minerals Review A Review of the Grinding Media in Ball Mills for Mineral Processing Nyasha Matsanga 1, *, Willie Nheta 1 and Ngonidzashe Chimwani 2 1 2 * Mineral Processing and Technology Research Centre, Department of Metallurgy, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P. O. Box 17911, Johannesburg 2028, South …
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WhatsApp: +86 182217550731. Introduction1.1. Background. With the continual depletion of high grade simple ore bodies, more complex, finely disseminated ore bodies are being processed, which has led to an increase in the prevalence of fine grinding (Sinnott et al., 2006).This has been evident in the platinum group element (PGE) industry in South Africa, where …
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