The concept of the 4th industrial revolution is becoming a strategic determinant of
sustainability, success and competitiveness in the modern mining sector. The importance of …

Automated, continuous ore sorting is a mature technology that has only been used to a
limited extent in the hard rock mining industry. However, sorting has been applied in many …

The ore texture determines the proportion of the early rejection of gangue of the low-grade
iron ores. However, a detailed study of the early rejection of gangue for low-grade iron ores …

The implications of adding a dry sand fluid bed (DSFB) separator for early rejection of
gangue from copper ore on the economic outcomes as well as energy and water consumed …

Two types of copper ore have been separated based on density by float/sink in a dry sand
fluidised bed dense medium. This is the first report of dry separation of lump copper ores …

There is an increasing demand to simulate and optimize the performance and profit of
comminution circuits, especially in low-grade ore processing, as is the case with critical …

Pre-concentration consists of the preliminary discarding of a fraction of the mineral
processing plant feed which contains little or none of the mineral of interest, reducing the …

Ore sorting is an emerging technology in mineral processing that can produce a significant
impact on the total mining and processing economics. The technology is capable of pre …

The mineral processing industry faces a pressing challenge of declining productivity,
particularly in metal minerals production, driven by soaring operational costs, with crushing …

Sensor-based sorting has been widely applied in the mineral industry due to the benefits
offered such as the provision of selective ore to be processed in mineral processing plants …