Course Description
Mineral processing — the upgrading of run-of-mine ore into a saleable concentrate — sits at the heart of the mining value chain, determining how much valuable mineral is recovered and at what grade. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to mineral processing theory and practice.
Participants learn the essential unit operations and principles needed to achieve efficient mineral recovery: process mineralogy, comminution (crushing and grinding), classification, physical separation and concentration (gravity, magnetic, flotation), and solid-liquid separation. The course covers process flowsheets, mass and metallurgical balancing, and the grade-recovery relationship, with attention to base metals and critical minerals.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the role of mineral processing in the mining value chain
- Understand the importance of process mineralogy
- Apply comminution principles (crushing and grinding)
- Understand particle size classification
- Describe physical separation and concentration methods
- Understand flotation fundamentals
- Apply solid-liquid separation (thickening, filtration)
- Perform mass and metallurgical balances and interpret grade-recovery
How the course is delivered
The course combines mineral processing theory with practical flowsheet and calculation exercises. Participants work through unit operations, mass balancing, and grade-recovery analysis using realistic processing examples for base metals and critical minerals.
The programme provides a comprehensive foundation across the mineral processing flowsheet, from mineralogy to concentrate.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Metallurgists and process engineers
- Mining engineers and geologists needing processing knowledge
- Plant operators and technical staff
- Professionals entering mineral processing
- Anyone in the mining value chain
Daily programme
- The role of mineral processing in mining
- Process mineralogy and liberation
- The processing flowsheet
- Sampling, assaying, and mass balances
- Crushing: jaw, cone, gyratory
- Grinding: ball, rod, SAG, HPGR
- Grinding circuits
- Energy and comminution efficiency
- Particle size classification
- Screening and hydrocyclones
- Gravity separation
- Magnetic and electrostatic separation
- Flotation fundamentals
- Flotation reagents and circuits
- Concentration principles
- Grade-recovery relationship
- Thickening and filtration
- Tailings and dewatering
- Metallurgical accounting
- Workshop and review
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
