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Mineral processing equipment of today has to fill a tall order, as new high-grade deposit discoveries are becoming rare, meaning orebodies are more complex and lower grade than before. Nia Kajastie explores how concentrator plants are designed for hard-to-process material

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An Outotec SAG mill at the Sally Malay (now Savannah) nickel mine, in Western Australia. Photo: Hugh Brown

An Outotec SAG mill at the Sally Malay (now Savannah) nickel mine, in Western Australia. Photo: Hugh Brown

Like most parts of the mining value chain, the mineral processing stage faces a lag in the adoption of new concepts and technologies. Concentrator plants can take five to 10 years to mature from design...

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