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the process guarantee even if the plant/filter feed is having
some variations as mining operation always have.
If Capex constraints lead to some compromises in
the procurement phase, it is still important to know the
possible consequences and to have a plan B. This plan B
should enable the operation to do moderate changes on the
selected equipment/filters to deal with the issue. In no way
this should require a total change of the type of equipment/
filter.
Finally, the selected filter should be able to deal with
process changes that have to do either with the ore that
is processed or the OPEX optimization phase which is an
ongoing process over the life time of of the operation.