J.N. KOHMUENCH, M.J. MANKOSA, H. THANASEKARAN, A. HOBERT
Minerals Engineering, 121 (2018)
ABSTRACT
The copper sulfide processing flowsheet has remained virtually untouched for decades and follows a logical progression – crush, grind, float, regrind and refloat to produce a final copper concentrate. Th...
15-Aug-2018
A.Y. SENCHENKO & Y.V. KULIKOV
Udokan copper deposit reserving over 26 million tons of copper is the largest copper deposit in Russia and one of the largest in the world. The deposit is located in a hard-to-reach area of the Siberian region; nevertheless, construction of a processing plant...
05-Jul-2018
PETAR BODUROV & VASIL GENCHEV
Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology. 4(1), January 2017
ABSTRACT
There is an alternative of the spherical grinding bodies. Innovative grinding bodies have shown in university tests with Bond Mill lower values of the Fred Bond Wi i...
05-Jul-2018
A.R. BATCHELOR, A.J. BUTTRESS, D.A. JONES, J. KATRIB, D. WAY, T. CHENJE, D. STOLL, C. DODDS, S.W. KINGMAN
Minerals Engineering, 2017
ABSTRACT
A pilot scale microwave treatment system capable of treating 10–150 t/h of material at 10–200 kW was designed, constructed and commissioned in order t...
05-Jul-2018
SAMAYAMUTTHIRIAN PALANIANDY, HIDEMASA ISHIKAWA AND MOHSEN YAHYAEI
Procemin-Geomet 2017, Santiago, Chile, 4-6 October 2017
A novel approach to the circuit design through smart application of conventional processing units is the most viable solution to overcome the challenges in the mining industry...
22-Jun-2018
STEFAN NADOLSKI, CHRISTOPHER O'HARA, BERN KLEIN, DAVIDE ELMO & CRAIG J. R. HART
Mining Technology, February 2018
The productivity of milling circuits is sensitive to the size of mill feed. Uncertainty about the size of caved ore presents unique challenges to forecasting and controlling m...
22-Jun-2018
R.E. MCIVOR, K M BARTHOLOMEW, O M ARAFAT AND J A FINCH
Mining Engineering, November 2017
United States
ABSTRACT
Since its development, the functional performance equation for ball milling (McIvor, 1988) has facilitated a new understanding of industrial circuit cause and effect relationships, lea...
06-Jun-2018
J J FRAUSTO, G R BALLANTYNE, K RUNGE, M S POWELL AND R CRUZ
MetPlant 2017 - Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11–12 September 2017, Perth, Australia
ABSTRACT
Hydrocyclones are the most widely used device for classification in a grinding circuit. However,...
06-Jun-2018
G R BALLANTYNE
Comminution ’18, April 16-19 2018, Cape Town, South Africa
Australia
ABSTRACT
Comminution Energy Curves are a resource developed at the JKMRC and made available by CEEC to the mining industry to compare and benchmark comminution energy intensity at mine sites.
However...
06-Jun-2018
M SCOTTMine Excellence 2018 – 3rd International Seminar of Operational Excellence in Mining, 21-23 March 2018, Santiago, Chile
Australia
ABSTRACT The Australian mining industry currently consumes 28% more water, 21% more energy and generates 19% greater emissions to maintain the same level of prod...
06-Jun-2018
G Harbort and K Quan
MetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia
Abstract
Traditional engineering practice for concentrator design uses a mixture of risk minimisation options and capital minimi...
26-Oct-2017
P Toor, M Swart and H Ståhlbröst
MetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia
Abstract
Development of SAG liners has always been a strong focus and interest in mineral processing as...
26-Oct-2017
B Nielsen, J Rohleder, H Lehto and C Robbe
MetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia
Abstract
Sensor-based ore sorting is being increasingly used to reduce the amount of low-grade and waste m...
26-Oct-2017
S Palaniandy, M Spagnolo, R Halomoan, H Zhou and H Ishikawa
MetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia
Abstract
The Karara Mine concentrator commenced operation in November 2012 to produce hig...
26-Oct-2017
B C Povey, V Noll, K Lagutin and M Mryasov
MetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia
Abstract
The current Stoilensky magnetite concentrator comprises a three-stage crushing circuit followed b...
26-Oct-2017
G R Ballantyne, M Di Trento, I Lovatt and B Putland
MetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia
Abstract
The Tropicana Gold Mine, owned by AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd (70% owned and managed...
26-Oct-2017
G Lane, C Morley, D Yataco and I Ritchie
MetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia
Abstract
Marcobre SAC (Marcobre) is developing the Mina Justa project in Peru. The project has a lower grade...
26-Oct-2017
D David
MetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia
Abstract
Amongst those whose task it is to design tumbling mills and other comminution machines there is a religious divide between devotees...
26-Oct-2017
Holger Plath, Holger Plath, Christoph Beyer, David Kruth, Johann Knecht, Wolfgang Baum
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Although HPGR technology has been recognized since the late 1980s as a potential powerful to...
26-Sep-2017
Lutke von Ketelhodt, L. Kotelo, N. Schmalbein
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM) is focused on building a sustainable, low impact, innovative, high-margin mining company in British Columbia’s Cariboo mini...
26-Sep-2017
Brent Hilscher, Preetham Nayak, Leo Lorio, Nawoong Yoon
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Mining has been a staple to technological advancement ever since the dawn of time. By harnessing the different physical and chemical properties...
26-Sep-2017
Henry Kurth
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Real time analysis of conveyed bulk materials can be used to improve process performance by reducing variability, and upgrading ore quality through selective removal of increments of flow that...
26-Sep-2017
Luke Balzan, Luke Balzan, Andrew Harris, Zoran Bauk
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Real-time, on-belt analysis of minerals is becoming increasingly important and critical in modern operations, especially in the mine-to-mill. Prompt gam...
26-Sep-2017
Arvin Mazhary, Huaizhe Li, Bern Klein
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Although sensor-based ore sorting has gained significant attention recently, sorting gold deposits still face a high level of skepticism by gold mining companies. In...
26-Sep-2017
Peter Coghill, Channel Tissot, Rhys Palmer
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Due to the low concentrations of gold, direct measurement of gold concentration in ore on-belt has not been seriously considered until now. Pre-concentratio...
26-Sep-2017
Shuji Owada, Sho Terada, Taiki Senga, Takao Namihira
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Electrical disintegration (ED) is well known as a good comminution method to improve liberation of componential elements, because electron avalanche co...
26-Sep-2017
Bern Klein, Baker Giyani, David Rahal
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
Stirred media mills have proved to be more energy-efficient than the conventional ball milling for fine grinding applications. The mill performance is governed b...
26-Sep-2017
Ryo Kawarabuki, Masato Kosugi, J.V. Satur, K. Mitsuhashi, M. Kawata, Yoshiaki Kon, B. Calabia, T. Takagi, G. Dodbiba, Kengo Horiuchi, Chiharu Tokoro, Yusuke Iwazaki, and Toyohisa Fujita
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
The liberation of...
26-Sep-2017
M Bunyard and I Mullany
49th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, August 27-30, 2017.
Abstract
The pressures on mine operators are varied and constantly increasing: declining ore grades, more remote locations, and increasing environmental concerns. The challenge facing the m...
26-Sep-2017
Dry processing of magnetic iron ores – addressing cost and environmental issues
W Skinner (1) and J R Kelly (2)
AusIMM Iron Ore 2017 Conference, Perth, Australia, 24-26 July 2017. Paper Number: 86
ABSTRACT
The Iron ore industry has reached the end of an unprecedented period of ex...
26-Aug-2017
Peter Amelunxen
Presented at Procemin 2016, October 26-28, Santiago, Chile.
We all know the story of froth flotation. The first patents date to 1885, when Carrie Everson discovered a method of concentrating sulfide minerals from a powdered ore using a froth phase. Everson’s process was...
26-Aug-2017
The Energy Saving Technology of Beneficiation of Iron Ore
V V KARMAZIN, M A BIKBOV AND A A BIKBOV
MAGNETIC AND ELECTRICAL SEPARATION, VOL 11 (4), PP 211-224
ABSTRACT
The qualitative and quantitative evaluation of liberation of economic minerals and thelevel of contamination of the process produc...
25-Aug-2017
G R BALLANTYNE, A MAINZA AND M S POWELL
PRESENTED AT WORLD GOLD CONFERENCE 2015, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 29 SEP – 1 OCT, 2015
ABSTRACT
The mining industry has acknowledged the need for an effective method and platform to benchmark comminution energy intensity and motivate action to impr...
18-Jul-2017
W VALERY (1), K DUFFY (1), P HOLTHAM (2), A REPLE (3), P WALKER (4), P ROSARIO (1)
PRESENTED AT IMPC 2016: XXVIII INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS, AT QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
ABSTRACT
The mining industry is facing declining feed grades which require the mining and processing of larger volume...
18-Jul-2017
P STAPLES, G LANE, R BRAUN, B FOGGIATTO AND M P BUENO
PRESENTED AT SAG CONFERENCE, SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMIAUTOGENOUS AND HIGH PRESSURE GRINDING TECHNOLOGY, VANCOUVER, 20-24 SEPTEMBER 2015.
ABSTRACT
Autogenous (AG) and semi-autogenous (SAG) grinding mills are considered a mature tec...
18-Jul-2017
S NKWANYANA AND B LOVEDAY (1)
PRESENTED AT COMMINUTION ’16, MINERALS ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL, PUBLISHED IN MINERALS ENGINEERING VOLUMES 103-104, BARRY WILLS (ED), APRIL 2017.
ABSTRACT
Ball-mills are used widely for secondary grinding. Loveday (2010) reported on laboratory tests in which s...
18-Jul-2017
G S ANDERSON1 AND N W MCDONALD2
13TH AUSIMM MILL OPERATORS’ CONFERENCE, PERTH, WA, 10-12 OCTOBER 2016.
ABSTRACT
The IsaMill™ was originally developed to address liberation issues at Mount Isa Mines (now Glencore) operations, McArthur River and Mount Isa in the early 1990s. Follow...
18-Jul-2017
C G KELSEY AND J R KELLY (1)
PRESENTED AT IMPC 2016: XXVIII INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS, SEPTEMBER 11-15, QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
ABSTRACT
Dry crushing trials at pilot scale have shown that the IMPTEC Super-fine Crusher has the capacity to generate ultra-fine products from h...
18-Jul-2017
C CARRASCO1 2, L KEENEY 1 2, T J NAPIER-MUNN2, P BODE1
PRESENTED AT COMMINUTION ’16, MINERALS ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL, PUBLISHED IN MINERALS ENGINEERING VOLUMES 103-104, BARRY WILLS (ED), APRIL 2017.
ABSTRACT
Grade Engineering® comprises a range of techniques aiming to reje...
18-Jul-2017
Investigating the Potential of HydroFloat (TM) Coarse Particle Flotation Techniques on Copper Sulphide Ores
P J Mehrfert
49th Annual Canadian Minerals Processors Conference Proceedings, Ottawa, Canada, 2017.
ABSTRACT
Recovery of mineralized coarse particles is notoriously low in conventiona...
27-May-2017
Bridging the gap: Understanding the economic impact of ore sorting on a mineral processing circuit
J Lessard (1), W Sweetser (1), K Bartram (2), J Figueroa (1) and L McHugh (1)
ABSTRACT
Automated, continuous ore sorting is a mature technology that has only been used to a limited extent...
26-May-2017
Significance of Exposed Grain Surface Area in Coarse Particle Flotation of Low-Grade Gold Ore with the Hydrofloat ™ Technology
J D Miller (1), C L Lin (1), Y Wang (1), M Mankosa (2), J Kohmuench (2) and G Luttrell (3)
IMPC 2016: XXVIII International Mineral Processing Congress Proceedings, Septemb...
26-May-2017
Technical Review and Evaluation of Ore Sorting Technology Incorporating Results from Four Properties
B Hilscher (1), P Nayak (1) and N Yoon (1)
49th Annual Canadian Minerals Processors Conference Proceedings, Ottawa, Canada, 2017.
ABSTRACT
The mining industry is currently facing chal...
26-May-2017
Comminution Circuit Design Considerations
G Lane (1), B Foggiatto (1), R Braun (1), M P Bueno (1), P Staples (2) and S Rivard (2)
49th Annual Canadian Minerals Processors Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 17-19 January 2017
ABSTRACT
This paper demonstrates the selection of grinding circui...
26-May-2017
Breaking Down Energy Consumption in Industry Grinding Mills
J Bouchard (1), G LeBlanc (2), M Levesque (3), P Radziszewski (4) and D Georges-Filteau (1)
49th Annual Canadian Minerals Processors Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 2017
ABSTRACT
Grinding mills are infamous for their extremely...
26-May-2017
The Effect of Choke Feeding a Gyratory Crusher on Throughput and Product Size
J -F Dupont (1), J McMullen (1) and D Rose (2)
49th Annual Canadian Minerals Processors Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 2017
ABSTRACT
The Detour Lake mine is located 200 km northeast of Timmins, Ontario, Canada...
26-May-2017
Optimisation of installed mill power post-installation of secondary crushing circuit at Northparkes Mines.
Y Sulianto, T Trott, D Morgan, T Bell, F Kock and B G Putland
AusIMM Mill Operators Conference 2016
ABSTRACT
Northparkes installed and commissioned a secondary crushing circui...
26-Apr-2017
Simplified hybrid semi-autogenous grinding mill control – explanation and practical results at the Porgera concentrator
S Ngunz, F van Zyl, F Orrante, E Beltran, M Westcott and S Wilson
AusIMM Mill Operators Conference 2016
ABSTRACT
The primary control objective of the project is to...
26-Apr-2017
The transition from semi-autogenous to autogenous milling at Waihi Gold
C Haines and D Bertoldi
AusIMM Mill Operators Conference 2016
ABSTRACT
The Waihi Gold Mine (WGM) operated by OceanaGold New Zealand Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the OceanaGold Corporation of Australi...
26-Apr-2017
Grinding circuit practices at Newmont
A Giblett and S Hart
AusIMM Mill Operators Conference 2016
ABSTRACT
In 2015 operations under the ownership and/or management of all Newmont Mining Corporation subsidiaries (Newmont) produced 5.7 Moz of gold and 619 Mlb of copper from mining opera...
26-Apr-2017