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Metallurgical/Mineral Processing Engineering deals with all aspects of metal and non-metal processing and manufacturing.

• Mineral processing engineers have the responsibility of accepting ore mined from the earth, comminuting the ore until liberation occurs, and then removing the valuable minerals in the form of concentrates.
• Extractive metallurgical engineers extract the valuable metals from the concentrates, remove impurities from the metals using aqueous or thermal chemistry, and then market the purified metal as a commodity.
• Physical metallurgical engineers accept various purified metals and alloy them to control a number of characteristics including strength and corrosion resistance.
• Materials engineers control the same characteristics but pertaining to plastics, composites, glasses, ceramics, etc.
• Welding engineers join the various materials together but with minimal destruction of the integrity of the materials.