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Enhanced Oxygen Transfer in Gold Cyanidation
By Ralph Harris, Xia Qi, Frank Komsic
"Gold cyanidation kinetics which are often limited in commercial operations by the rate of oxygen dissolution from gas bubbles into the slurry, are discussed. Emerging technologies for improving the r
Jan 1, 1996
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A Review of Suncor Energy’s Millennium Extraction Process
By Michael Godard, Peter Cleyle
"Suncor Energy’s Project Millennium increased oilsands production capacity by an additional 95,000 barrels per day to its present level of 225,000 barrels per day. This massive venture included an exp
Jan 1, 2004
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Assessing Vertimill Ultrafine Grinding Performance: The Gibraltar Mine Case
By Keith Merriam, Jim McDonnell, Peter Radziszewski, Rob Rotzinger, Ian DeHart
"Taseko Mines Limited Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine recommenced operation in 2004 with the initiation of a series of development projects to increase throughput capacity as well as modernize the mi
Jan 1, 2015
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The use of FSW in Thinner Aluminum Sheets
By R. C. Fernandes, F. L. Santos
Aluminum alloys in particular, have certain limitations when subjected to welding process. This is mainly present because aluminum alloys have high thermal conductivity, high contraction in solidifica
Jan 1, 2015
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The Future Shape of Mineral Processing
By M. J. Bunyard, I. Mullany
"The pressures on mine operators are varied and constantly increasing, declining ore grades, more remote locations and increasing environmental concerns. The challenge facing the mining industry is to
Jan 1, 2017
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IO2 - Intelligent Optimization of Industrial Operations ? A Mining Application
By Jom Kresta
Fundamental changes in the Bitumen Production process at Syncrude have led to the integration of Mining and Extraction operations. Successful operation of the integrated process requires the coordinat
May 1, 2002
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The Value of Orebody Power Requirement Profiles for SAG Circuit Design
By Chris Bennett, Glen Kosick
"Process modeling and equipment sizing procedures for SAG circuits has advanced significantly over the past two decades. However, no matter how exact the hardness tests, models and scale-up calculatio
Jan 1, 1999
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COM 2015 - 54th Dynamics Properties of 320 M3 Air-Forced Mechanical Flotaion Machine
By Y. Q. Li, Z. C. Shen, C. H. Zhao
The dynamic properties of the KYF-320 flotation machine which is one of the biggest flotation machines in the world were tested and then verified by the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation.
Jan 1, 2015
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Dewatering of planned Key Lake open pits in northern Saskatchewan
By Werner Unland, Nick Holl
"The paper presents the engineering design and experience gained so far with a dewatering system for an open-pit uranium mine planned at Key Lake in Northern Saskatchewan.The results of hydrogeologica
Jan 1, 1980
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Ignition of sulphide dust clouds by explosives
Experimental Mine, Val d'Or, Quebec, Experiments on the ignition of sulphide dust clouds by explosives have been conducted in a 1 m3 explosion chamber. The explosives tested are ANFO, emulsion, a
Jan 1, 1993
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Implementation of Advanced Control Strategies Using VentSim™ Control at San Julian Mine in Chihuahua, Mexico
By Daniel Torres Espinoza, Jose Pinedo
"Ventilation is a vital service in underground mines, required to provide fresh air to the work force and dilute diesel equipment gases (CO, NOx) and diesel particulate matters (DPM). At a Mexican pre
Jan 1, 2019
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Spiral Surface Property Investigation
By X. Louw
"This paper examines the change in surface properties of the Polyurea used on spirals at different operational times: unused spiral, 28 months in operation and 58 months in operation. This is being do
Jan 1, 2017
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Optimizing performance of AG/SAG mills – A design approach
By Sanjeeva Latchireddi, Travis Orser
"Today’s high capacity semiautogenous grinding (SAG) mills expend vast amounts of energy and in doing so consume tons of shell liners and steel balls, while processing ore. The energy efficiency of th
Jan 1, 2005
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Innovative Technologies for Copper Smelting and Electric Slag Cleaning and Matte Settling Furnaces
By A. Esterhuizen, S. Essack, H. Joubert, N. Fowler
Tenova Pyromet has developed innovative technologies for copper smelting and electric slag cleaning furnaces. Based on client feedback and requirements, innovative designs have been developed to addre
Jan 1, 2019
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Biooxidation of a High Arsenic-Bearing Refractory Gold Ore
By Linlin Tong, Xiangling Song, Guobao Chen, Zhenan Jin, Hongying Yang
Biooxidation of a high arsenic-bearing refractory gold ore was investigated to determine the arsenic removal efficiency by the cultured bacteria and to examine the effect of biological pretreatment on
Jan 1, 2014
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Comminution Circuit Design Considerations (49th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Operators Conference©, Ottawa, Ontario, January 17-19, 2017)
By S. Rivard
"This paper demonstrates the selection of grinding circuit technology for a number of recent projects including discussion of the key drivers and the role of energy efficiency. Decreasing head grades
Jan 1, 2017
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Implementing Safe Production at Kittilä Mine
The information in this document has been prepared as at February 16, 2011. Certain statements contained in this document constitute ?forward-looking statements? within the meaning of the United State
May 1, 2011
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The Behaviour of Gold in Hemlo Mines Ltd. Grinding Circuit (aa6f7398-0561-40ff-b0b4-243c3a8474e3)
By S. Banisi, J. Marois, A. R. Laplante
"This paper compares the behaviour of gold and ore in the grinding circuit of Hemlo Gold Ltd. Particular attention is given to grinding kinetics, classification behaviour, and liberation. For grinding
Jan 1, 1991
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Mechanism of Slag and Matte Formation in Copper Flash Smelting
By Zhuo Chen, Jun Zhou, Jiemin Zhou
Samples of the reacting suspension particles were taken from the reaction shaft of a commercial flash furnace at different heights. The processes of matte and slag formation and morphology of the samp
Jan 1, 2019
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Tungsten Carbide Drilling at the Sullivan Mine
By J. W. Reynolds
Introduction The Sullivan mine, at Kimberley, B.C., is the principal source of ore for the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Limited. Current production amounts to about 2,500,000 t
Jan 1, 1951