Mineral Processing
Mineral processing, is the art of processing ores and mineral products in order to separate the valuable minerals from the waste rock, or gangue. It is the first process that most ores endure after mining to provide a more concentrated material for the procedures of extractive metallurgy. In Iran some other countries, this field also covers hydrometallurgy and electrometallurgy while in the rest of the world is enclosed in extractive metallurgy. Pyrometallurgy is usually under extractive metallurgy field of research and industry. The department encompasses programs concerned with finding solutions for mineral processing industry challenges, process optimization, utilization of mineral resources and reducing the environmental impact of mineral processing plants. The Mineral Processing Department of Tarbiat Modares university was established in 1998 and since then average of 8-10 master students have been graduated annually and recruited by mineral processing industry all around the world after graduation. In 2006, the first Ph.D. student was admitted in this department and the course continued to be offered every two years. A new discipline of mining and environment was added in 2016 and students were admitted on average of 4-6 students per year. Masters theses and doctoral dissertations have often been published in the fields of hydrometallurgy, modeling and simulation of processes, flotation and concentration and purification of leach solutions and finally environmental evaluation of mineral processing operations. The results of some of them have also been used by industry. In 2018, the first Ph.D. student was admitted in mining and environment. The department consistently ranked among the leading departments in the university in terms of research and education achievements. We are committed to responding to the major mineral processing and environmental challenges of mining industry in our country and all around the world. The department is strongly dedicated to supporting diversity and flexibility in the workplace, representing one of the rare mineral processing departments in the country with one female academic staff many M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. We are a medium size department with 6 full time academic staff, 3 laboratories, one lab manager around 40 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. Industry engagement is the key focus, and we carry out research projects based on deep collaborations with government and private industry organization which support research projects of our students. Many of graduated students from this department play a vital role in societal progression of this field. There are three degrees given by this department:
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