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The document provides information about mining and mineral processing. It defines mining as the process of extracting minerals from rock or sediment. It describes surface mining methods like open-pit mining and strip mining. It also describes underground mining. Finally, it outlines the key steps to process minerals including sampling, analysis, comminution, concentration, and dewatering.

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The document provides information about mining and mineral processing. It defines mining as the process of extracting minerals from rock or sediment. It describes surface mining methods like open-pit mining and strip mining. It also describes underground mining. Finally, it outlines the key steps to process minerals including sampling, analysis, comminution, concentration, and dewatering.

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Guide Card

1. Gives a preview of what students will learn.

In this S.I.M (Strategic Intervention Materials), you will learn the


definition of mining, what is an ore, what kinds of methods are used
in mining, and how minerals are processed.

2. Stimulates interest in the topic.

Did you know that the Philippines is the fifth most mineral-rich
country in the world for gold, nickel, copper, and chromite? It is home
to the largest copper-gold deposit in the world. Mining helps our
economy grow, and a good economy provides employment,
dividends, and taxes that pay for hospitals, schools, and public
facilities.

3. Presents the focus skills.


a. Mentions the learning competency (LC – identify cause-and-effect
relationship)

Most Essential Learning Competency: Describe how ore minerals are


found, mined, and processed for human use.

b. States the least 3 sub-tasks (activities)

Be sure to complete the activities found in the Activity, Assessment,


and Enrichment Card.

c. Builds on prior learning/prerequisite skills

During the last topic, the important minerals in society were discussed
where you had to identify them while explaining their uses and how
they are important to society.
d. Mentions the concrete outcome or product students are expected to
demonstrate/produce.

After completing this S.I.M (Strategic Intervention Materials), you


will be able to:

o Describe how ore minerals are found.


o Identify the different mining method.
o Explain the different steps in mineral processing.

4. Challenges the learner in performing the tasks.


Finishing this S.I.M (Strategic Intervention Materials) will help you
understand important facts that goes with working in the mining industry.
So, what are you waiting for? Go on another exciting adventure that lies
inside these pages!

Mining is the process of mineral extraction from a rock seam or ore –a


natural rock or sediment containing one or more valuable mineral. The
minerals can range from precious metals and iron to gemstones and
quartz. Modern mining technology uses geophysical techniques that
involve measuring the magnetic, gravity and sonic responses of rocks
above and around a prospective mineral ore body.

There are two methods of mining:

a. Surface Mining – is used to extract ore minerals near the surface of


the earth. The soil and rocks that covered the ores are removed
through blasting. Blasting is a controlled use of explosives and gas
exposure to break rocks.
Some examples of surface mining are:

1. Open-pit mining - This is the most common type of surface mining. Open
pit means a big hole (or pit) in the ground. The pit in mine is created by
blasting with explosives and drilling. It is used to mine gravel and sand
and even rock.

2. Strip mining – This mining type involves the removal of a thin strip of
overburden (earth or soil) above a desired deposit, dumping the removed
overburden behind the deposit, extracting the desired deposit, creating a
second, parallel strip in the same manner, and depositing the waste
materials from that second (new) strip onto the first strip. This mining
method is used for coal, phosphates, clays, and tar mining.

3. Dredging – This is the process of mining materials from the bottom of a


body of water, including rivers, lakes, and oceans. Dredging

b. Underground mining – is used to extract the rocks, minerals and other


precious stories that can be found beneath the earth’s surface. In
underground mining, miners need to create a tunnel so they can reach the
ore minerals. This kind of mining is more expensive and dangerous as
compared to surface mining because miners need to use explosive
devices to remove the minerals from the rocks that cover them.
Underground Mining Mineral processing is the process of extracting
minerals from the ore, refining them, and preparing these minerals for
use.

The primary steps involved in processing minerals include:


1. Sampling – is the removal of a portion which represents a whole
needed for the analysis of this material.

2. Analysis – is important to evaluate the valuable component in an


ore. This includes chemical, mineral and particle size analysis.

3. Comminution – is the process where the valuable components of


the ore are separated through crushing and grinding. This process
begins by crushing the ores to a particular size and finishes it by
grinding the ores into a powder form.

4. Concentration – involves the separation of the valuable minerals


from the raw materials.

5. Dewatering – uses the concentration to convert it to usable


minerals. This involve filtration and sedimentation of the suspension
and drying of the solid materials harvested from this suspension.

Open-pit Mining
Strip Mining

Underground Mining
Dredging

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