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Minerals Process Engineer/Minerals Process Operator

 

The minerals process engineer is responsible for transforming low value, impure raw materials into commercially valuable and marketable products. Minerals process engineers are employed in all stages of raw materials processing.

The main sources of these raw materials are low grade minerals, by-products of other processing operations and recycled materials.

Responsibilities may include coordinating the collection of samples for laboratory analysis and testing, choosing and operating a combination of treatments to produce the desired quality of products at optimum efficiency, process design and development, and the preparation of cost budgets of operations to evaluate economic feasibility of processes.

 

Personal qualities required include an aptitude for computing and design, both practical and creative, good communication skills, analytical skills and enjoys problem solving, willing to adhere to safety regulations, and able to work well as part of a team and independently.

 

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UK Rocks

Learn Direct

Camborne School of Mines

University of Leeds

Queensland Resource Council

AUSIMM

Chamber of Minerals and Energy Western Australia

The Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)

Minerals Council of Australia

Penn State

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