MINE-TO-MILL OPTIMIZATION, PRODUCTION RELIABILITY ENHACEMENT AND EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES OVER THE LIFE-OF-MINE
Walter Valery 1, Rodrigo Hayashida 2, Roberto Valle 3, Erico Tabosa4, Kristy Duffy 5, Lindon Pyle 6
PhD, Global Director Consulting and Technology, Mining and Minerals Processing, Ha...
09-Jul-2024
Integrated Mine-To-Mill Optimization of the Toromocho Operation at Minera Chinalco, Perú
*D. Fangrong1, D. Yang1, A. Muñoz1, W. Valery2, R. Valle2, B. Bonfils2, and C. Plasencia2
Minera Chinalco Perú S.A. Av. El Derby 250, Piso 20, Lima 33, Perú
Hatch Pty Ltd. 61 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, Queen...
09-Jul-2024
Mine-to-Mill Optimization and Continuous Improvement of Lundin Mining's Chapada Operation in Brazil
*G. Evangelista1, A. Moreira1, F. Moura1, I. Souza1, F. Resende1, P. Henrique1, J. Corsini2, A. Ribeiro2, W. Valery3,R. Valle3, R. Hayashida3, B. Bonfils3, K. Duffy3, and C. Plasencia3
Lundin Mini...
09-Jul-2024
Throughput forecast modelling over the Life-of-Mine
L Brennan1, W Valery2, Y Quan3, B Bonfils4, T. Farmer5, R Hayashida6, A Jankovic7, K Duffy8
Process Engineer, Hatch, Brisbane QLD 4000. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Global Director – Consulting and Technology, Hatch, Brisbane QLD 4000. Ema...
09-Jul-2024
Mine-to-Mill optimisation at Mont Wright
J Hi/11, R Ouellet2, R Deslias3, I K Kapinga4, P O Devin5, H Achache6, W Valery7, R Hayashida8, T Farmer, B Bonfi/s10 and K Duffy11
Director Mining Services, ArcelorMittal Exploitation miniere Canada, Fermont (Quebec) GOG 1JO, Canada. Email: hill@...
12-Jul-2023
Towards waterless operations from mine to mill
Saija Luukkanena,•, Antti Tanhuaa, Zongxian Zhanga, Raul Mollehuara Canalesa, Ilpo Auranenb
a/University of Oulu, Faculty of Technology, Oulu Mining School, PO Box 3000, FI-90014, Finland
b /MA Engineering, Sinikalliontie 3B, 02630 Espoo, Finland
&n...
12-Jul-2023
Strategic and tactical mine planning considering value chain performance for maximised profitability
R Smith1, F Faramarzi2 and C Poblete3
1. Global GEOVIA Services Director, Dassault Systèmes, Brisbane Qld 4000. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2. Global Senior Mining Industry Consultant, Dassau...
12-Jul-2023
Evangelista, Moreira, Moura, Souza, Resende, Lisboa, Corsini, Ribeiro, Valery, Valle, Hayashida, Plasencia
Presented at Procemin-GEOMET 2021
ABSTRACT
Hatch and Enaex conducted a joint Mine-to-Mill optimization project at Lundin Mining’s Chapada operation in Brazil. The main objective was to maxim...
29-Nov-2021
Bonfils, Valery, Jankovic, Duffy, Tabosa, Holtham
Presented at the AusIMM Mill Operators Conference June 2021
ABSTRACT
The benefits of Mine-to-Mill optimisation have been understood by the industry for many years. If well executed, with a structured methodology, the overall operation throughput (...
20-Jul-2021
Wraith, Resta, Welmans
Presented at the AusIMM Mill Operators Conference, Brisbane Australia June 23 - 25 2021
ABSTRACT
Bluestone Mines Tasmania JV, Tasmania Tin Operations recognised value in mining at or near to 1Mt/a. However, the Renison Tin concentrator is restricted at 750kt/a. The solution...
20-Jul-2021
Ghoreishi-Madiseha, Shadi, Rafezi, Sasmito, Manouchehri, Hassani
Published in Proceedings of the IMPC2020 Congress, SAIMM
ABSTRACT
Weakening rocks by taking advantage of microwave-induced microcracks is a promising solution for comminution processes. This paper investigates the effects of microwa...
19-Jul-2021
Hassani, Shadi, Rafezi, Sasmito, Ghoreishi-Madiseh
ABSTRACT
Enhancing the energy-effectiveness of microwave-assisted fragmentation is one of the overlooked areas in the published literature. A novel calorimetric technique is proposed to quantify the effect of inductive heating within a microwave c...
07-Jun-2021
Keeney, Beaton, Scott, La Rosa, Amini, Rutter, Faramarzi
Presented at the Preconcentration Digital Conference November 2020
ABSTRACT
Anglo American’s Los Bronces copper mine in Chile has been conducting detailed assessments investigating value adding options for their asset. The mine has conducte...
13-Apr-2021
*K. Tungpalan, A. Nguyen, C. Evans, E. Manlapig, K. Nguyen
Presented at Procemin GEOMET 2019
ABSTRACT
Ore texture represents the fundamental ore properties that significantly influence processing behaviour. However, the current measurement to obtain detailed textural information is through the Q...
23-Jun-2020
W. Valery, K. Duffy, R. Faveere, R. Hayashida, A. Jankovic, E. Tabosa, I. Yelkin
Presented at IMPC 2018
ABSTRACT
The mining industry faces growing challenges from more complex and lower grade deposits, rising costs, limited energy and water availability, and increasing societal pressure to operat...
23-Jun-2020
W. Valery, K Duffy, R. Valle, R. Hayashida, A. Jankovic, P. Holtham, E. Tabosa, B. Andrade
Presented at Procemin GEOMET 2019
ABSTRACT
In late 2017, Hatch was engaged to conduct a Mine to Process Optimization project for a large iron ore operation. The operation consists of three iron ore mines...
22-Jun-2020
C. CARRASCO1, M. GAHONA1, D. LA ROSA2, G. SHAPLAND2, N. BEATON2, & *E. AMINI2
1BHPAv. de la Minería 501, Antofagasta, Chile 2CRC ORETechnology Transfer Centre, Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT)1 Technology Crt., Pullenvale, QLD, 4069, Australia (*Corresponding author: e.amini@c...
06-Jan-2020
M Powell, C Bozbay, S Kanchibotla, B Bonfils, A Musunuri, V Jokovic, M Hilden, J Young, E Yalcin
SAG Conference Vancouver, Canada September 22 – 26, 2019
ABSTRACT
In expanding the mine to process considerably more competent ore sources, this semi-autogenous-ball mill-crusher (SABC) circuit with a...
06-Jan-2020
G. Ballantyne, A. Giblett
SAG Conference Vancouver, Canada September 22 – 26, 2019
ABSTRACT
Newmont has a demonstrated history as a leading investor in comminution technology developments. Most notably the cornerstone high pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) demonstration plant at the Lone Tree operat...
06-Jan-2020
Valery, W., Valle, R., Duffy, K., Jankovic, A., Tabosa, E. 2016.
Complete Optimisation from Mine-to-Mill to Maximise Profitability [Комплексная оптимизация параметров горных работ и технологических операций для повышения рентабельности производства]. Zoloto I Technologii, Russia, 2 (32), June 2016...
03-Jan-2019
M POWELL, S KANCHIBOTLA, V JOKOVIC, M HILDEN, B BONFILS, A MUSUNURI, P MOYO, S YU, J YOUNG, P YAROSHAK, E YALCIN AND B GORAIN
14thAusIMM Mill Operators’ Conference, 29-31 August 2018, Brisbane, Australia
ABSTRACT
This work goes beyond the general perception of how the well-known mine to mill proc...
27-Sep-2018
STEFAN NADOLSKI, CHRISTOPHER O'HARA, BERN KLEIN, DAVIDE ELMO & CRAIG J. R. HART
Mining Technology, February 2018
The productivity of milling circuits is sensitive to the size of mill feed. Uncertainty about the size of caved ore presents unique challenges to forecasting and controlling m...
22-Jun-2018
The Energy Saving Technology of Beneficiation of Iron Ore
V V KARMAZIN, M A BIKBOV AND A A BIKBOV
MAGNETIC AND ELECTRICAL SEPARATION, VOL 11 (4), PP 211-224
ABSTRACT
The qualitative and quantitative evaluation of liberation of economic minerals and thelevel of contamination of the process produc...
25-Aug-2017
W VALERY (1), K DUFFY (1), P HOLTHAM (2), A REPLE (3), P WALKER (4), P ROSARIO (1)
PRESENTED AT IMPC 2016: XXVIII INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS, AT QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
ABSTRACT
The mining industry is facing declining feed grades which require the mining and processing of larger volume...
18-Jul-2017
P STAPLES, G LANE, R BRAUN, B FOGGIATTO AND M P BUENO
PRESENTED AT SAG CONFERENCE, SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEMIAUTOGENOUS AND HIGH PRESSURE GRINDING TECHNOLOGY, VANCOUVER, 20-24 SEPTEMBER 2015.
ABSTRACT
Autogenous (AG) and semi-autogenous (SAG) grinding mills are considered a mature tec...
18-Jul-2017
S NKWANYANA AND B LOVEDAY (1)
PRESENTED AT COMMINUTION ’16, MINERALS ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL, PUBLISHED IN MINERALS ENGINEERING VOLUMES 103-104, BARRY WILLS (ED), APRIL 2017.
ABSTRACT
Ball-mills are used widely for secondary grinding. Loveday (2010) reported on laboratory tests in which s...
18-Jul-2017
G S ANDERSON1 AND N W MCDONALD2
13TH AUSIMM MILL OPERATORS’ CONFERENCE, PERTH, WA, 10-12 OCTOBER 2016.
ABSTRACT
The IsaMill™ was originally developed to address liberation issues at Mount Isa Mines (now Glencore) operations, McArthur River and Mount Isa in the early 1990s. Follow...
18-Jul-2017
C G KELSEY AND J R KELLY (1)
PRESENTED AT IMPC 2016: XXVIII INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS, SEPTEMBER 11-15, QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
ABSTRACT
Dry crushing trials at pilot scale have shown that the IMPTEC Super-fine Crusher has the capacity to generate ultra-fine products from h...
18-Jul-2017
C CARRASCO1 2, L KEENEY 1 2, T J NAPIER-MUNN2, P BODE1
PRESENTED AT COMMINUTION ’16, MINERALS ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL, PUBLISHED IN MINERALS ENGINEERING VOLUMES 103-104, BARRY WILLS (ED), APRIL 2017.
ABSTRACT
Grade Engineering® comprises a range of techniques aiming to reje...
18-Jul-2017
Significance of Exposed Grain Surface Area in Coarse Particle Flotation of Low-Grade Gold Ore with the Hydrofloat ™ Technology
J D Miller (1), C L Lin (1), Y Wang (1), M Mankosa (2), J Kohmuench (2) and G Luttrell (3)
IMPC 2016: XXVIII International Mineral Processing Congress Proceedings, Septemb...
26-May-2017
Abstract
The Detour Lake mine is located in north-eastern Ontario, approximately three hundred kilometres north-east of Timmins and 185 kilometres by road north-east of Cochrane.
The mill processes a free milling gold ore using both gravity circuit and leaching with a state of the art carbon-in...
20-Mar-2016
ABSTRACT
PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara – Batu Hijau site mine to mill program has been systematically improved and resulting in Geo-Metallurgical detailed ore characteristics is successfully being used for short and long term business planning and mill throughput predictions. Actual plant operating an...
30-Nov-2015
Metallurgical Plant Design and Operating Strategies 2004
Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited operates the Macraes Gold Mine near Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand. The ore body is mineralogically complex and comparatively low grade requiring a series of unit processes and resulting in a re...
22-Oct-2004