Peripheral Discharge Ball Mills -Theory and Practice
These notes are based on observations made while on a recent trip through the West, for the purpose of studying the practical operation of the ball-mill. The writer takes this opportunity to express his thanks for courtesies extended at the many plants visited as well as for the valuable data received. While there are several […]
Recover Gold by Jigging in Grinding Circuit
PROCESS FLOWSHEET DESCRIPTION: Gold Mineral Jig in grinding circuit (ball mill discharge) at center of gravity concentration plant. ORE TREATED: Various oxide and nonmetallic minerals not now recoverable by flotation. ADVANTAGES: Where fine grinding is necessary before gravity concentration, high tailing losses are unavoidable as slimed mineral is not efficiently concentrated and recovered by gravity […]
Coarse Sulphide Flotation with Gravity Gold Recovery Circuit
CIRCUIT PROCESS FLOWSHEET DESCRIPTION: A Flash Unit sulphide Flotation Cell followed by a gravity concentration plant. This flowsheet shows the use of the Unit Flotation Cell, to extract/recover bas metal sulphides, in the ball mill classifier circuit in a plant where subsequent treatment consists of the usual gravity concentration methods. ORE TREATED: The ores treated in […]
Coarse Flash Flotation Circuit
DESCRIPTION: A Unit Flash Flotation Cell in coarse concentration flotation circuit. This flowsheet is similar to our Coarse gravity concentration followed by flotation circuit. ORE TREATED: This flowsheet can be used on ores wherein the base metal minerals are freed at a coarse size. This is often seen on Pb Lead/Galena flotation located on the ball mill […]
Flotation & Shaking Tables with Open Circuit Ball Mill
DESCRIPTION: Flotation followed by shaker table concentration in open circuit grinding. ORE TREATED: When the mineral in an ore is freed at a coarse mesh, this flowsheet gives high recovery and high capacity. The practice is limited in scope, as on ores requiring fine grinding, closed circuit is preferable, and on ores wherein the gold is free, amalgamation […]
Fine Grinding in Cyanide Plant
This plant, near Marysville, Montana, was planned to treat the ore from the Piegan and Gloster mines, the latter being one of the early and famous producers of the Marysville district. When the mill was closed, treatment consisted of stamp milling, followed by pans and settlers for pan amalgamation. The extraction was evidently poor, because, a […]
Stamp Mill Animation
When stamp mills are used for dry crushing, double discharge mortars are provided (see Fig. 50), and the screens are put low down, giving a small depth of discharge. These arrangements are necessitated by the difficulty of discharging the crushed ore from the mortar, the only means of doing this being the dashing of the […]
Grinding Circuit Startup and Shutdown Procedure
Grinding and Classification Circuit
Our EXAMPLE Grinding and Classification Circuit is designed to grind 500 tonnes of ore per day, operating 24 hours per day, with an availability of 95%. This circuit will grind -5/8″ material from the Crushing Plant, classify the slurry in one of two cyclones, and pass 70% of the minus 200 mesh material to the […]
200 TPD Crushing and Grinding Circuit – Gold Leaching Plant
I was asked to “size/design” the crushing and grinding circuit required to process 200 TPD of a mystery ore = without hardness or much sizing data. All I had were a set of videos showing how the current 50 TPD plant worked at feeding the gold leaching carbon adsorption plant. I had to improvise a […]