The ECPH encyclopedia of mining and metallurgy / Энциклопедия горного дела и металлургии EC PH

Mining and metallurgical engineering encompasses two major disciplines: mining engineering and metallurgical engineering. Mining engineering separates useful minerals from worthless minerals (often called gangue) or harmful minerals through processes such as mining and mineral processing, or separates multiple useful minerals to obtain raw materials for metallurgy, energy, chemical industry, building materials, and other industries. Mining in a broad sense also includes the extraction of coal, oil, and gas, but this volume mainly focuses on the mining of metal ores. Metallurgical engineering applies the principle of metallurgy to smelt, process, and ultimately obtain metallic materials necessary for human society’s production and human life from the raw materials obtained in mineral engineering. Metallurgical engineering also provides the materials and technical support for various equipment required in mining engineering. Mining engineering and metallurgical engineering are the foundation industries on which human society relies for survival and development. They are interconnected, interdependent, and develop together. The discipline of mining and metallurgical engineering has a high degree of integration and interconnection with adjacent disciplines such as energy engineering, geological resources and geological engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering, information technology and engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering, mechanics, chemistry, physics, etc. Its development has widely absorbed the achievements of multiple disciplines. <....>