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porphyry ore to high chrome grinding media will see met-
allurgical benefits.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author wishes to acknowledge all those that have been
involved in this work over the last 21 years. Your efforts are
appreciated. Thanks must also be given to Magotteaux for
granting permission to publish this work.
REFERENCES
[1] Johnson, N. W. (1987), Applications of Kinetics and
Liberation Data to Analysis of an Industrial Flotation
Process, CIM Bulletin, 80 (899), pp 113 to 117.
[2] Jackson, B. R., Sutherland, D. N., Gottlieb, P.
&Quittner, V. H. (1989), QEM*SEM: The
Mineralogical Assessment System for the Metallurgist,
Base Metals Conference – India, pp 471 to 483.
[3] Young, M. F., Pease, J. D., Johnson, N. W. &
Munro, P. D. (1997), Developments in Milling
Practice at the Lead/Zinc Concentrator of Mount Isa
Mines Limited, in the Proceedings of the Sixth Mill
Operators’ Conference (Editor: D Lauder), pp 133
(The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy:
Melbourne).
[4] Greet, C. J. &Freeman, M. (2000), Back to basics
– The way forward at Pasminco Rosebery Mine,
in the Proceedings of the Seventh Mill Operators’
Conference, pp 115 to 122 (The Australasian Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
[5] Iwasaki, I., Reid, K. J., Lex, H. A. &Smith, K. A.
(1983), Effect of Autogenous and Ball Mill Grinding
on Sulphide Flotation, Mining Engineering, pp 1184
to 1190.
[6] Natarajan, K. A. &Iwasaki, I. (1984), Electrochemical
Aspects of Grinding Media-Mineral Interactions in
Magnetite Ore Grinding, International Journal of
Mineral Processing, 13, pp 53 to 71.
[7] Yelloji Rao, M. K. &Natarajan, K. A. (1989(a)), Effect
of Galvanic Interaction between Grinding Media
and Minerals on Sphalerite Flotation, International
Journal of Mineral Processing, 27, pp 95 to 109.
[8] Yelloji Rao, M. K. &Natarajan, K. A. (1989(b)), Effect
of Electrochemical Interactions Among Sulphide
Minerals and Grinding Media on Chalcopyrite
Flotation, Minerals and Metallurgical Processing, 27,
pp 146 to 151.
[9] Johnson, N. W. (2002), Practical Aspects of the
Effect of Electrochemical Conditions in Grinding
Mills on the Flotation Process, in the proceedings of
Flotation and Flocculation: From Fundamentals to
Applications (Editors: John Ralston, Jan Miller and
Jorgan Rubio), University of South Australia, pages
287 to 294.
[10] Bruckard, W. J., Sparrow, G. J. &Woodcock, J. T.
(2011), A review of the effects of the grinding environ-
ment on the flotation of copper sulfides, International
Journal of Mineral Processing, 100, 1–13.
[11] Napier-Munn, T. J. (2014), Statistical methods for
Minerals Engineers: How to design experiments and
analyse data, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research,
University of Queensland, Indooroopilly.
[12] Greet, C. J., Hitchen, C. &Kinal, J. (2012),
Conducting high chrome grinding media tri-
als at Newcrest’s Ridgeway Concentrator, in the
Proceedings of the 11th AusIMM Mill Operators’
Conference, pp 59–64 (The Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy: Melbouorne).
[13] Seaman, D. R., Johannson, J., Baldock, J. &Seaman,
B. A. (2024), Optimising flotation pulp conditions
to improve recovery at Newmont Red Chris Mine, in
the Proceedings of the 16th AusIMM Mill Operators’
Conference, pp 495–508 (The Australasian Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
[14] Greet, C. J., Morgan, D., Davis, J., Small, G. &du
Toit, X. (in preparation). Metallurgical improvements
at Northparkes Concentrator through the application
of high chrome grinding media, in the Proceedings
of the MetPlant 2019 Conference, pp 150–162 (The
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy:
Melbourne).
porphyry ore to high chrome grinding media will see met-
allurgical benefits.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author wishes to acknowledge all those that have been
involved in this work over the last 21 years. Your efforts are
appreciated. Thanks must also be given to Magotteaux for
granting permission to publish this work.
REFERENCES
[1] Johnson, N. W. (1987), Applications of Kinetics and
Liberation Data to Analysis of an Industrial Flotation
Process, CIM Bulletin, 80 (899), pp 113 to 117.
[2] Jackson, B. R., Sutherland, D. N., Gottlieb, P.
&Quittner, V. H. (1989), QEM*SEM: The
Mineralogical Assessment System for the Metallurgist,
Base Metals Conference – India, pp 471 to 483.
[3] Young, M. F., Pease, J. D., Johnson, N. W. &
Munro, P. D. (1997), Developments in Milling
Practice at the Lead/Zinc Concentrator of Mount Isa
Mines Limited, in the Proceedings of the Sixth Mill
Operators’ Conference (Editor: D Lauder), pp 133
(The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy:
Melbourne).
[4] Greet, C. J. &Freeman, M. (2000), Back to basics
– The way forward at Pasminco Rosebery Mine,
in the Proceedings of the Seventh Mill Operators’
Conference, pp 115 to 122 (The Australasian Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
[5] Iwasaki, I., Reid, K. J., Lex, H. A. &Smith, K. A.
(1983), Effect of Autogenous and Ball Mill Grinding
on Sulphide Flotation, Mining Engineering, pp 1184
to 1190.
[6] Natarajan, K. A. &Iwasaki, I. (1984), Electrochemical
Aspects of Grinding Media-Mineral Interactions in
Magnetite Ore Grinding, International Journal of
Mineral Processing, 13, pp 53 to 71.
[7] Yelloji Rao, M. K. &Natarajan, K. A. (1989(a)), Effect
of Galvanic Interaction between Grinding Media
and Minerals on Sphalerite Flotation, International
Journal of Mineral Processing, 27, pp 95 to 109.
[8] Yelloji Rao, M. K. &Natarajan, K. A. (1989(b)), Effect
of Electrochemical Interactions Among Sulphide
Minerals and Grinding Media on Chalcopyrite
Flotation, Minerals and Metallurgical Processing, 27,
pp 146 to 151.
[9] Johnson, N. W. (2002), Practical Aspects of the
Effect of Electrochemical Conditions in Grinding
Mills on the Flotation Process, in the proceedings of
Flotation and Flocculation: From Fundamentals to
Applications (Editors: John Ralston, Jan Miller and
Jorgan Rubio), University of South Australia, pages
287 to 294.
[10] Bruckard, W. J., Sparrow, G. J. &Woodcock, J. T.
(2011), A review of the effects of the grinding environ-
ment on the flotation of copper sulfides, International
Journal of Mineral Processing, 100, 1–13.
[11] Napier-Munn, T. J. (2014), Statistical methods for
Minerals Engineers: How to design experiments and
analyse data, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research,
University of Queensland, Indooroopilly.
[12] Greet, C. J., Hitchen, C. &Kinal, J. (2012),
Conducting high chrome grinding media tri-
als at Newcrest’s Ridgeway Concentrator, in the
Proceedings of the 11th AusIMM Mill Operators’
Conference, pp 59–64 (The Australasian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy: Melbouorne).
[13] Seaman, D. R., Johannson, J., Baldock, J. &Seaman,
B. A. (2024), Optimising flotation pulp conditions
to improve recovery at Newmont Red Chris Mine, in
the Proceedings of the 16th AusIMM Mill Operators’
Conference, pp 495–508 (The Australasian Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
[14] Greet, C. J., Morgan, D., Davis, J., Small, G. &du
Toit, X. (in preparation). Metallurgical improvements
at Northparkes Concentrator through the application
of high chrome grinding media, in the Proceedings
of the MetPlant 2019 Conference, pp 150–162 (The
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy:
Melbourne).