A Decade of Gravity Gold Recovery
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Wardell-Johnson, Greg
Bax, A.
Staunton, W.
McGrath, Jeff
Eksteen, Jacques
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2013Type
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Wardell-Johnson, G. and Bax, A. and Staunton, W.P. and McGrath, J. and Eksteen, J.J. 2013. A Decade of Gravity Gold Recovery, in Lorenzen, L. (ed), World Gold 2013 Conference, Challenges in Gold Mining, Sep 26-29 2013, pp. 225-232. Brisbane: The Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (AusImm).
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World Gold 2013 Proceedings
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World Gold 2013 Conference, Challenges in Gold Mining
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Since 2001, the AMIRA P420 gold processing technology project series has been studying the recovery of gold using gravity devices, with particular emphasis on the centrifugal units, Knelson and Falcon concentrators. The work has entailed the surveying of operating gravity circuits in Australia, Africa and North and South America. This paper reviews some of the results and lessons of these studies, including common circuit operating and design factors, which limit gravity recovery; pointers towards effective modelling of gravity circuits; and the contribution of gravity to overall gold recovery.
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