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Raw Materials and Process Engineering · WS 2026/27

What the course covers

  • The thermodynamics and kinetics that decide whether a metal will leach, and how fast
  • Leaching, solvent extraction, ion exchange, carbon adsorption, precipitation and electrowinning
  • Full industrial routes for copper, zinc, aluminium, uranium and gold
  • Biohydrometallurgy and the direction the industry is moving in
  • Mongolian operations throughout — Erdenet, Oyu Tolgoi, Boroo, Gatsuurt, Zuuvch-Ovoo

How the lectures work

  • They run in any browser — laptop, tablet or phone. Nothing to install.
  • ← → or swipe to move between slides; T contents, G glossary, F presentation mode
  • Diagrams are interactive: click the parts of a machine to read what each does
  • Every lecture ends with a short quiz and a list of references you can follow up

Instructor

  • Prof. Dr. Purev-Ochir Togtokhbaatar, Chemical Process Engineer
  • German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology
  • purevochir@gmit.edu.mn