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140 lines
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# Market evidence report — mineral-processing-engineer
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Source: **38 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 38), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18.
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This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
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reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
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## Seniority distribution
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| Seniority | Ads | Share |
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|---|---|---|
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| mid | 19 | 50 % |
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| senior | 15 | 39 % |
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| lead | 2 | 5 % |
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| junior | 1 | 3 % |
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| n/a | 1 | 3 % |
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## Tools — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | METSIM | 7 | 18 % |
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| 2 | HSC Chemistry | 4 | 11 % |
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| 3 | JKSimMet | 4 | 11 % |
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| 4 | SysCAD | 3 | 8 % |
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## Hard skills — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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| 1 | mineral processing | 21 | 55 % |
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| 2 | process optimization | 10 | 26 % |
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| 3 | data analysis | 9 | 24 % |
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| 4 | process engineering | 9 | 24 % |
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| 5 | process design | 7 | 18 % |
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| 6 | equipment sizing | 5 | 13 % |
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| 7 | project management | 5 | 13 % |
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| 8 | flotation | 4 | 11 % |
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| 9 | mass balance calculation | 4 | 11 % |
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| 10 | capacity analysis | 3 | 8 % |
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| 11 | comminution | 3 | 8 % |
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| 12 | commissioning | 3 | 8 % |
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| 13 | cost estimation | 3 | 8 % |
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| 14 | engineering design | 3 | 8 % |
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| 15 | extractive metallurgy | 3 | 8 % |
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| 16 | flowsheet development | 3 | 8 % |
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| 17 | leaching | 3 | 8 % |
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| 18 | metallurgical testing | 3 | 8 % |
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| 19 | process modeling | 3 | 8 % |
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| 20 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 8 % |
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| 21 | scale-up | 3 | 8 % |
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| 22 | yield improvement | 3 | 8 % |
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## Methods — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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| 1 | commissioning | 4 | 11 % |
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## Responsibilities — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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| 1 | equipment specification | 4 | 11 % |
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| 2 | process optimization | 4 | 11 % |
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| 3 | technical report preparation | 4 | 11 % |
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| 4 | client engagement | 3 | 8 % |
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| 5 | process design | 3 | 8 % |
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## Regional breakdown
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> **Corpus note:** 38 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
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### US (us)
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38 ads.
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**Top hard skills:**
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- mineral processing — 55 % (21 ads)
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- process optimization — 26 % (10 ads)
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- data analysis — 24 % (9 ads)
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- process engineering — 24 % (9 ads)
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- process design — 18 % (7 ads)
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- equipment sizing — 13 % (5 ads)
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- project management — 13 % (5 ads)
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- flotation — 11 % (4 ads)
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- mass balance calculation — 11 % (4 ads)
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- capacity analysis — 8 % (3 ads)
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**Top tools:**
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- METSIM — 18 % (7 ads)
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- HSC Chemistry — 11 % (4 ads)
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- JKSimMet — 11 % (4 ads)
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- SysCAD — 8 % (3 ads)
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- Bruno — 5 % (2 ads)
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**Seniority:** mid 50 % · senior 39 % · lead 5 % · junior 3 % · n/a 3 %
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### UK (gb)
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**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
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### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
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**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
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## Job title variants in the market
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| Title | Ads |
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| Mineral Processing Engineer | 4 |
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| Intermediate Process Engineer (Minerals & Metals) – Tucson or Denver | 2 |
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| Hydro Metallurgical Process Engineer | 1 |
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| Lead Process Engineer - Gold Mining, Alaska | 1 |
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| Lead Process Engineer, Mineral Processing | 1 |
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| Metallurgical Engineer - Junior | 1 |
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| Mineral & Mining Processing Engineer | 1 |
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| Mineral Process Engineer/Metallurgist | 1 |
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| Mineral Processing Engineer - Design & Optimize Circuits | 1 |
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| Mineral Processing Leader | 1 |
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| Minerals Processing Manager | 1 |
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| Onsite Process Engineer – Mineral Processing & Growth | 1 |
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| Principal Engineer, Mineral Processing R&I | 1 |
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| Process Development Engineer (Mineral Processing) | 1 |
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| Process Engineer - Mineral Processing & Innovation (Onsite) | 1 |
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| Process Engineer - Mineral Processing Job Details | Hatch | 1 |
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| Process Engineer (Mining) | 1 |
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| Senior Metallurgical Process Engineer – Mining & Metals | 1 |
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| Senior Mineral Processing Engineer | 1 |
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| Senior Mineral Processing Engineer - Process Design | 1 |
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| Senior Mineral Processing Engineer – Process Design | 1 |
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| Senior Mineral Processing Engineer - Recovery Optimization | 1 |
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| Senior Minerals Processing Engineer | 1 |
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| Senior Process Engineer – Extraction | Burlington, MA | 1 |
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| Senior Process Engineer - Mineral & Chemical Plants | 1 |
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Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.
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