Review and Optimization of the Hudbay Constancia Comminution Circuit
*M. Medina1, G. Sotomayor1, V. Manchego1, J. Bonilla1, W. Valery2, R. Valle2, K. Duffy2, E. Wang2, C. Plasencia2
Hudbay Perú SAC, Hudbay Minerals Av. Jorge Chávez 235 Dpto 701, Lima, Lima 18
Hatch Pty Ltd. 61 Petrie Terrace, B...
09-Jul-2024
Mine to Flotation Process Optimization at Chinalco Toromocho OperationDai Fangrong1, Dong Yang1, Alfonso Muñoz1, Walter Valery2, Roberto Valle3, Erico Tabosa2, Joyce Siong2 and Claudia Plasencia3
Minera Chinalco, Peru
Hatch, Australia
Hatch, Peru
*This paper was presented at Procemin-Geomet...
09-Jul-2024
Real-Time Estimation of SAG Mill Charge Characteristics for Process Optimization
*P. Toor1, W. Valery1, S. Morrell2, K. Duffy1
Hatch 61 Petrie Terrace. Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia
SMC Testing, Kenmore Hills, QLD, 4069, Australia
(*Corresponding author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)*This paper was...
09-Jul-2024
Review and Upgrade of the Throughput Forecast Model of Minera Los Pelambres
Francisco Abbott1, Liduvina Rodriguez1, Michel Morales1, Walter Valery2, Roberto Valle3, Rodrigo Hayashida4, Benjamin Bonfils2, Kristy-Ann Duffy2 and Claudia Plasencia3
Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile...
09-Jul-2024
Dynamic Influences of Optimisation of Emissions
PJ Bangerter1 B.Min.Tech(Hons), FAusIMM and J Pan2 BSc, BCom1. Principal Consultant, Orchardman Pty Ltd, Forest Lake Qld 4078. Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Consultant, Whittle Consulting Pty Ltd, Surrey Hills Vic 3127. Email:Jason@whittleconsulting...
14-Aug-2023
Bonfils, Valery, Jankovic, Duffy, Tabosa, Holtham
Presented at the AusIMM Mill Operators Conference June 2021
ABSTRACT
The benefits of Mine-to-Mill optimisation have been understood by the industry for many years. If well executed, with a structured methodology, the overall operation throughput (...
20-Jul-2021
Powell, Yahyaei, Mainza, Tavares
Presented at the AusIMM Mill Operators Conference Brisbane, Australia 23 - 25 June 2021
ABSTRACT
Maintaining the work balance between the primary SAG mill and secondary ball mill(s) is an overlooked bottleneck, and thus opportunity, in an increasing number of circ...
20-Jul-2021
Assimi, Koch, Garcia, Wagner, Neumann
Presented at the Preconcentration Digital Conference November 2020
ABSTRACT
Run-of-Mine (ROM) stockpiles are the inventory of valuable materials extracted from the mine. Depending on the customer requests, a selective addition of ore from stockyards should be...
12-Apr-2021
*P. Shelley, I. Molina, D. Patsikatheodorou
Presented at Procemin GEOMET 2019
ABSTRACT
The paper shows how measurements from inside an operating SAG mill are now a reality. The paper discusses how the measurements might affect and enhance energy efficient mill optimisation. Energy efficient comm...
23-Jun-2020
*P. Lind, K. Erwin, R. Chandramohan, D. Tweed, G. Lane, P. Staples, S. Hille, B. Foggiatto, J. Awmack, B. Patterson
Presented at SAG Conference Vancouver, Canada September 22 – 26, 2019
ABSTRACT
Newmont Goldcorp’s Peñasquito operation, located in the state of Zacatecas in northwest Mexico, is cur...
23-Jun-2020
M. Sherman, A. Collins
Presented at World Gold 2019
ABSTRACT
The ever changing demands of providing operating teams with grinding circuits that meet their needs has resulted in equipment suppliers offering a broader range of grinding equipment and researchers investigating more efficient methods...
23-Jun-2020
W. Valery, K. Duffy, R. Faveere, R. Hayashida, A. Jankovic, E. Tabosa, I. Yelkin
Presented at IMPC 2018
ABSTRACT
The mining industry faces growing challenges from more complex and lower grade deposits, rising costs, limited energy and water availability, and increasing societal pressure to operat...
23-Jun-2020
W. Valery, K Duffy, R. Valle, R. Hayashida, A. Jankovic, P. Holtham, E. Tabosa, B. Andrade
Presented at Procemin GEOMET 2019
ABSTRACT
In late 2017, Hatch was engaged to conduct a Mine to Process Optimization project for a large iron ore operation. The operation consists of three iron ore mines...
22-Jun-2020
L. Vollert, B. Akerstrom, B. Seaman, J. Kohmuench
COM Copper 2019 Conference 18 - 21 August Vancouver
ABSTRACT
In August 2018, the first full-scale HydroFloatTM cells for the recovery of coarse composited copper and gold were commissioned at Newcrest’s Cadia Valley operation in New South Wa...
04-Mar-2020
*S. ESEN1, M. DANIEL1, B. DZHALOLOV2, B. BACHRAMOV2, J. GERONIMO2, & A. KALMATAYEV2
1Esen Mining Consulting Pty LtdSydney, Australia2JSC AK AltynalmasAlmaty, Kazakhstan (*Corresponding author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
SAG Conference Vancouver, Canada September 22 – 26, 2019
ABSTRACT
J...
06-Jan-2020
C. CARRASCO1, M. GAHONA1, D. LA ROSA2, G. SHAPLAND2, N. BEATON2, & *E. AMINI2
1BHPAv. de la Minería 501, Antofagasta, Chile 2CRC ORETechnology Transfer Centre, Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT)1 Technology Crt., Pullenvale, QLD, 4069, Australia (*Corresponding author: e.amini@c...
06-Jan-2020
R Butar, M Becker, B Putland, I Lovatt, F Kock
SAG Conference Vancouver, Canada September 22 – 26, 2019
ABSTRACT
Continuous improvement is a major key performance indicator (KPI) for many metallurgical operations. Improvement never happens by itself and is rarely attributed to a single party or p...
06-Jan-2020
K Ehrig, V Liebezeit, M Smith, B Pewkliang, Y Li and E Macmillan
MetPlant 2019, September 9-10, Perth, Australia
ABSTRACT
Copper-(Fe)-sulfide ore deposits typically have Cu grades varying from 0.5 to 5%. This equates to approximately 1.5 to 15% sulfide minerals, hence 85 to 98.5% of the rema...
24-Sep-2019
Y. Dumais, R. Lemire, T. Banerjee and H. Weitz
Canadian Mineral Processors Conference, 23-25 January 2018, Ottawa, Canada
ABSTRACT
Agnico Eagle LaRonde produces over 300,000 ounces of gold annually, along with silver, zinc and copper by-products. The LaRonde plant consists of a conventional SAG a...
28-Jun-2019
F.C.F. Batista, R. deS. Almeida, L. deA. Silva, T. Banerjee, D. Gudgeon
CMP 2018, 23-25 January 2018, Ottawa, Canada
ABSTRACT
Yamana Chapada’s mine is one of the larger copper-gold mines in Brazil. The mine is located in Goias state, in the central part of Brazil. The mine has estimated Mineral R...
24-Apr-2019
K. Bhadani, G. Asbjörnsson, E. Hulthén, M. Bengtsson, M. Evertsson
Comminution '18, 16-19 April 2018, Cape Town, South Africa.
ABSTRACT
Optimization is a pivotal point in distinguishing the competitiveness between industries that are developing, designing and operating products and pro...
24-Apr-2019
W. Conger, J.F. DuPont, R.E. McIvor, T.P. WeldumW. Conger, J.F. DuPont, R.E. McIvor, T.P. Weldum
Mining Engineering, November 2018, pp. 28-37
The objective of the study conducted by the authors is to determine what media size(s) addition will maximize any given plant ball mill’s grinding efficienc...
16-Jan-2019
ABSTRACT
The benefits of pre-concentration using sensor-based sorting have been widely reported with the greatest potential impacts on low grade and high tonnage operations such those mining copper porphyry deposits. Due to the non-selective nature of bulk surface mining methods, significant quan...
25-Nov-2015