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Grinding and enrichment

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Overview
Metso Minerals specializes in providing comprehensive solutions for grinding and enrichment in the mining industry, aiming to reduce costs and enhance product quality. With over a century of experience and more than 8,000 grinding mill installations globally, Metso offers a range of equipment and services designed for efficient and reliable operations.
1. Equipment
Metso designs and manufactures a variety of grinding equipment, including mills and classifiers for both wet and dry systems. Notable technologies include the Vertimill and Stirred Media Detritor (SMD), which are recognized for their energy efficiency and reduced media consumption. The Vertimill is particularly noted for its low total cost of ownership and grinding efficiency.
2. Engineering
Metso's engineering solutions leverage deep process knowledge, offering services from conceptual studies to full implementation. Using simulation tools like Metso ProSim, they tailor processes to client needs, ensuring maximum return on investment. Services include feasibility studies, plant design, and risk assessment.
3. Automation
Advanced automation systems are integrated to maximize production and product quality. Solutions include Process Control Diagrams (PCD), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and Advanced Process Control (APC) systems, enhancing operational efficiency and centralized information management.
4. Services
Metso provides a full range of services, including equipment supply, installation, commissioning, and maintenance, focusing on easy operation and minimal downtime through training and support.
Key Technologies
  • Vertimill: Energy-efficient and reduces media consumption, suitable for grinding feed sizes up to 6 mm.
  • Hydraulic Roller Crusher (HRC): Offers high reduction ratios with low operating costs.
  • Flotation Systems: Includes RCS flotation machines, DR flotation machines, and flotation columns for enhanced mineral recovery.
  • Dry Magnetic Separation: Provides flexibility and cost savings by recovering valuable minerals early in the process.
Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)
Metso is committed to high standards in HSE, ensuring environmentally sound operations and supporting local safety efforts through extensive training for service staff.
Project Highlights
  • BHP Billiton, Chile: Process optimization at Escondida increased copper recovery by 1.5%, with benefits exceeding $100 million.
  • Vale, Brazil: Automation of seven pellet plants led to a 2-5% capacity increase and significant energy savings, totaling $200 million in benefits.
  • Codelco, Chile: Optimization at Andina increased SAG Mill capacity by 8.9% and improved copper purity, yielding an additional $7.8 million in economic benefits.
  • LKAB, Sweden: Implementation of a control system at the KA2 Concentrator resulted in a 6% production increase.
  • Freeport, Indonesia: Migration to OCS© improved copper recovery by 2.6 to 3.9% and reduced frother dosage by 25%.
  • AngloGold Ashanti, Ghana: New blast designs increased crushing plant productivity by 21 to 32%.
Technological Solutions
Metso's Optimizing Control System (OCS©) is a key technology used across various projects to enhance process efficiency and productivity, applied in contexts such as flotation and grinding control, with significant improvements in recovery rates and operational efficiency.
Conclusion
Metso's process solutions have been successfully implemented in over 100 reference cases worldwide, providing competitive advantages and optimized production for leading mining companies.
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Minerals Processing Solutions Grinding and Enrichment Higher product grade – reduced costs

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Optimum liberation 1. Equipment Metso grinding and separation technology is the effective way to reduce costs and increase production. It saves energy and reduces media consumption. We have the expertise and products to offer you the right solution, aiming to increase your profitability. Products with an unbeatable track record With more than 100 years in the mining industry, Metso designs and manufactures a comprehensive line of grinding and separation equipment - with over 8,000 grinding mill installations worldwide. We offer a complete spectrum of engineering services – equipment, plant engineering,...

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at 30% lower cost 2. Engineering process automation and mining services including design, installation, commissioning, start-up and product support. The best process equipment engineered into a state-of-the-art processing plant. • Improved grinding efficiency through the use of the new generation grinding technology All Metso engineering solutions are based on a holistic and deep process knowledge, from scoping study to full implementation and guaranteed production through life cycle services. This approach is the guiding principle when we design your plant. • Maximum mineral recovery 3. Automation...

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The most efficient grinding equipment in the world Metso designs and manufactures a comprehensive line of grinding equipment as mills, classifiers, and related accessories for both wet and dry grinding systems. We offer a complete spectrum of engineering services for our equipment. Metso has the most mature stirred milling technologies, the largest installed base in terms of quantity of units and installed power and a continuous development program. The stirred milling technologies currently available can be divided into two subcategories: gravity-induced and fluidized. Gravity-induced stirred...

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Energy efficient Vertimill® Vertimills are globally recognized as energy efficient grinding machines and have been proven to grind more efficiently than ball mills with feeds as coarse as 6 mm to products finer than 20 microns. In addition to grind efficiency, reduced media consumption, lower installation cost, minimal maintenance, and minimal liner wear give the Metso Vertimill the lowest total cost of ownership for many applications, substantially improving the profitability of concentrators. The Vertimill is a unique product offered exclusively by Metso. The technology was originally developed...

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From conceptual study to implementation

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BF-01 Item No Client No Rev Quant Name WE-01 Slurry pump BASIC PROJECT EXAMPLE Equipment List Flotation mechanisms for rougher/scavanger Type Svedala RCS-130 for 130 m3 single GM-02 cell tank CW SUPPLY LIMIT Automatic Pulp Sampler 8 off each 130 m3 tank volume. Complete W SLP-01B with feed and discharge boxes and froth launders PROCESS WATER COOLING SYSTEM H PAGE 6 Sampler pump PROCESS WATER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PAGE 6 Pump sump Metso ProSim is a powerful steadystate and dynamic circuit modeling tool, allowing evaluation of alternate flowsheets and circuit design. Metso Engineering for Conceptual...

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Maximum production and product grade

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As the market leader in the desig and manufacture of grinding and separation equipment, Metso know how to best control them - and thus to offer you a competitive advantage. Metso process and automation know-how means productivity improvement. We are experts in integrating automation systems, from Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering to Advanced Process Control. Our solutions are always based on your existing equipment and standards. PCD – Process Control Diagram The PCD is the design of the control and instrumentation base required for your process with automation. Our engineers study the...

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Training, support and maintenance for maximum production

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Health, Safety and Environment, HSE HSE is a major concern for all operations in the mining industry and Metso is committed to contribute to the highest possible standards in this respect. HSE is addressed with the same sense of responsibility as quality, productivity and cost efficiency. We conduct our operations in an environmentally sound way and offer you products and services that can help you to fulfill your environmental responsibilities. Our service staff have received extensive safety training and will support your local safety work. Training services Metso’s professional training programmes...

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We have delivered our technology to all the leading mining companies LKAB, Swede ess Solutions Metso Proc Metso Process Solutions LKAB Kiruna Magnetite (iron) Process Optimization and Automation projects and automation Project : Process optimization description reported production 6% increased Benefits: by the customer References, Iron Ore Optimizing Control System (OCS©) Labrador City (Iron Ore Company of Canada/Rio Tinto) Malmberget (LKAB, Sweden) Kiruna column apatite flotation circuit (LKAB, Sweden) Kiruna AG and pebble mills (LKAB, Sweden) Kiruna KA1 concentrator and flotation plant (LKAB)...

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