Welcome to the Minerals Process Simulation course. This course equips students with practical skills and knowledge of mineral process simulation technology. Mineral simulation technology is fast becoming more and more consolidated in the day-to-day business of the process operation, for a wide range of applications – from circuit diagnostics, plant design and equipment design, optimization, plant economics, mass balance, heat balance to operator training.
The use of simulation tools in real cases in the minerals industry can bring immediate benefits with high rates of return of investments involved. In addition to the theoretical approach, practical exercises are done during the course using one of the best Mineral simulation software called METSIM.
METSIM provides an interactive, fast and accurate means of solving costing, heat balance and material balance problems in a vast number of applications.
The software is used by many companies throughout the world to design, simulate and control operations from mine to tailings and everything in between. At its absolute simplest, METSIM software can be used to create a process flowsheet. The modules in METSIM covers mass and energy balances for either steady-state or dynamic simulations of mine, stockpile, heap leach, material handling, comminution, beneficiation, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, gas and steam handling, and tailings management processes.
