Welcome to the world-renowned series of technical monographs, published by the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) for the practising engineer.
JKMRC publishes a unique and widely-lauded series of monographs on mining and mineral processing, designed to help practitioners do a better job in operations, consulting, engineering services and research. These books combine practical method with scientific rigour by the world-renowned expertise available at JKMRC, and its peer groups, to deliver effective solutions to problems that professionals are required to solve in the field. Because of the applied research basis of the expert knowledge captured in the monographs, the books can also be a valuable aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Each book is designed as an integrated approach to a particular topic, written by top experts in the field and including many illustrative case studies.
- Mineral Comminution Circuits is the standard work on the operation and optimisation of comminution and classification circuits, and a guide to process simulation using JKSimMet.
- Open Pit Blast Design covers the blast design and monitoring methodology developed by JKMRC researchers over many years of applied research in Australia and overseas.
- Block Caving Geomechanics makes available the knowledge gained in the first International Block Caving Study.
- Guidelines on Caving Methods builds on this knowledge based on the succeeding Mass Mining Technology research program.
- Metal Balancing and Reconciliation provides metallurgists and geologists with the information necessary to practice these essential skills and complements the Draft Code of Practice developed as part of an AMIRA project.
- Statistical Methods for Mineral Engineers is a comprehensive and practical guide to collecting and analysing data, including plant trials
- Process Mineralogy is a wide-ranging treatment of principles, methods and technologies in this vital process discipline.
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4. Mineral Comminution Circuits: Their Operation and Optimisation
Edited by Tim Napier-Munn
Comminution processes such as crushing and grinding constitute a significant proportion of capital and operating costs in mineral processing plants, and are critical to the economic performance of most mining operations.
This book will help practising engineers get the best out of their comminution circuits through a well-proven methodical approach to process optimisation. Based on experience over 30 years of research and consulting, the book provides the reader with the background and techniques necessary to maximise process productivity.
Topics Include:
- The features and operation of comminution and classification processes
- Mathematical process models of crushing, grinding and mineral liberation
- Surveying and analysing comminution circuits
- Prediction of power draw
- Process optimisation by computer simulation
- Ore breakage testing
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