Introduction

Comminution is a significant capital and operating cost in all mineral processing plants. The drive to reduce energy consumption is particularly relevant here because some fifty percent of the operating cost can be associated with comminution.

It is important to fully determine the comminution parameters relevant to the crushing and milling of an ore to enable complete plant design to take place. Following on from this design engineers need to interpret the results and assess design alternatives. As a risk, mitigation step and optimisation circuit simulation allows model fitting, mass balancing and optimisation. This half day workshop is intended to provide a “how to workshop” starting with drill core and arriving at an optimum comminution circuit for a typical resource project.

Workshop Benefits

Mineral Engineering Technical Services
Damian has over 40 years experience as a Consulting Metallurgist. He has extensive experience in the gold, copper, lead, zinc, uranium and iron ore industries. His field of expertise lies in plant operations, feasibility studies, detailed design, and commissioning. He has been involved in many projects including engineering, audit, due diligence, tenders and expert witness work.

METS' training courses have been run both in Australia and overseas, and are highly regarded.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is designed to provide knowledge of a wide range of aspects regarding the design and develoment of the optimum comminution circuit to project managers, geologists, senior mine and processing plant operating staff, engineers and researchers. The course can also benefit training providers, suppliers to resource industry, technologists, accountants, brokers and investors. It requires no pre-requisite knowledge and is run over two days with a certificate provided at the completion of the course. Participants will be provided with comprehensive course notes on CD covering the basic theoretical and practical aspects of comminution circuit design.

Workshop Programme

• Introduction
• Testwork
• Analysis and Interpretation
• Mil Sizing, Selection and Layout
• Simulation Software
• Equipment
• Maintainability
• Case Studies

    Download our Selection, Sizing and Development of the Optimum Comminution Circuit Workshop Brochure