3452 XXXI International Mineral Processing Congress 2024 Proceedings/Washington, DC/Sep 29–Oct 3
Potable water is trucked in by a fleet of water bowsers,
as the site is practically waterless (Figure 1).
Offloaded crushed mineral material is fed by front-end
loader into two streams – plant #1 handles approximately
+1,100 tons dry material daily, while plant #2 can process
+900 tons per day (Figure 2).
Dry mineral feedstock is mixed with water at approxi-
mately a 2.5:1 ratio (water to dry feedstock) and this slurry
is then sent to a series of two ball mills in sequence for
further reduction. Oversize minerals and contaminants
(mainly detonation cord plastic residue from mine blasting
operations) are mostly trapped by a rotating trommel-style
sieves (mesh +10mm and +5mm) on each mill (Figure 3).
The resultant finer slurry produced by the ball mills is
sent to a series of hydro-cyclones where the overflow is for-
warded to the conditioning tanks, while the underflow car-
rying oversized minerals is returned to the sequential ball
mills for further reduction (Figure 4).
Figure 1.
Figure 2.
Figure 3.
Potable water is trucked in by a fleet of water bowsers,
as the site is practically waterless (Figure 1).
Offloaded crushed mineral material is fed by front-end
loader into two streams – plant #1 handles approximately
+1,100 tons dry material daily, while plant #2 can process
+900 tons per day (Figure 2).
Dry mineral feedstock is mixed with water at approxi-
mately a 2.5:1 ratio (water to dry feedstock) and this slurry
is then sent to a series of two ball mills in sequence for
further reduction. Oversize minerals and contaminants
(mainly detonation cord plastic residue from mine blasting
operations) are mostly trapped by a rotating trommel-style
sieves (mesh +10mm and +5mm) on each mill (Figure 3).
The resultant finer slurry produced by the ball mills is
sent to a series of hydro-cyclones where the overflow is for-
warded to the conditioning tanks, while the underflow car-
rying oversized minerals is returned to the sequential ball
mills for further reduction (Figure 4).
Figure 1.
Figure 2.
Figure 3.