Mining Paper 2 May/June 2015

Question 8

List four unit operations in mineral processing.

Observation

This was a compulsory question.

The answers that were supplied to this question by the candidates were just fair.  
The expected answers were:

  • comminution;
  • concentration/separation/enrichment;
  • sizing or screening;
  • dewatering;
  • tailings disposal;
  • transportation/shipping;
  • storage;
  • classification.