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 minimisation approaches. Oft...

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 SAG liners significantly impact o...

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 material processed in 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 high-grade magnetite conc...

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 by three stages of ball...

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) and Independence Gro...

26-Oct-2017

G Lane, C Morley, D Yataco and I RitchieMetPlant 2017 – Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies – World’s Best Practice, 11-12 Sep 2017, Perth, Australia AbstractMarcobre SAC (Marcobre) is developing the Mina Justa project in Peru. The project has a lower grade oxide orebody overlaying...

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 of the Bond method and...

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 tool f...

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 mining distric...

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 tha...

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 do...

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 gamma n...

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 orde...

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-concentration or...

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 could...

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 by a...

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 copp...

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 minin...

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

Upgrading low-grade gold ore stockpiles by preconcentration using ore sorting – an assessment of the economic impact and viability. A N Parry and G van Wyk Mill Operators Conference 2016 ABSTRACT Sensor based automatic ore sorting technologies are used in the minerals industries to efficiently...

26-Apr-2017

Design, installation, commissioning and operation of fine grinding technology at the Kevitsa Mine B Nielsen, H Lehto & B Musuku AusIMM Mill Operators Conference 2016   ABSTRACT The demand for fine and ultra-fine grinding associated with the processing of more challenging, finer gra...

26-Apr-2017

G Harbort and D Zoetbrood ABSTRACT The Phu Kham copper-gold operation in the Laos People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is owned and operated by Phu Bia Mining Limited. PanAust Limited holds a 90 per cent interest in Phu Bia Mining Limited, with the remaining ten per cent held by the Laos PDR Gov...

15-Feb-2017

A Gibblett and M Daniel ABSTRACT The Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group (GMSG) currently supports nine individual industry working groups focused on developing standards and guidelines for the mining industry. In 2013 the GMSG established the Industrial Comminution Efficiency (ICE) w...

15-Feb-2017