The Chemistry of Gold Extraction

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Crusher Close Side Settings

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The actual minimum safe closed side setting of a crusher will vary somewhat, for any given crushing machine, depending upon the character of the material, the amount of fines in the feed, and whether the crusher is being operated under choke-feed or regulated feed conditions. It is possible, when all conditions are favourable, to operate gyratory crushers, […]

Crusher Performance Factors

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It is entirely possible for a crusher to choke at some other point in the crushing chamber than the theoretical choke-point. When the setting of a fine-reduction crusher is too close for its eccentric throw and for the general proportions of its crushing chamber, there is a tendency toward building up a choke in the […]

Millerite Serapation from Pentlandite and Chalcopyrite

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While there are over 45 different nickel minerals, only a few of them are of economic importance to the minerals industry. The principal nickel mineral in nickel sulphide ores is pentlandite ((Ni,Fe)8S9) while the less common nickel sulphides include millerite (NiS). violarite (Ni2FeS4), polydymite (Ni3S4), siegenitc {(Co,Ni)3S4), and heazlewoodite (Ni3S2). As well, often present are […]

Crusher Reduction Ratio

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I have mentioned the fact that, as the % of voids in the crushing chamber decreases, the production of fines by attrition increases. This is like saying that, as the Crusher Reduction Ratio in any given crusher is increased, the % of fines in the product will increase, even though the discharge setting remains unchanged. Both of these statements […]

Effect of Cyanide on Steel and Iron Minerals Leached by Cyanide

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The corrosion of black rolled mild steel in sodium cyanide solution is negligible. A piece of steel suspended in a sodium cyanide solution maintained at 0.05% NaCN and 0.001% CaO, in the presence of air, lost 0.002% of its weight in two weeks, this was equivalent to a penetration of 0.76 micron per year.Oxidized iron minerals […]

VertiMill Sizing Example

How to size a tower mill

This was a case study for an expansion of a 2200 TPD SAG Mill operation.  The client wanted to increase the plant to 2700 TPD @ 30um.  Some plant samples were taken, work indexes obtained and data simulated. As it turns out a single 3000HP Vertimill would get that done. The applications of the VERTIMILL continue to […]