Mining & Mineral Exploration
Geology and Economics of Mineral Resources
The value chain for non-energy mineral raw materials and its challenges, from formation to closure.
Overview
About the programme
The value chain for non-energy mineral raw materials and its challenges, from formation to closure.
Duration
3 days
Training hours
21 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Identify the sectors, stakeholders and key issues across the stages of a mineral industry project.
- Gain an overview of the technical and economic challenges of mineral deposits and supply chains.
- Understand the criteria for assessing the criticality of a mineral commodity.
Content
What the programme covers
General introduction to mineral resources
- Classification, uses and the stages of a mineral industry project.
- Observing mineral samples and studying documents: diagrams and maps.
Mineral exploration
- Where and how do deposits form?
- The main stages and methods of an exploration project, the concepts of resources and reserves, and exploration and investment budgets.
Criticality of mineral resources
- Approaches and parameters for assessing criticality, and how they change over time and between stakeholders.
Exploitation and beneficiation of mineral resources
- The concept of responsible mining, technical and economic aspects, and environmental constraints.
- Mining and ore processing techniques, and by-products, co-products and intermediate products.
- Mine site closure and remediation, and the determinants of mineral resource prices.
- Studying a mineral commodity along its value chain through presentations and exercises on samples and maps.
Who for
Target audience
Industry players, users and processors of mineral resources, mining technicians, and staff of the relevant authorities.
Method
How it is delivered
Presentations and practical exercises on samples and documents.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.