Preliminary assessment of the comminution circuit of the Kambove concentrator, Democratic Republic of Congo Francois Mulenga Electrical and Mining Engineering 9 June 2016
Overview of Mine Production Chain Ore Body BlastingCrushing Milling Waste ProductSeparation
The Comminution Idea! Butcher (2010)
Mineral Liberation Data Butcher (2010)
The Attainable Region Paradigm!
The Attainable Region Method
The Attainable Region Profile
The Kambove Case
Kambove: Geographical location
The Comminution Circuit
MODSIM © : The Modular Simulator
MODSIM © : The Input Forms
MODSIM © Simulation Outputs
Setting up the attainable region paths Define the three classes based on flotation requirements: m 1 = +106 microns (feed class) m 2 = microns (middlings class) m 3 = -38 microns (fines class) Plot m 2 as a function of m 1 for different crusher settings
Secondary crusher: AR path
Tertiary crusher: AR path
Tertiary crusher: Size distributions
“Integrated comminution”
Drill Core Samples
Mineral Liberation Data
Ultimate goal: Ore Body Modelling
Where to from here? Blasting model Rod-ball milling circuit Refine crushing models Developments of Mineral Liberation Models Comminution economics
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