Overview

You’ll gain an insight into the extraction and refinement processes involved in comminution, pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy and learn the fundamental economic and financial considerations that impact the mineral resource sector.

You will understand the unit operations involved in mineral processing and metallurgical process plants, the relevant properties of feed and product minerals and conduct practical work to develop skills in the techniques of mineral identification and analysis, information access and communication. You’ll also conduct hands-on learning through working in laboratories with industry relevant mineral processing equipment.

Your future career

Many students taking this Extractive Metallurgy course at Murdoch University will already be employed in the minerals industry as engineers or chemists. Other graduates can expect to find employment in:

Mining and mineral processing operations

Metal extraction plants and refineries

Engineering design and consulting firms

Metallurgical process research and development companies

Government bodies dealing with aspects relating to the minerals resources sector

Legal firms involved in the management of intellectual properties and legislation within the industry

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Process Unit Operations

Extractive Metallurgy

Practical Metallurgical Processing

Mineralogy for Metallurgists

Advanced Mineral Processing

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-22 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-07-26 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

24 alternative credits

Delivered

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Campus Location

Perth, Australia

Disciplines

Materials Science View 18 other Masters in Materials Science in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

CRICOS code 119752E

Recognised Bachelor's degree (AQF Level 7) or higher, or equivalent training, in a relevant area.

Students with alternative satisfactory preparation may also be admitted.

Students who do not have equivalent knowledge and background in chemistry, thermodynamics, physics and mathematics will be required to undertake additional preparatory units prior to admission.

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47760 AUD / year

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Perth

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1328 - 2367 AUD / month

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