Advanced Coal Preparation

At popular request we are bringing this course to you as a live webcast!

Summary

This course in webcast format is one in the series of courses designed to address mineral processing of a specific substance. The course is intended to explore in depth the processing of coal. It provides a solid background in terms of coal properties in relation to its utilization and physical cleaning. More specifically… coal processing unit operations such as crushing, screening, classification, gravity separation, flotation and handling of final product will be addressed.

Objectives

Coal processing will be discussed in view of coal's physical and chemical characteristics. The emphasis will be on addressing common problems in the processing of typical British Columbia coals. Unit operations of cleaning coals by physical processes, coal analysis, characterization of coal, coal preparation flow sheets and handleability of final product will be discussed in a great detail.

Participants will gain a basic knowledge of the unit operations used in coal processing and come to understand the effect of coal characteristics on physical cleaning of coal. For more details see course schedule.

UBC Certificate in Mining Studies

This course qualifies for one day of short course credit for the UBC Certificate in Mining Studies, a continuing education initiative by the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining at the University of British Columbia. more details »

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

This course meets the requirements for formal CPD activity for most Canadian provincial associations and US state boards and may contribute the equivalent in hours towards your CPD requirement. more details »

Who Should Attend?

The course is designed for coal mining industry professionals, such as: plant managers, researchers, mine technical employee, geologists, mining and coal processing professionals and students – specifically people interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of coal preparation.