THE ECONOMICS OF METAL PRODUCTION: The cost of metals -- Mineral deposits -- Mineral dressing -- Agglomeration -- Reduction and refining -- Choice of process -- Typical production routes -- Factors affecting the price of metals -- THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES-1, THERMODYNAMICS: Thermodynamic relations -- Solutions -- Graphical representation of thermodynamic data -- THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES-2, KINETICS: Chemical reaction kinetics -- Transport kinetics -- Reactions across interfaces -- Nucleation -- PYROMETALLURGICAL EXTRACTION: Reducing agents -- Roasting -- Agglomeration -- Carbothermic reduction -- Reduction of sulfide ores -- Reduction of the more reactive metals -- PYROREFINING: Objectives and principles -- Refining slags -- Slag-metal reactions -- Metal-metal equilibria -- Metal-gas reactions -- HYDROMETALLURGY: Leaching -- Recovery of the metal from solution -- ELECTROLYTIC EXTRACTION AND REFINING: Electrowinning -- Electrorefining -- Economic aspects -- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: Pollution sources and control -- Scrap metal recycling -- COMPUTER CONTROL OF METAL PRODUCTION: Sensors -- Computer control.
