The next generation of leaders in the mining industry will require a broad range of skills that can be best learned in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, industry-focused education environment. MtM aims to produce "T-shaped" (Brown, 2015) graduates who can operate from an integrated systems perspective whilst at the same time having a strong discipline understanding and competence, as well as a sensitivity to engage constructively with different stakeholders.
PhD
| Surname | Name | Year graduated | Project Title |
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| Dinga | Jordy | 2025 | Exploring the role of organic additives on enhanced chalcopyrite leaching in ferric sulphate media |
| Hosseinzadeh | Mostafa | 2026 | Development of an ion-exchange based process route to separate PGEs in leach liquors of spent autocatalysts |
| Boodhram | Farana | 2024 | The role of women in the mining business |
| Robertson | Stefan | 2024 | The effect of particle size distribution on gas and liquid flow through heap leach operation |
| Beiza | Luis | 2023 | Studies on the hindered dissolution of chalcopyrite in chloride heap leach environments |
| Kamanzi | Conchita | 2023 | Characterising the potential health risks associated with coal dust |
| Stander | Helene-Marie | 2023 | Early-stage design and development of mine waste valorisation technologies with expert input and a view to technology transfer: A case study of South African sulfide-enriched coal waste |
| Shaik | Kathija | 2022 | Investigation of the electrochemical dissolution of sperrylite in cyanide-ferricyanide systems |
| Cherkaev | Alexey | 2019 | The art of soaking rocks: systematic study of liquid and solute flow in packed rock beds in the context of heap leaching. |
| Goso | Xolisa | 2019 | Phase equilibria studies and beneficiation of titaniferous slags |
| Mangunda | Cledwyn | 2019 | An investigation into the precipitation of Fe(III) oxyhydroxides in lime neutralization processes |
| Van Staden | Petrus | 2018 | Effect of scale of operation on heap leaching performance |
| Nesbitt | Allan | 2017 | A study of the decay of acid cationic ion exchange resin |
| Moyo | Thandazile | 2016 | An electrochemical and leach study of the oxidative dissolution of chalcopyrite in ammoniacal solutions |
| Ogunmodimu | Olumide | 2016 | Developing a mechanistic model for flow through a perforated plate with application to screening of particulate materials |
| Amaral-Filho | Juarez | 2014 | Coal waste processing to reduce costs related to acid mine drainage treatment-case study in the Carboniferous District of Santa Catarina State, Brazil |
| Smuts | Evan | 2014 | A methodology for coupled CFD-DEM modeling of particulate suspension rheology |
| Appa | Harish | 2013 | Numerical modelling of hydrodynamics, gas dispersion and mass transfer in an autoclave |
| Ndlovu | Bulelwa | 2013 | The effect of phyllosilicate mineralogy and surface charge on the rheology of mineral slurries |
| Ghorbani | Yousef | 2012 | On the progression of leaching from large particles in heaps |
| Bakker | Case | 2009 | Numerical modelling of non-Newtonian slurry in a mechanical flotation cell |
MSc
| Surname | Name | Year graduated | Project Title |
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| Singh | Akshi | 2026 | Dynamic Stock Flow Analysis for Circular Economy Development: A Study of Metals in the South African Automotive Industry |
| de Wet | Ariana | 2025 | Techno-Economic evaluation of a PCB recovery system |
| Ebrahim | Laylaa | 2024 | Assessing the Distribution, Composition and Potential Human Health Implications of Metal-Bearing Particulate Matter in the Saldanha Bay Municipality |
| Gonte | Melissa | 2023 | Investigating Early-Stage Process Flow and Reactor Sequencing to Maximise Gold Extraction in the Thiosulphate Leaching of Waste Printed Circuit Boards |
| Masuku | Wilson | 2023 | A study of Cyanide-Glycine Synergistic Lixiviant and the Igoli Process As suitable replacements for Mercury Amalgamation in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining |
| Matogo | Dennis | 2023 | Numerical simulation of copper heap bioleaching under varying climatic conditions |
| Miiro | Eddy | 2023 | Hydrometallurgical Processing of Rare Earth Elements from Ion-Adsorption Clays |
| Mukuna | Marco | 2023 | Techno-economic Feasibility Assessment of Gold Recovery from Waste Printed Circuit Board Iodide Leachates Using the Polymer Inclusion Membrane and Anion Exchange Membrane Electrowinning Technique |
| Kondo | Takunda | 2022 | Evaluation of solvent swelling pre-treatment combined with ammonia leaching using waste etchant from printed circuit board manufacturing for copper recovery from waste printed circuit boards |
| Maharaj | Dasmi | 2022 | Exploration of the thiosulphate process for the dissolution of gold from electronic waste and its recovery through ion-exchange |
| Manzila | Archippe | 2022 | A study of alternative techniques to mercury amalgamation for gold extraction in artisanal and small-scale gold mining |
| Ortega | Fernando | 2021 | Electro reduction pretreatment of chalcopyrite in ammonium chloride media in presence of copper ions, a novel way to improve the chalcopyrite’s leaching |
