Optimisation of the grinding circuit at Arafertil, Brazil

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 969-984

  Fernandes, C ^a   Peres, A E C ^b  

^a Arafertil S/A   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FROTH FLOTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

ARAFERTIL BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION CIRCUIT; GRINDING CIRCUIT; REGRINDING CAPACITY;

GRINDING (COMMINUTION);

EID: 0033177853     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00081-3     Document Type: Article

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