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    HPGRs have increasingly been used in hard rock mining applications since their first use in copper processing in 1994. Several large copper, gold, and platinum mines have built new concentrators or retrofitted existing plants using HPGR technology. This reduces energy consumption compared to traditional ball mill circuits. Future trends may see even wider use of HPGRs and dry grinding techniques to further reduce energy and water use in response to constraints from climate change and water scarcity. Questions about this emerging technology are welcome.

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    HPGRs have increasingly been used in hard rock mining applications since their first use in copper processing in 1994. Several large copper, gold, and platinum mines have built new concentrators or retrofitted existing plants using HPGR technology. This reduces energy consumption compared to traditional ball mill circuits. Future trends may see even wider use of HPGRs and dry grinding techniques to further reduce energy and water use in response to constraints from climate change and water scarcity. Questions about this emerging technology are welcome.

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    HPGRs have increasingly been used in hard rock mining applications since their first use in copper processing in 1994. Several large copper, gold, and platinum mines have built new concentrators or retrofitted existing plants using HPGR technology. This reduces energy consumption compared to traditional ball mill circuits. Future trends may see even wider use of HPGRs and dry grinding techniques to further reduce energy and water use in response to constraints from climate change and water scarcity. Questions about this emerging technology are welcome.

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    HPGRs in Hard Rock Applications

    A Technology Broke Barriers


    Egbert Burchardt & Rilmar Ojeda

    First Approach of HPGRs to the Copper Industry Cyprus Sierrita 1994 1996

    POLYCOM 22/13
    metallurgically considered as a big success!
    widely percepted as a failure due to unresolved wear issues!

    Growth of HPGRs in Minerals Applications

    Iron ore

    Diamonds

    Hard rock

    Latest Trends in Copper / Mineral Ore Processing


    traditional SABC circuit
    Energy requirements of SAG Mills are about 4 to 16 kWh/t

    New ore bodies have often been harder and lower grade => ultimate need to to build high capacity concentrators to minimise operating cost in order to make these projects feasible at all => application of the most energy efficient technologies required in order to mininise energy and consequently wear cost!

    Freeport Cerro Verde, Peru


    First Copper Concentrator built on HPGR technology

    Freeport Cerro Verde

    Design capacity: 108,000 mtpd in operation since 2006

    (> 120.000 tpd achieveable)

    Freeport PTFI
    Grasberg, Indonesia
    First quaternary HPGRs in a brownfield copper application

    Freeport PTFI Grasberg


    Quaternary crushing mode brownfield installation
    2 x POLYCOM 20 / 15 2 x 1,800 kW (each) Objectives: 1. capacity increase @ same grind 2. higher recovery @ finer grind

    Freeport Sierrita Mine and Bagdad Mine, USA


    LOI for largest HPGRs ever built - brownfield copper applications
    2 x POLYCOM 26/18 1 x POLYCOM 26/18

    Sierrita quaternary open circuit Bagdad tertiary closed circuit

    2 x 3,300 kW (each) 3,000 3,600 tph (design) LOI was cancelled in 2008 due to economical crisis

    Freeport Sierrita Mine Bagdad Mine

    Testwork for Sierrita Mine suggested potential to:


    reduce BM energy by up to 22 %

    increase throughput
    by up to 25 %

    Anglo Platinum Mogalakwena North, RSA


    First Platinum Concentrator built on HPGR technolgy

    Anglo Platinum Mogalakwena North

    Newmont Boddington Gold Mine, Australia


    First Gold Concentrator built on HPGR Technolgy

    96.000 tpd plant 4 x POLYCOM 24/17 2 x 2,800 kW (each)

    > 2.100 tph


    (design each) up to 3,000 tph start-up in 2009

    AngloGold Ashanti Tarkwa Mine, Ghana


    First commercial HPGR for heap leaching of gold ore

    In operation since 2009

    AngloGold Ashanti Tarkwa Mine Freeport Cerro Verde Anglo Platinum Mogalakwena North

    Freeport Grasberg

    Newmont Boddington Gold Mine

    Goldcorp Inc. Penasquito, Mexico


    First HPGR for pebble crushing in a hard rock application

    Start up in 2010

    Goldcorp Inc Penasquito

    Operating Plants & Upcoming Installations

    Vale Salobo Project

    Anglo Ferrous Minas Rio Project Moly Mines BKM Assmang (2008) Spinnefex Ridge Northam Platinum (2008)

    Gindalbie Mt. Karara

    Future Trends in Mineral Ore Processing:


    Reduction of CO2 emissions to avoid global warming
    introduction of CO2 certificates would translate into available power; available power and required energy translates into maximum capacity

    CO2 certificates may limit the capacities of future concentrators Drastic need to reduce energy consumption even more! Studies to minimise energy input with HPGRs

    More revolutionary concepts may be required!

    Future Trends in Mineral Ore Processing


    Shortage of water and minimised energy requirements
    Could favour heap leach applications less energy required no wet grinding or wet flotation process required

    HPGRs have the potential to elevate the lower recoveries!


    dry grinding applications

    Future Trends in Mineral Ore Processing


    Dry HPGR grinding of hard limestones
    BWI up to 16 kWh/mt

    320 370 tph capacity


    Fineness: 80 85 % < 90 m 10.5 to 11.5 kWh/t energy input
    (HPGR, fan, separator and bucket elavator)

    50 % grinding energy required as compared to ball mill

    Future Trends in Mineral Ore Processing


    Dry grinding:

    saves energy & water,


    reduces CO2 emissions!

    HPGRs in Hard Rock Comminution

    A Technology Broke Barriers

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