and gases in mine air.

Group II. Mine Engineering.

A course of about 25 lectures with practical work.

Mine ventilation and air conditioning. Compressed air, electric power and water supply. Drainage. Drilling, shaft sinking, tunnelling, underground and surface loading and transport; tracks, roadways. Hoisting, winders, headframes.

Underground and surface structures. Surface shops and equipment. Maintenance.

Group III. Mine Mапаgеment and Mining Economics.

A course of about 25 lectures.

The following topics are dealt with in general terms and with special reference to the mining industry: The history of industrialization. Principles of administra•

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tinn and management. Organization of industry. Safety, health, hygiene. Industrial psychology. Motion and time study. Wage and incentive systems. Arbitration.

Economics of mining. Accounts ; planning, scheduling, estimating, costing, budgets. The production planning department, research and development. Relation of industry to teaching and research institutions.

Contracts. Brief introduction to the law relating to mines, factories, machinery inspection, explosives, workers' compensation.

Plant location and design, lighting of underground and surface workings and buildings. Housing. The mining town and community.

Mine valuation—sampling, reserves, life, present value. Financing mines.

Mining taxation.

Professional ethics.

РaлcтlcлL Wоeк. About two hours per week.

Candidates may be required to visit mines and other places associated with mining at times to be arranged during the year.

FINМ. HONOURS. Students who elect to take Final Honours must consult with the Head of the Department at the beginning of the academic year. These students may be set additional work during the year.

Воокs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Leith, C. К.—Mineral Valuations of the Future. (A.I.M.E.) Marriott—Men, Money and Mines. (A.I.M.E.)

Tyler, P. McI. From the Ground Up. (McGraw-Hill.)

Rickard, T.

A.—A

History of American Mining. (A.M.I.E., McGraw-Hill.) Jeppe, C. W. B.—Gold Mining in South Africa. (Todd.)

(b) Prescribed text-books:

Penman, D. and J. S.—Mine Ventilatiоn. (Griffin.) Quality of Mine Air. (Transvaal Chamber of Mines.) Spalding, 3.—Deep dining. (Mining Publications.)

(c) Recommended for reference:

Рееle, R.—Mining Engineer's Randhook. (3rd ed., Wiley.) Metal Alining Practice. (U.S. Bur. Mines Bull. No. 419.)

Mining Methods in Australia and Adjacent Territories. (Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. II.)

Australian Mining and Metallurgy—Miscellaneous Features and Practices.

(Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. V.)

Elford, H. S., and McKeown, M. R.—Coal Mining in Australia. (Tait.) Coal Mining: Report of the Technical Advisory Committee: Ministry of Fuel

and Power. (H.M.S.O.)

Mason, E.—Practical Coal Mining for Miners, Vols. I and II. (2nd ed., Virtue, 1951.)

Coal Miner's Pocket Book. (McGraw-Hill.)

Coal in Australia. (Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. VI.)

Coal Mine Modernisation Year Book. (American Mining Congress.) Richardson, H. W., and Mayo, R. S. Fractical Tunne' Driving. (McGraw-

Hill.)

Engineering Factors in the Ventilation of Metal Mines. (U.S. Bur. Mines Bull. No. 385.)

Given, I. A.—icchanical Loading of Coal Underground. (McGraw-Hill.) Harrison, H. L. 1.—Boring and Valuation of Alluvial Deposits. (Mining

Pub.)

Spriegel, W. R., and Lansburgh, R. H. Industrial Management. (Wiley.) Alford, L. P.—Principles of Industrial Management. (Ronald.)

Bethel, L. L., Atwater, F. S., Smith, G. H., Stackman, H. A. — Industriar Organization and management. (McGraw-Hill.)

Metcalf, H. C., and Urwick, L.—Dynamic Administration.

Кoepke, C. A.—Plant Production Control. (Wiley.)

Hoover, T. J.—The Economics of Mining. (3rd ed., Stanford.) Trustott, S. J.—Mine Economics. (Mining Pub.)

Willcox, F.—Mine Accounting and Financial Administration. (Pitman.) 111

Fayol,

H.—General

and Industrial Маnаgеtпепt. (Pitman.)

Aitchison, L.—Introduction to Industrial Metallurgy. (Macdonald and Evans.) Heinrich, H.

W. Industrial

Accident Prevention. (McGraw-Hill.) Safety in Coal Mines, Vol. 1. (I.L.0., 1953.)

Safety Code. (Prevention of Accidents Committee, Transvaal Chamber of Mines, 1953.)

Silicosis Pneumoconiosis and Dust Suppression in Mines.

(Inst.

^Min.

Eng.

and

Inst.

Mining and Met.)

Parks, R.

D.—Examination

and Valuation of Mineral Property. (Addison Wesley.)

Publications of the Department of Labour and National Service.

The Law Relating to Factories ond Shops in Victoria. (Vitt. Govt. Printer.) The Companies Act. (Viet. Govt. Printer.)

The Alines Acts of the Australian states and other countries.

Dunsheath,

P.—The

Graduate in Industry. (Hutchinson.) Industry and Research—F.B.I. Conference. (Pitman.)

Reference should also be made to the journals of Mining and Metallurgical Societies in Australia, England, U.S.A., Canada and South Africa, and also to mining periodicals published in these countries.

ExAITNATIox. Three 3-hour written papers.

Practical work done during the course will be assessed as part of the Annual Examination. Reports of assignments in practical work should be indexed and suitably bound in a folder and retained for resubmission on the last day of examination in Mining II if required.