BRITISH COLUMBIA – Thompson Creek Metals of Denver said that mill throughput averaged 52,457 t/d during November at the Mount Milligan copper-gold project 145 km northwest of Prince George. That is a significant increase from the 44,077 t/d average during Q3 2015. The upturn comes thanks to the installation of a second SAG discharge screen deck …
An important feature of its STM-SCREEN in solving CMMC's problem, says GK, was its ability to process at a higher bed depth without sacing throughput. Any new SAG mill discharge screen would need to achieve a sustained capacity of 2,400 mt/h, with periodic surges to 2,700 mt/h. This represented a 30% increase over the existing screen's ...
SAG mill is usually used to grind large pieces into small pieces, especially for the pre-processing of grinding circuits, thus also known as primary stage grinding machine. Based on the high throughput and coarse grind, AG mills produce coarse grinds often classify mill discharge with screens and trommel.
SAG mills have a higher installed power density for a given plant footprint relative to AC mills. With the combination of finer grind and a lower …
SAG mill even further. Tritton tasked the Minerals mill specialists with a SAG mill optimisation project that included: • Evaluating the current mill performance • Investigating optimisation without additional major capital investment • Increasing throughput while maintaining the target P80 • Optimising the existing pulp lifter design
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the SAG mills throughput, power consumption and accordingly, specific energy. The feed size distribution together with the ore characteristics (hardness, lithology, alterations, etc.) are the most important factors affecting the SAG mills performance. Some oper- ... in the SAG mill feed (Scw); and the water retained in the mill is ...
feed size (F80) of over 70 mm and a SAG mill throughput of 5200 t/h. The Batu Hijau SAG mill specific energy was a function of point load test and RQD. The point load test substitutes for Axb measurement in that relationship. The Batu Hijau ore is less fractured than the Constancia ore based on the average RQD data and Constancia's SAG mill ...
SAG mill throughput typically ranges from 473 - 515 tph depending on the ore type being processed. The cyclone overflow is the grinding circuit final product and the target 80% passing size (p80) varies from 75 to 110 microns. Part of the cyclone underflow reports to a gravity recovery circuit which consists of a scalping ...
The SAG mill throughput rate passed from 385 tons per hour to 440 tons per hour. The secondary crusher (XL900 671 KW) reduces the 4 -6 inches ore from the g yratory to a product with about 80% passing 1 -1.5 inches depending on the required mill feed rate.
Increasing throughput through a SAG mill generally requires feeding it with more fines, since these flow straight through the mill. If these …
Comparison between maximum mill throughput and SAG mill feed size observed from blast #2014 - 003 (270 - standard and 311 standard) and simulated for different blast designs (270 - …
The spilling of the sag mill over the feed trunnion indicates that the volume of slurry inside the mill (hold- up) has increased so much that the mill starts to operate similar to an overflow mill. ... With TCPL, the mill throughput has Latchireddi, S. R. Morrell, S., in press-a. Slurry flow in Mills: increased from 390 (with RPL) to 470 tph on ...
throughput and final product size. This could be achieved through closer monitoring of the primary crusher performance and proper control of the ratios for the SAG mill feeders drawing the ore from the stockpile. The ball mill grinding efficiency was poor and could be indicated by the fraction < 125 µm of only 5-9 % or x. P, 80
SAG mill testing results indicate consistent, medium-hard material across the deposit, suggesting relatively stable SAG mill throughput ; Ball mill testing results indicate consistent, medium-hard ...
Optimise your mill capacity and throughput. Increase liner life and cut replacement downtime. Cut energy costs. Reduce safety risks to employees. Optimise SAG mill capacity and avoid unnecessary downtime. SAG mills are …
The SAG Mill is equipped with a variable speed drive which will allow the mill to operate between 1,500tpd and 2,300tpd. Furthermore, it is possible to increase the daily throughput by increasing ...
Single stage SAG Mills are very beneficial in reducing CAPEX for plants with a staged throughput approach. When future tonnage is to be increased, the SAG Mill can feed downstream ball milling to boost capacity. Amstar SAG/AG Mills range in size from 4.3m through 12.2m in diameter with powers as high as 28,000 kW.
• Increased SAG mill throughput by 5.9% and reduced energy consumption per tonne by 5.4% SAG Mill ACE BENEFITS • Automatically account for changes in variation of particle size or ore hardness • Minimize production disturbances • Maintain optimal production by minimizing changes to mill speed • Maximize production rate while providing
The goal of the mine is a mill throughput of 95,000 tonnes (104,720 tons) per day (TPD). Based on this goal, run-of-mine fragmentation analysis was conducted for four blasting designs resulting in powder factors of 0.44, 0.54, 0.64, and 0.94 kg/t. ... (SAG) mill. In this paper, a mine case study was conducted where there are four primary ...
Following implementation of these strategies, the SAG mill throughput when treating the harder copper/zinc ores increased from 2,750 tph to an average of 3,600 tph, and the optimization of the overall process improved energy efficiency, resulting in considerably less energy consumption per ton of product.
The oversize pebbles are recycled through a small eccentric crusher, then back to the SAG or autogenous grinding mill. This procedure maximizes ore throughput and minimizes electrical energy consumption. Assuming your ore is AG-amenable: 7 TPH to 15 TPH is a comfortably production average for a 13′ x 4.5′ AG Mill.
Mill throughput is a key driver for maintaining profitability at Mt Keith because of the low head grade (~0.5% Ni) and inherently low nickel recoveries due to the mineralogical makeup of the ore. The Nickel West Mt Keith Concentrator (NMK) has 2 parallel grinding modules consisting of one SAG Mill and one BALL Mill per module.
SAG milling can be optimised to achieve maximum breakage and throughput (or any other number of objectives). The relationships between the key variables are highly non-linear and shift as the ore hardness, steel load and liner conditions change. Traditional and basic control and modelling techniques are therefore not veryfective.
mill throughput rates in the context of wide ranging vari-ability in "ore hardness" about a "design point." Typically, mill throughput rates from a large open pit can vary con-siderably during the course of a few days, e.g., from 40,000 tonnes per day (tpd) to …
SAG Mill Circuit Example — Gold Processing SAG mill circuit example for gold processing [image: (135-6-3)] AG/SAG Mill. AG/SAG mills are normally used to grind run-off-mine ore or primary crusher product. Wet grinding in an AG/SAG mill is accomplished in a slurry of 50 to 80 percent solids. 2D and 3D simulations of particles in a SAG Mill
SAG mill is an investment that can produce handsome returns if extra production is needed or simply to give the mine the option to mill the hardest ores at design throughput rates. Typical tests required to define a hardness variability function, are given below in Figure 1.