For their outstanding achievements above latitude 60º North, Sandvik Mining and Atlas Copco have been presented with the first two 'Northern Lights' industry awards. These inaugural awards were announced last week during the RMG Exploration & Mining Investment Conference in Stockholm. Sandvik...

13-Feb-2013

Mining Magazine 2012 published an article by CEEC Advocate Christian Ottergren of Sandvik Mining, explaining why the new Vibrocone crusher could be a game changer for mines looking to reduce their energy consumption and operating costs.  Vibrocone at MinExpo 2012 Download the article here: San...

13-Feb-2013

“Sustainability in the Global Mining Industry 2012-2013: Market Trends and Opportunities, Profitability and Budget Forecast, Mining Industry Procurement and Marketing Initiatives” is a report that analyzes what sustainability means to the global mining market and how it is being implemented. Key...

04-Feb-2013

Workshop targets a paradigm shift in Comminution practices   CEEC International, in conjunction with JKTech Ltd, has drawn an “A” list of industry, supply and research practitioners to workshop and develop roadmaps to achieve a paradigm shift in the practice of mineral crushing and grinding...

08-Jan-2013

One of CEEC's advocates: Levi Guzman, of Moly-Cop, Adesur SA captured the action at Procemin 2012. Are you in the audience?            

04-Dec-2012

Much has been written about innovation and the need for “game-changing” step change. There is no doubt that there are many challenges facing the mining and minerals industry and hence it is appropriate that the industry examines the level of response required. “Step Change” should not be regarded as...

05-Nov-2012

  Robert McIvor of Metcom Technologies was the 2012 recipient of the Art MacPherson Comminution Award. Presented at the 2012 Canadian Mineral Processing Society meeting in January, Rob was recognised for his numerous papers on topics of comminution and active participation in assisting with...

18-Jan-2012

Over the past several years, the combination of higher energy and steel costs and the recent commercial deployment of high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) technology in hard rock mining have led many multinational mining companies to evaluate the suitability of HPGR technology for their particular co...

05-Nov-2011

Since October 2003, the BHP Billiton Cannington mill has operated a grinding circuit consisting of an AG mill, pebble crusher and a Vertimill®which in this paper will be referred to as an AVC circuit. What is unique about this circuit is that it utilizes a Vertimill® for secondary grinding rather th...

01-Dec-2006

Johnson   Abstract In achieving the necessary liberation for separation of valuable minerals from ores, metallurgists have traditionally selected from the competing options for size reduction devices by making decisions based on various types of costs. While these costs remain important in s...

23-Aug-2006

Comminution 1998 This paper presents observations made during the conduct and analysis of eleven separate autogenous and semi-autogenous pilot plant trials. These trials were conducted using different ores for various projects over the past five years. The ores tested include relatively competent...

22-Nov-1998