View Concentrator dashboard

Select the Enterprise dropdown arrow and select Concentrator to view different stages in mining. Concentrator is a processing stage where the mined material is separated into usable raw materials and waste.

The Concentrator plant window represents the overall mining process. Following are the different stages the mined material undergoes:

Primary Crushing

Primary Crushing is the process where the big chunks of raw materials are passed to crushers to breakdown into smaller and manageable particles. The mined material from the field (Pits) is transported to the Crusher through Trucks. Crusher break downs the larger mined fragments into smaller fragments. The smaller fragments are then piled in the form of stock. These pile of stocks are called Stockpiles.

Grinding

Grinding is a method where the mining material obtained after the primary crushing is reduced to the desired size. The stockpiles from the primary crushing are passed to the Sag Mill through the Conveyor. Sag mill processes the crushed ore into further smaller particles. Output from the Sag Mill is subjected to screening. Crushed material is separated into different sized particles when they are passed through different Screens. The critical sized fragments from the screening process are passed to Pebble Crusher, where it grinds the larger fragment and passes back to the Sag Mill.

Kerbs

The output from the screening process is passed into Cyclone. Cyclone classifies the solid particles by size or density in a liquid stream. The larger fragments which were remained in the cyclone process are passed to the Ball Mill. The Ball Mill breaks down the larger fragments into smaller ones and then passes back to the cyclone.

Flotation

Flotation is a process to recover the minerals from the ore using flotation tanks. Output from the Cyclone is subjected to flotation tanks. The Rougher tanks are placed at the beginning to remove the larger fragments. The mineral will concentrate in the froth and is passed on to the next phase. The Scavenger tanks recover other desired minerals that were missed during the previous flotation tanks. The Cleaner tanks are water diluted cleaning before passing to the thickening stage.

Thickening

Thickening is a process where the suspended particles from the liquid are separated by gravity settling. The minerals that were obtained after flotation is subjected to thickening. The liquid is separated from the mineral is passed to the Trailing pond. The mineral is carried to the next stage.

Filtration

Filtration is a process to separate the solid particles from the liquid with the help of a filter medium. The output from the thickening process is subjected to filtration. The final mineral from the filtration stage is stored as the Concentrate Stockpile.

• The side pane on the Concentrator dashboard displays the details of the Sag Mill, Ball Mill, and ROM. Select on the respective machine to view the details in the right pane.

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