Comminution in a High Pressure Grinding Rolls HPGR device is considered as one of the most efficient method to break particles in terms of the energy utilization Two main types of the rolls linings are applied in hard ore grinding studded and hexagonal which show varied characteristics of operation and have different lifetime of service The article concerns the analysis of HPGR
In the grinding process the two stage one closed grinding is an efficient grinding process which can make the copper ore grind more fully Among the beneficiation processes the most successful new processes that have appeared in recent years are mainly mixed flotation processes Jaw crusher is mainly used for medium particle size
where R represents the ratio % Pb in crude ore/% Cu in crude ore Formula 32 is very convenient for milling calculations on ores of this type Example An ore contains 5% lead and 1% copper The ratio of perfect concentration for a concentrate of maximum grade and 100% recoveries of lead and copper would be
Ebadnejad et al 14 employed RSM for milling copper sulfide ore with varying solid content ball charge and ball size Makokha et al 15 also optimized the ball mill using slurry solid concentration and ball loading as the variables in grinding a UG2 ore However the effect of media shapes has not been investigated using RSM on UG2 PGM s
kWh/t and for for copper ore W i = kWh/t The first part of this investigation has been oriented towards testing the hypothesis defined by Eq 5 For that purpose there has been observed the grinding kinetics of narrow size fractions of quartz and copper ore sizes / mm; /
The reported effects of the grinding method and grinding medium upon the flotation performance of sulphide minerals has shown that the pulp chemical environment the ore composition the properties and type of the grinding media the size reduction method employed pre conditioning stages prior to flotation and reagent interactions during grinding and
International Conference on Chemical Processes and Green Energy Engineering ICCPGEE 15 July 14 15 2015 Harare Zimbabwe Analysis of the Effects of Grind Size on Production of Copper Concentrate A Case Study of Mining Company in Zambia Collins Mudenda1 and M hango Kondwani3 Abstract— a mining company treats underground ores of complex
The LJ ore had a copper content of % The main gangue minerals in the LJ ore were quartz mica illite chlorite and calcite Most of chalcopyrite in the ore was closely associated with pyrite and gangue minerals occurring mainly in
Abstract HPGR has been found to be efficient size reduction equipment compared to conventional size reduction equipments due to its potential processing benefits in terms of energy savings improved exposure or liberation and particle weakening The objective of the current work is to study the optimization of different process parameters during grinding The HPGR is
In the present work the effects of some key grinding parameters such as ball size 20 40 mm grinding time 10 30 min solids content 65 80% and also ore work index 12 kWh/t
This phenomenon is shown in Figure 2 for a copper sulfide ore containing primarily chalcopyrite 70% with some chalcocite and other copper sulfides present 30% using either potassium amyl xanthate PAX collector or a dialkyl thionocarbamate THC collector Even for the same ore at the same grind size with all of the same simple
Abstract In order to realize the rational utilization of low grade polymetallic symbiotic mineral resources with low input typical copper nickel symbiotic low grade ores were used as the test object After careful process mineralogy research on the ore it was learned that the main valuable elements of the ore were Cu and Ni and the content of these two elements
The ball mill is a rotating cylindrical vessel with grinding media inside which is responsible for breaking the ore particles Grinding media play an important role in the comminution of mineral ores in these mills This work reviews the application of balls in mineral processing as a function of the materials used to manufacture them and the mass loss as
Konkola West Concentrator stockpile handles 55000 tonnes copper ore per day producing an average of 400 tonnes of concentrate The grade of the concentrate is 36 to 40% TCu The plant efficiency recovery is at 89% TCu The concentrator operations include Primary secondary and tertiary crushing grinding flotation dewatering and tailings disposal
The material water and steel balls in the grinding mill hit with each other which further reduced the ore particles and the particle size of copper ore is decreased to finally 2 Copper extraction
The size and efficiency of a ball mill directly influence the liberation of valuable minerals from the ore and the subsequent copper recovery Functions of Copper Ball Mills The main function of a copper ball mill is to grind the ore particles to a suitable size for mineral separation The grinding process involves rotating the mill barrel
operations required to reduce run of mine ore to the size suitable to feed grinding mills Wills 1998 On a laboratory scale in this project the size of the ore required to feed the grinding mill was 4mm particle size The crushed samples were sieved on a 4mm sieve The samples passing the sieve undersize were then package in
In the present study the effects of wet and dry grinding and the use of different grinding media such as mild steel MS and stainless steel SS were investigated on a Cu sulphide ore
kWh/t and for for copper ore W i = kWh/t The first part of this investigation has been oriented towards testing the hypothesis defined by Eq 5 For that purpose there has been observed the grinding kinetics of narrow size fractions of quartz and copper ore sizes / mm; /
The advantage of separating particles at such a large size is that the costs of grinding energy and associated elements such as mill linings and grinding media are closely related to the final grind size Thus if it is possible to grind the ore to a coarse size in the range for example of 400 1000 μm separate the particles containing
Documentation of the use of copper dates back to ancient times The laborious task of mining copper ore by hand made obtaining large quantities for production difficult During the Industrial Revolution coal and steam powered machinery paved the way for a considerable increase in copper production with mines smelting between 200 and 300 tons
2 Copper processing is a complicated process that begins with mining of the ore less than 1% copper and ends with sheets of % pure copper called cathodes which will ultimately be made into products for everyday most common types of ore copper oxide and copper sulfide undergo two different processes hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy
Minera Escondida located in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile is the world s largest producer of copper as concentrate and SX EW cathode Projects to increase mill and flotation capacity began soon after start up in 1990 to off set decreasing copper grade Subsequent projects had the objective to increase copper production through heap leach and SX EW