Mining & Mineral Engineering
Mining & Mineral Engineering in Jiangxi University of Science and Technology found in 1958 is listed as the only first class discipline in mining in Jiangxi province, and approved as the first high-level discipline. This subject was authorized to grant Master’s Degree in 1986 and Doctoral Degree in 2012, and set up the post-doctoral research station in 2014. Its sub-fields, including Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing Engineering, have passed the Chinese engineering education professional certification for twice. Mining Engineering is chosen as the national featured major and the “Plan for Educating and Training outstanding Engineers” major in Jiangxi province, and Mineral Processing Engineering is chosen as the Chinese “Plan for Educating and Training outstanding Engineers” major. Mining & Mineral Engineering is equipped with a dynamic teaching team of high educational level and reasonable professional structure. At present, this discipline has two persons selected for National New Century Talents Project, one person selected for New Century Talent Supporting Project by education ministry, two persons selected for New Century Talent Supporting Project by Jiangxi province, eight persons selected for Ganpo Talent Project by Jiangxi province, and one person awarded special allowance by State Council and Jiangxi province. The discipline also has 20 leaders and academic leaders, 24 professors, 30 associate professors, 28 lecturers and engineers. The teachers, who have a doctorate, account for 75.3%.
1. Positioning and objectives
Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing Engineering, which relay on national featured resources and preponderant resources in Jiangxi province, such as copper, tungsten, rare earth and so on, have be constructed into a safe and efficient teaching and research system in green development and utilization and thus formed a distinctive first-class discipline of prominent technology. They take the lead in development and utilization of copper, tungsten, rare earth et al., and transport brightest talent to nonferrous metals industry, which finally provide technical support and theoretical guidance for industry process.
2. Advantages and characteristics
Mining & Mineral Engineering, which relay on geographical advantage and distinctive resources, has established eight national and provincial laboratories, engineering research centre and collaborative innovation centre, including National Engineering and Technology Research Centre for the Development and Utilization of Ion-absorbed Rare Earth, National Engineering and Technology Research Centre for the Processing and Smelting of Copper Ores. Many self-developing technologies have been carried out in rare earth extraction, copper sulfide ores and tungsten ores processing, mining of metallic difficulty mining deposits and control of catastrophes. The highly efficient and intensive mining technology for refractory tungsten resources is self-developing and used to realize the continuous and safe mining of narrow vein tungsten deposits. The technology of rapid tesing of copper chamber blasting and recognition of blind shot is used to effectively identify blind shot in underground blasting. The theory and technology of forecast, prevention and control of catastrophes of difficult mining copper deposits in low pressure and deep area, protects safe mining of copper deposits in deep area. The new technology and reagents of non-lime copper-sulfur separation has laid a technological foundation for low alkalinity copper-sulfur separation in china. The difficult separation of refractory multi-metal sulfide ores has been solved by magnetization-flotation and selective flotation using electric control. In addition, the theory of pulsed high gradient magnetic separation for weakly magnetic minerals was built, and thus a pulsed structure was invented, which includes reverse rinsing of magnetic particles caused by vertical and rotational rings that couples high gradient perpendicular magnetic field. This invention resolves the problem of easy blockage of magnetic medium in high intensity magnetic separators. The green extraction technology of ion-adsorbed rare earth can realize the green and highly efficient exploitation. Based on above research results, one National Progress Award in Science and Technology and fourteen Ministerial and Provincial Progress Award in Science and Technology were awarded. In addition, more than 50 science and technology awards were awarded by China nonferrous Metals Association et al. and 15 investigate patents were obtained. The research results cover main copper, tungsten and rare earth mines, and create the economic benefits of more than one billion.
3. Personnel training
Mining & Mineral Engineering’s aims include these: solid engineering theory and professional knowledge, strong ability to acquire knowledge, ability to organize and manage, ability to design and construct in mining and mineral engineering and international vision. The discipline hinges around the aim of talents cultivation and especially emphasizes on innovative thinking ability and practical ability. The talents cover many fields in nonferrous metal industry. A large number of investigation has been done to train applied, creative, and compound talents.
4. Academic discipline direction
Five strongpoints, including the green and highly efficient extraction of rare earth resources, the highly efficient processing theory and technology of multi-metal ores, the comprehensive utilization theory and technology of secondary resources, the theory and technology disaster control and safety assessment in mining, and highly efficient mining theory and technology of metallic ores, are formed. The transformation of scientific achievements is strengthened through university-industry cooperation, causing that the self-developing technologies have very important influence in nonferrous industry.
5. Influence at home and abroad
Mining & Mineral Engineering has actively promoted development of nonferrous metal industry and iron and steel industry in China and regional development of economy and society, and provide tens of thousands of technical and managerial talents to nonferrous metal industry and iron and steel industry in China. This discipline has established a closed university-industry cooperation relationship with more than one hundred domestic big or mid-sized nonferrousmetal and iron and steel enterprises for years, including Jiangxi Copper Co., Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co., Ltd, Tongling Nonferrous Meals Group Co., Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd, Baiyin Nonferrous Meals Co., Zijin mining Group Co., Ltd, Shanghai baosteel Group Co., China Aluminum Group Co.. The international cooperation training projects have been established with Laurentian University in Canada and University of Queensland in Australia, which include exchanging undergraduates and postgraduates, credit mutual recognition, Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools and so on. It has cooperated with University of Queensland in Australia, BBIM Corporation in Indonesia, Chambishi mine et al. and undertaken more than ten international cooperative programmes.
