Mineral processing engineering is an applied technology subject to study mineral separation. Its subject is to separate useful minerals from gangue (useless) minerals, such as quartz and other gangue minerals in iron ore, enrich lean ore with a raw ore grade of about 30% to more than 60% rich ore through magnetic separation and flotation, and then carry out the next step of ironmaking work (smelting process belongs to metallurgy engineering discipline), Separate useful minerals from useful minerals (for example, copper lead zinc ores are often symbiotic, and flotation is required to separate copper sulfide, lead sulfide, and zinc sulfide, and send them to the smelter to smelt metal copper, metal lead, and metal zinc respectively). In the coal industry, clean coal will be selected by gravity separation and flotation, and coal gangue will be abandoned. Mineral processing engineering is much less difficult than mining engineering, and the working environment is much better than metallurgical engineering. No need to go into the mine, no need to guard the 1000 degree smelting furnace. China's resources are becoming more and more scarce, and the price of resources is also getting higher and higher. The cost of producing one ton of iron concentrate is about 180 yuan, but now the average price in the market has exceeded 700 yuan. The profit is very high. It can be said that mineral processing is a sunrise industry. As long as there are human beings, they need resources and mineral processing talents. Employment direction of mineral processing: mine concentrator: work in the factory to control production indicators. The work is easy and the salary is very objective. Scientific research institutes: large state-owned enterprise scientific research institutions such as Beijing General Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Beijing Nonferrous Metals Research Institute, Northwest Nonferrous Metals Research Institute, etc. Investment company: provide mining investment suggestions for the investment company. Foreign large enterprises: The development form of domestic mining industry is too good, but the domestic production equipment is generally backward. Foreign mining machinery companies have targeted the Chinese market and need local employees. The treatment was very good. There was a saying in the resource class that a good geological engineer (ore prospector) would top 200 ore dressing engineers, because finding a ore deposit that is easy to separate would save a lot of ore dressing work. For example, in Brazil, the grade of iron ore excavated is about 65%, and there is no need for beneficiation at all. Iron can be directly made. However, 97% of China's iron ores are lean ores with a grade below 30%. Now this sentence is reversed. A good mineral processing engineer tops 200 geological engineers. The reason is that China's mineral processing technology has taken the lead in the world. I can select useful minerals for smelting from any lean ore found by the geological engineer. Academician of Mineral Processing Engineering: Wang Dianzuo, Chen Qingru, Yu Yongfu, Sun Chuanyao, Strong School of Mineral Processing: Central South University (non-ferrous metal beneficiation), China University of Mining and Technology (coal beneficiation), Northeast University (iron ore beneficiation)
Employment prospect of mineral processing engineering
The employment prospect of mineral processing engineering is very good.
In addition, it is easy to find a job for this major at that time, because China's mineral processing technology is far ahead of the rest of the world. This major is very promising because most minerals are solid. Compared with petroleum, it is relatively simple to transport minerals, with less risk, less pressure and higher income.
If you can find some useful minerals for smelting, you should not worry too much in your life. Now many mining companies need people very much. After graduation, they can go to the mine concentrator to work in the factory, control production indicators, and work more easily.
