Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MPE 301 — Sustainable Mineral Resources Development

2 units · MPE department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Human civilization and mineral resources development: Mineral resources development and national economic diversification agenda; seeing the whole picture from mineral exploration (en route mines development, mining, mineral processing, metallurgy, manufacturing) to the market; features of sustainable mineral resources development. Sustainable mineral resources development: Relay race among four athletes: geologist, miner, mineral processor and extractive metallurgist based on techno-economic issues, safety and health issues and environmental issues; mining value chain: exploration: (prospecting + valuation), mining geology, geo-statistics and mines development; Mineral value chain: Five classes of mining titles, applied mineralogy, comminution, classification and particle size analysis, concentration methods- Physical process, concentration methods- physico-chemical process and de-watering; Metal value chain: geo-metallurgy, pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, physical metallurgy, mechanical metallurgy, manufacturing processes. Engineering materials family: Situating metals among other engineering materials: ceramics, polymers & composites.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MPE 301.

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