SAG Schedule Rev3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Saturday, September 19, 2015
12:00 Registration Port of Vancouver
17:00 Welcome Reception Vistas 360 Room on the 19th Floor – Brought to you by: Molycop
Sunday, September 20, 2015
6:30 Author’s Breakfast Port of Singapore, 3rd Floor
6:30 Delegate’s Breakfast Harbourside Ballroom
Welcome Remarks
8:00 Welcome to the 6th International Autogenous Grinding, Semi Autogenous Grinding and High Pressure Grinding Roll Technology Conference
Bern Klein, Chairman
Session 1: Energy of Comminution - General Session Chairs: Sarah Boucaut and Mike Samuels
Time Paper Title, Author Paper #
8:20 Development of the Comminution ‘Energy Curve’, Grant Ballantyne 1
8:40 Development and Application of an Energy Benchmarking Model for Mineral Comminution, Stefan Nadolski 2
9:00 Exploring the Effect of Energy Recovery Potential on Comminution Efficiency - The Glencore Raglan Mine Case, Peter Radziszewski 3
9:20 Efficiency Metrics for Identifying and Remediating Plant Grinding Performance Issues, Robert McIvor 4
9:40 Coffee Break
Session 2: Geometallurgy Session Chairs: Adrian Dance and Andre Mcken
10:00 Global Trends In Ore Hardness, Stephen Morrell 6
10:20 Reliability of Ore Characterization Tests, Rajiv Chandramohan 7
10:40 A New Methodology for Geometallurgical Mapping of Ore Hardness, Frédéric Couët 8
11:00 Geometallurgy Applied in Comminution to Minimize Design Risks, Marcos Beuno 9
11:20 Selective Comminution - An Example of Quantitative Microstructural Analysis as Support in Ore Beneficiation, Holger Lieberwirth 10
11:40 Lunch
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Session 3: Pre-Concentration
Session Chairs: Bern Klein and Bianca Foggiatto
12:40 The Impact of Grade Engineering® on SAG Milling, Grant Ballantyne 11
13:00 Geoscan Elemental Analyzer for Optimizing Plant Feed Quality and Process Performance, Henry Kurth 12
13:20 Run Of Mine Ore Upgrading - Proof of Concept Plant for XRF Ore Sorting, Chris Rule 13
13:40 Correlation and Regression Analysis in the X-Ray Fluorescence Sorting of a Low Grade Copper Ore, Andrew Bamber 14
14:00 Potential Applications of Ore Pre-concentration Using High Voltage Pulses for AG/SAG Milling, Frank Shi 15
14:20 Coffee Break
Session 4: Test Work and Ore Characterization - SAG Mills
Session Chairs: Peter Mehrfert and Luis Marcelo
14:40 A New Way of Representing A and b Parameters from JK Drop-Weight and SMC Tests: The “SCSE”, Sebastian Tello 16
15:00 10th Anniversary of SAG Design Testing - Production Successes and Development, John Starkey 17
15:20 The Bonds that Can’t be Broken, Mark Sherman 18
15:40 Autogenous and Semi-Autogenous Pilot Trials with Itabirite Iron Ore, Armando FdV Rodrigues 19
16:00 SAG Mill Design for Itabirites, Andreia Rosa 20
16:20 Coffee Break
Session 5: Test Work and Ore Characterization – HPGRs Session Chairs: Mark Adams and Greg Lane
16:40 Pilot Study of Various HPGR Circuit Arrangements and Crusher Configurations, Brian Knorr 21
17:00 Mathematical-petrographic Rock Characterization as Support for HPGR Sizing, Felix Heinicke 22
17:20 Using Piston Press Tests for Determining Optimal Energy Input for an HPGR Operation, Zorigtkhuu Davaanyam 23
17:40 Influence of Effects of Copper Ore Comminution in HRC Press on the Effectiveness of Useful Mineral Liberation, Daniel Saramak 24
18:00 Reception & Buffet
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Monday, September 21, 2015
6:30 Author’s Breakfast Port of Singapore, 3rd Floor – Brought to you by: SAGMILLING.COM
6:30 Delegate’s Breakfast Harbourside Ballroom – Brought to you by: WipWare
Session 6: Discrete Element Modelling Session Chairs: Peter Radziszewski and Andre Van der Westhuizen
Time Paper Title, Author Paper #
8:00 Simulation of a Laboratory Scale HPGR Using DEM, Luis Marcelo Tavares 25
8:20 Linking Modes of Breakage in a Pilot Scale AG/SAG to Discrete element Modelling, Rob Morrison 26
8:40 Grinding Mill Design Advances, Nicholas Green 27
9:00 Two Way Coupled CFD-DEM Model to Predict Tumbling Mill Dynamics, Indresan Govender 28
9:20 Preliminary Validation of DEM-FEM Coupling to Predict the Mechanical Stresses in SAG Mill Liners, Edison Collinao 29
9:40 Simulation of Mill Discharge and Trommel Flow Using Combined DEM and SPH Modelling, Matt Sinnott 30
10:00 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: TOMS
Session 7: Modelling and Simulation Session Chairs: Raj Rajamani and Indresan Govender
10:20 Determination of Particle Trajectories, Toe and Shoulder Dynamics using a Non-Contact Acoustic Array on an Industrial SAG mill, Randolph Pax 80
10:40 Use of a Novel Multi-component Approach for Simulating a Comminution Circuit Featuring HPGR and SAG Mill, Bianca Foggiatto 32
11:00 The New JK Variable Rates AG/SAG Model, Malcolm Powell 33
11:20 Update on the Modeling of Semiautogenous Grinding Processes in a Moly-Cop Tools Environment, Jaime E. Sepulveda 34
11:40 Stochastic Modelling to Assess the Impact of Ore Variability on Grinding Circuit Performance, Anand Musunuri 35
12:00 Lunch
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Session 8: Comminution Circuit Design Session Chairs: Robert Mclvor and Rob Edwards
13:00 Creative and Simpler HPGR Circuits may Increase their Application even in the Current Restrictive Financial Environment, Persio Rosario 36
13:20 Building the World’s Largest HPGR – The HRCTM at the Morenci Metcalf Concentrator, Victoria Herman 37
13:40 The Successful Development of the Detour Lake Grinding Circuit: From Testwork to Production, Jorge Torrealba 38
14:00 The Comminution Circuit Design for the Constancia Project, Greg Lane 39
14:20 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: TOMS
Session 9: Mill Drives Session Chairs: Doug Farnell and Joshua Sibil
14:40 The Siemens 42ft Gearless Mill Drive, Still an Evolutionary Design Approach?, Kurt Tischler 41
15:00 QUADREX®, A Mechanical Drive Train Solution for High-Powered Grinding Mills, Frank Tozlu 42
15:20 Increasing Throughput, Reducing Energy Consumption and Minimizing Wear on the Grinding Mills with an Advanced Mill Drive Control, Marcelo Perrucci 43
15:40 Mill Drives: The Desire for Increased Power and the Associated Limits and Conditions, Derek Barratt 44
16:00 The Engineering and Process Effects of Choosing a Motor Design Speed, Alex Doll 45
16:20 Semi-autogenous Grinding Mills and Pinion Wear Induced Resonance at the Red Dog Mine, Brendan Vermeulen 46
16:40 Reception & Buffet – Brought to you by: Hatch
Session 10: Mill Liners Session Chairs: Samad Banisi and Homero Delboni
17:40 Improving Liner Design for Efficiency, Mohsen Yahyaei 47
18:00 Step Change in Liner Design for the Kansanshi 32ft SAG Mill, Craig Faulkner 48
18:20 PolyStlTM Liner Development at Chirano Gold Mines Limited, Raj Rajamani 49
18:40 Simulation as a Tool to Enable World’s Best Mill Relining Practice – A Sense-making Tool for Decision-makers, Peter Rubie 50
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Session 11: Autogenous Grinding Session Chairs: Toni Kojovic and Ed Wipf
19:00 Operation and Process Optimization of Sino Iron`s AG Milling Circuits, Jainjun Tian 51
19:20 Evolution of AG Mill Shell Liner Design at the Gol-E-Gohar Iron Concentration Plant, Samad Banisi 52
19:40 Optimization of Pebble Milling, Terrence Pillay 53
20:00 Implementation of Advanced Grinding Control at First Quantum Mineral`s Kevitsa Mine, Ari Rantala 54
Monday Poster Session – Brought to you by: Moly-Cop
Frozen Charge Detection and Automatic Loosening with Gearless Mill Drives, T. Roesch P1
New Development in Cone Crushers to Improve Productivity and Energy Efficiency in Comminution, Hamid-Reza Manouchehri P2
The Eyes Have It: Improving Mill Availability Through Visual Technology, G. Kingdon P3
Grinding Mill Mass Measurement Comparison, Bearing Pressure versus Load Cells, B. Berger P4
SAG Mill Optimization Using Model Predictive Control, W. Gough P5
Simple Energy Measures for Assessing Total Circuit Efficiency, G. Ballantyne P6
Analyzing the Charge Motion and Power Draw of Each Size Class in an Industrial Scale Tumbling Mill, L. Bbosa P7
Calculating SAG Mill Bearing Pressure using Thin-film Hydrodynamics, M. Divakaran P8
Simulations of Expansion Scenarios of a Standard SABC Circuit, M. Powell P9
HPGR Application at Gold and Copper Processing Plants of Russia and Kazakhstan, Arkady Senchenko 99
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
6:30 Author’s Breakfast Port of Singapore, 3rd Floor – Brought to you by: Moly-Cop
6:30 Delegate’s Breakfast Harbourside Ballroom – Brought to you by: Outotec
Session 12: Fine Grinding Session Chairs: Laurie Reemeyer and James Yue
Time Paper Title, Author Paper #
8:00 Towards Sustainability by Bridging the Gap in Comminution- From Finely Crushed Ore to Stirred Media Milling, Hamid-Reza Manouchehri 55
8:20 Determining Fine Grinding Potential of Different Streams in a Platinum Concentrator, Andre Van der Westhuizen 56
8:40 The Grinding Efficiency of the Currently Largest Vertimill Installation in the World, Jens Lichter 57
9:00 The Arrium Mining IsaMill from Inception through Continuing Optimization, Michael Larson 58
9:20 Pushing the Boundaries of Feed Size with IsaMill Inert Grinding, Chris Rule 59
9:40 An Initial Review of the Metallurgical Performance of the HIGmillTM in a Primary Milling Application in the Hard Rock Mining Industry, Hanspeter Erb 60
10:00 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: Tega
Session 13: Plant Start-up – AG/SAG Circuits Session Chairs: David Frost and Mark Sherman
10:20 DeGrussa Milling Circuit – Critical Issues, Modifications and Results, John Knoblauch 61
10:40 Commissioning of Sandfire Resources Copper Processing Plant at DeGrussa, Western Australia, Sanjeeva Latchireddi 62
11:00 New Projects in Russia for Hard and Soft Ores with SAG Mills Selected from the Results of SAGDesign Testing, John Starkey 63
11:20 Utilizing a Tertiary Stirred Mill to Recover Grind Size after Expansion of an SABC Circuit, Malcolm Powell 64
11:40 Bringing Life Back to Pueblo Viejo - Ore Grinding Equipment Selection, Design, Construction, and Commissioning, Richard Williams 65
12:00 Lunch
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Session 14: Plant Start-up – HPGR Circuits Session Chairs: Brendan Costello and Daniel Saramak
13:00 Design and Operation of the Metcalf Concentrator Comminution Circuit, Mike Mular 66
13:20 A Premiere for Chile: The HPGR Based Copper Concentrator of Sierra Gorda SCM, Tom Comi 67
13:40 The Cadia HPGR-SAG Circuit – from Design to Operation - the Commissioning Challenge, Mohsen Yahyaei 68
14:00 First Year of Operation of HPGR at Tropicana Gold Mine - Case Study, Andrew Gardula 69
14:20 Rapid Ramp-up of the Tropicana HPGR Circuit, Fred Kock 70
14:40 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: Tega
Session 15: SAG Pre-Crushing Session Chairs: Paul Staples and Hamid-Reza Manouchehri
15:00 An Analysis on SAG Pre-crush Circuits, Kelvin Lee 71
15:20 Meadowbank Mine Process Plant Throughput Increase, Pathies Nawej Muteb 72
15:40 Increasing SAG Mill Capacity at the Copper Mountain Mine through the Addition of a Pre-crushing Circuit, Mike Westendorf 73
16:00 Improved SAG Mill Circuit Performance due to Partial Crushing of the Feed at Tarkwa Gold Mine, Aubrey Njema Mainza 74
16:20 Full Pre-crush to SAG Mills - The Case for Changing this Practice, Malcolm Powell 75
16:40 Reception & Buffet – Brought to you by: Hatch
Session 16: Process Control Session Chairs: Andre Vien and Stefan Nadolski
17:40 Overview of Lake Shore Gold's Bell Creek Mill Expansion, Dave Felsher 89
18:00 Design and Optimization of SAG Mill Process Control, Michel Ruel 76
18:20 Advances in Process Control at Round Mountain Gold Corporation with Dynamic Matrix Control, Sergei Kuzentsov 77
18:40 Optimal SAG Mill Control Using Vibration & Digital Signal Processing Techniques, Karl Gugel 78
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Session 17: Operating Practices Session Chairs: Bryan Rairdan and Fatih Wirfiyata
19:00 Improvement in Discharge Grate Design and Benefits in a Chilean SAG Mill Operation, Maribel Suazo 81
19:20 Insights into Different Operating Philosophies – Influence of a Variable Ore Body on Comminution Circuit Design and Operation, Paul Bepswa 82
19:40 Milling in Acid-Copper Raffinate at the MUMI phase 4 Operation, Mark Elphinston 83
20:00 Your Mill just Stopped - Are You Sure that Correct Actions are Happening Now? Jari Koponen 84
Tuesday Poster Session – Brought to you by: Amec Foster Wheeler
Closed Side Setting Measurement For the Primary Crusher, T. Shumka P10
The Influence of Speed on a Pilot Plant SAG Mill with a High Ball Load, M. Lisso P11
Autogenous and Semiautogenous Mills - 2015 Update, F. Tozlu P12
Australian Innovations in HPGR and Large Grinding Mill Manufacture, J. Hofmann P13
Simulation Studies to Increase Throughput of the ETI Bakir Murgul Copper Mine AG - Pebble Mill Grinding Circuit, A. Cebeci P14
Discrete Element Modeling - AG & SAG Mill Line Internals Comminution, Power & Wear Gains Varying Liner Profiles, L. Nordell P15
Sossego SAG Mill - 10 years of Operation and Optimizations, H. Delboni P16
Grate Design Considerations - Bonikro Gold Mine’s SAG Mill, Ivory Coast, J. Kirigin P17
Introduction of Turbo Pulp Lifter System at Karowe Diamond Mine, P. Morgan P18
Assessing the Performance of the Vertical Roller Mill for Grinding a Platreef Ore, W. Little P19
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
6:30 Author’s Breakfast Port of Singapore, 3rd Floor – Brought to you by: Moly-Cop
6:30 Delegate’s Breakfast Harbourside Ballroom
Session 18: SAG/AG Circuit Optimization Part One Session Chairs: Alex Doll and Levi Guzman
Time Paper Title, Author Paper #
8:00 Are SAG Mills Losing Market Confidence?, Paul Staples 85
8:20 Mine to Mill Optimisation at Paddington Gold Operations, Anand Musunuri 86
8:40 Blasting Influence on Comminution, Dennis Murr 87
9:00 A Review of the Grinding Circuit Design and Performance at the Centinela Concentrator, Chile, David Meadows 88
9:20 Diagnosis of Process Health, Its Treatment and Improvement to Maximise Plant Throughput at Goldfields Cerro Corona, Roberto Valle 79
9:40 Stepping Forward: Using Variable Speed Drives for Optimizing the Grinding Process in SAG and Ball Mills, Inigo Atutxa 90
10:00 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: Lynum Progressive
Session 19: SAG/AG Circuit Optimization Part Two Session Chairs: Rob Morrison and Keith Merriam
10:20 Operational Evaluation of AG/SAG Mills in China, Jue Kou 91
10:40 Batu Hijau Mill Throughput Optimization: Milling Circuit Configuration Strategy Based on Ore Characterization, Fatih Wirfiyata 92
11:00 Improving Plant Performance by Optimizing Selected Design and Operating Variables for the ROM Ball Mill - a SAG/Ball Hybrid Type of Mill, Nomonde Solomon 93
11:20 Goldfields Granny Smith Grinding Circuit: A Metallurgist`s Journey of Progression, Adrian Dance 94
11:40 Grinding Optimization of the New Afton Concentrator, Jeffrey LaMarsh 95
12:00 Lunch
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Session 20: HPGR Circuit Optimization Session Chairs: Persio Rosario and Holger Plath
13:00 Reflections on HPGR Circuit Operation at Newmont Boddington Gold, Steve Tavani 96
13:20 Cerro Verde 240,000 t/d Concentrator Expansion, Jim Vanderbeek 97
13:40 HPGR Operation at Mogalakwena Concentrators, Chris Rule 98
14:00 Highlights of the Performance of the HPGR on Tarkwa Gold Heal Leach Site, George Nutor 40
15:20 A Tabletop Cost Estimate Review of Several Large HPGR Based Projects, Brendon Costello 103
14:40 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: Lynum Progressive
Session 21: General Interest Session Chairs: Greg Rasmussen and Bern Klein
15:00 Stirred Milling of Nickel laterites for Selective Comminution, Libin Tong 101
15:40 Common Operational Issues on SAG Mill Circuits, Malcolm Powell 104
16:00 Pebble Crushing by HPGR, Frank Van der Meer 102
16:20 A Positron Emission Particle Tracking Study of Power Dissipation in Tumbling Mill, Maximilian Richter 105
16:40 Closing Remarks, Bern Klein
Wednesday Evening
18:00 Cocktail Reception Harbourside Ballroom – Brought to you by: Teck
19:00 Dinner and Entertainment Harbourside Ballroom – Brought to you by: ME-Elecmetal and Weir
Thursday and Friday, September 24 and 25, 2015
Departure
(Thursday- 6:30, Pinnacle Hotel)
Arrival
(Friday - 18:00, Pinnacle Hotel)
SAG 2015 Field Trip
Copper Mountain Mine
Moly-Cop plant
New Afton Mine
Highland Valley Copper