SAG Schedule Rev3

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

TABLE OF CONTENTS Saturday, September 19, 2015

12:00 Registration Port of Vancouver

17:00 Welcome Reception Vistas 360 Room on the 19th Floor – Brought to you by: Molycop

Sunday, September 20, 2015

6:30 Author’s Breakfast Port of Singapore, 3rd Floor

6:30 Delegate’s Breakfast Harbourside Ballroom

Welcome Remarks

8:00 Welcome to the 6th International Autogenous Grinding, Semi Autogenous Grinding and High Pressure Grinding Roll Technology Conference

Bern Klein, Chairman

Session 1: Energy of Comminution - General Session Chairs: Sarah Boucaut and Mike Samuels

Time Paper Title, Author Paper #

8:20 Development of the Comminution ‘Energy Curve’, Grant Ballantyne 1

8:40 Development and Application of an Energy Benchmarking Model for Mineral Comminution, Stefan Nadolski 2

9:00 Exploring the Effect of Energy Recovery Potential on Comminution Efficiency - The Glencore Raglan Mine Case, Peter Radziszewski 3

9:20 Efficiency Metrics for Identifying and Remediating Plant Grinding Performance Issues, Robert McIvor 4

9:40 Coffee Break

Session 2: Geometallurgy Session Chairs: Adrian Dance and Andre Mcken

10:00 Global Trends In Ore Hardness, Stephen Morrell 6

10:20 Reliability of Ore Characterization Tests, Rajiv Chandramohan 7

10:40 A New Methodology for Geometallurgical Mapping of Ore Hardness, Frédéric Couët 8

11:00 Geometallurgy Applied in Comminution to Minimize Design Risks, Marcos Beuno 9

11:20 Selective Comminution - An Example of Quantitative Microstructural Analysis as Support in Ore Beneficiation, Holger Lieberwirth 10

11:40 Lunch

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Session 3: Pre-Concentration

Session Chairs: Bern Klein and Bianca Foggiatto

12:40 The Impact of Grade Engineering® on SAG Milling, Grant Ballantyne 11

13:00 Geoscan Elemental Analyzer for Optimizing Plant Feed Quality and Process Performance, Henry Kurth 12

13:20 Run Of Mine Ore Upgrading - Proof of Concept Plant for XRF Ore Sorting, Chris Rule 13

13:40 Correlation and Regression Analysis in the X-Ray Fluorescence Sorting of a Low Grade Copper Ore, Andrew Bamber 14

14:00 Potential Applications of Ore Pre-concentration Using High Voltage Pulses for AG/SAG Milling, Frank Shi 15

14:20 Coffee Break

Session 4: Test Work and Ore Characterization - SAG Mills

Session Chairs: Peter Mehrfert and Luis Marcelo

14:40 A New Way of Representing A and b Parameters from JK Drop-Weight and SMC Tests: The “SCSE”, Sebastian Tello 16

15:00 10th Anniversary of SAG Design Testing - Production Successes and Development, John Starkey 17

15:20 The Bonds that Can’t be Broken, Mark Sherman 18

15:40 Autogenous and Semi-Autogenous Pilot Trials with Itabirite Iron Ore, Armando FdV Rodrigues 19

16:00 SAG Mill Design for Itabirites, Andreia Rosa 20

16:20 Coffee Break

Session 5: Test Work and Ore Characterization – HPGRs Session Chairs: Mark Adams and Greg Lane

16:40 Pilot Study of Various HPGR Circuit Arrangements and Crusher Configurations, Brian Knorr 21

17:00 Mathematical-petrographic Rock Characterization as Support for HPGR Sizing, Felix Heinicke 22

17:20 Using Piston Press Tests for Determining Optimal Energy Input for an HPGR Operation, Zorigtkhuu Davaanyam 23

17:40 Influence of Effects of Copper Ore Comminution in HRC Press on the Effectiveness of Useful Mineral Liberation, Daniel Saramak 24

18:00 Reception & Buffet

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Monday, September 21, 2015

6:30 Author’s Breakfast Port of Singapore, 3rd Floor – Brought to you by: SAGMILLING.COM

6:30 Delegate’s Breakfast Harbourside Ballroom – Brought to you by: WipWare

Session 6: Discrete Element Modelling Session Chairs: Peter Radziszewski and Andre Van der Westhuizen


8:00 Simulation of a Laboratory Scale HPGR Using DEM, Luis Marcelo Tavares 25

8:20 Linking Modes of Breakage in a Pilot Scale AG/SAG to Discrete element Modelling, Rob Morrison 26

8:40 Grinding Mill Design Advances, Nicholas Green 27

9:00 Two Way Coupled CFD-DEM Model to Predict Tumbling Mill Dynamics, Indresan Govender 28

9:20 Preliminary Validation of DEM-FEM Coupling to Predict the Mechanical Stresses in SAG Mill Liners, Edison Collinao 29

9:40 Simulation of Mill Discharge and Trommel Flow Using Combined DEM and SPH Modelling, Matt Sinnott 30

10:00 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: TOMS

Session 7: Modelling and Simulation Session Chairs: Raj Rajamani and Indresan Govender

10:20 Determination of Particle Trajectories, Toe and Shoulder Dynamics using a Non-Contact Acoustic Array on an Industrial SAG mill, Randolph Pax 80

10:40 Use of a Novel Multi-component Approach for Simulating a Comminution Circuit Featuring HPGR and SAG Mill, Bianca Foggiatto 32

11:00 The New JK Variable Rates AG/SAG Model, Malcolm Powell 33

11:20 Update on the Modeling of Semiautogenous Grinding Processes in a Moly-Cop Tools Environment, Jaime E. Sepulveda 34

11:40 Stochastic Modelling to Assess the Impact of Ore Variability on Grinding Circuit Performance, Anand Musunuri 35

12:00 Lunch

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Session 8: Comminution Circuit Design Session Chairs: Robert Mclvor and Rob Edwards

13:00 Creative and Simpler HPGR Circuits may Increase their Application even in the Current Restrictive Financial Environment, Persio Rosario 36

13:20 Building the World’s Largest HPGR – The HRCTM at the Morenci Metcalf Concentrator, Victoria Herman 37

13:40 The Successful Development of the Detour Lake Grinding Circuit: From Testwork to Production, Jorge Torrealba 38

14:00 The Comminution Circuit Design for the Constancia Project, Greg Lane 39

14:20 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: TOMS

Session 9: Mill Drives Session Chairs: Doug Farnell and Joshua Sibil

14:40 The Siemens 42ft Gearless Mill Drive, Still an Evolutionary Design Approach?, Kurt Tischler 41

15:00 QUADREX®, A Mechanical Drive Train Solution for High-Powered Grinding Mills, Frank Tozlu 42

15:20 Increasing Throughput, Reducing Energy Consumption and Minimizing Wear on the Grinding Mills with an Advanced Mill Drive Control, Marcelo Perrucci 43

15:40 Mill Drives: The Desire for Increased Power and the Associated Limits and Conditions, Derek Barratt 44

16:00 The Engineering and Process Effects of Choosing a Motor Design Speed, Alex Doll 45

16:20 Semi-autogenous Grinding Mills and Pinion Wear Induced Resonance at the Red Dog Mine, Brendan Vermeulen 46

16:40 Reception & Buffet – Brought to you by: Hatch

Session 10: Mill Liners Session Chairs: Samad Banisi and Homero Delboni

17:40 Improving Liner Design for Efficiency, Mohsen Yahyaei 47

18:00 Step Change in Liner Design for the Kansanshi 32ft SAG Mill, Craig Faulkner 48

18:20 PolyStlTM Liner Development at Chirano Gold Mines Limited, Raj Rajamani 49

18:40 Simulation as a Tool to Enable World’s Best Mill Relining Practice – A Sense-making Tool for Decision-makers, Peter Rubie 50

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Session 11: Autogenous Grinding Session Chairs: Toni Kojovic and Ed Wipf

19:00 Operation and Process Optimization of Sino Iron`s AG Milling Circuits, Jainjun Tian 51

19:20 Evolution of AG Mill Shell Liner Design at the Gol-E-Gohar Iron Concentration Plant, Samad Banisi 52

19:40 Optimization of Pebble Milling, Terrence Pillay 53

20:00 Implementation of Advanced Grinding Control at First Quantum Mineral`s Kevitsa Mine, Ari Rantala 54

Monday Poster Session – Brought to you by: Moly-Cop

Frozen Charge Detection and Automatic Loosening with Gearless Mill Drives, T. Roesch P1

New Development in Cone Crushers to Improve Productivity and Energy Efficiency in Comminution, Hamid-Reza Manouchehri P2

The Eyes Have It: Improving Mill Availability Through Visual Technology, G. Kingdon P3

Grinding Mill Mass Measurement Comparison, Bearing Pressure versus Load Cells, B. Berger P4

SAG Mill Optimization Using Model Predictive Control, W. Gough P5

Simple Energy Measures for Assessing Total Circuit Efficiency, G. Ballantyne P6

Analyzing the Charge Motion and Power Draw of Each Size Class in an Industrial Scale Tumbling Mill, L. Bbosa P7

Calculating SAG Mill Bearing Pressure using Thin-film Hydrodynamics, M. Divakaran P8

Simulations of Expansion Scenarios of a Standard SABC Circuit, M. Powell P9

HPGR Application at Gold and Copper Processing Plants of Russia and Kazakhstan, Arkady Senchenko 99

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

6:30 Author’s Breakfast Port of Singapore, 3rd Floor – Brought to you by: Moly-Cop

6:30 Delegate’s Breakfast Harbourside Ballroom – Brought to you by: Outotec

Session 12: Fine Grinding Session Chairs: Laurie Reemeyer and James Yue


8:00 Towards Sustainability by Bridging the Gap in Comminution- From Finely Crushed Ore to Stirred Media Milling, Hamid-Reza Manouchehri 55

8:20 Determining Fine Grinding Potential of Different Streams in a Platinum Concentrator, Andre Van der Westhuizen 56

8:40 The Grinding Efficiency of the Currently Largest Vertimill Installation in the World, Jens Lichter 57

9:00 The Arrium Mining IsaMill from Inception through Continuing Optimization, Michael Larson 58

9:20 Pushing the Boundaries of Feed Size with IsaMill Inert Grinding, Chris Rule 59

9:40 An Initial Review of the Metallurgical Performance of the HIGmillTM in a Primary Milling Application in the Hard Rock Mining Industry, Hanspeter Erb 60

10:00 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: Tega

Session 13: Plant Start-up – AG/SAG Circuits Session Chairs: David Frost and Mark Sherman

10:20 DeGrussa Milling Circuit – Critical Issues, Modifications and Results, John Knoblauch 61

10:40 Commissioning of Sandfire Resources Copper Processing Plant at DeGrussa, Western Australia, Sanjeeva Latchireddi 62

11:00 New Projects in Russia for Hard and Soft Ores with SAG Mills Selected from the Results of SAGDesign Testing, John Starkey 63

11:20 Utilizing a Tertiary Stirred Mill to Recover Grind Size after Expansion of an SABC Circuit, Malcolm Powell 64

11:40 Bringing Life Back to Pueblo Viejo - Ore Grinding Equipment Selection, Design, Construction, and Commissioning, Richard Williams 65

12:00 Lunch

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Session 14: Plant Start-up – HPGR Circuits Session Chairs: Brendan Costello and Daniel Saramak

13:00 Design and Operation of the Metcalf Concentrator Comminution Circuit, Mike Mular 66

13:20 A Premiere for Chile: The HPGR Based Copper Concentrator of Sierra Gorda SCM, Tom Comi 67

13:40 The Cadia HPGR-SAG Circuit – from Design to Operation - the Commissioning Challenge, Mohsen Yahyaei 68

14:00 First Year of Operation of HPGR at Tropicana Gold Mine - Case Study, Andrew Gardula 69

14:20 Rapid Ramp-up of the Tropicana HPGR Circuit, Fred Kock 70

14:40 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: Tega

Session 15: SAG Pre-Crushing Session Chairs: Paul Staples and Hamid-Reza Manouchehri

15:00 An Analysis on SAG Pre-crush Circuits, Kelvin Lee 71

15:20 Meadowbank Mine Process Plant Throughput Increase, Pathies Nawej Muteb 72

15:40 Increasing SAG Mill Capacity at the Copper Mountain Mine through the Addition of a Pre-crushing Circuit, Mike Westendorf 73

16:00 Improved SAG Mill Circuit Performance due to Partial Crushing of the Feed at Tarkwa Gold Mine, Aubrey Njema Mainza 74

16:20 Full Pre-crush to SAG Mills - The Case for Changing this Practice, Malcolm Powell 75

16:40 Reception & Buffet – Brought to you by: Hatch

Session 16: Process Control Session Chairs: Andre Vien and Stefan Nadolski

17:40 Overview of Lake Shore Gold's Bell Creek Mill Expansion, Dave Felsher 89

18:00 Design and Optimization of SAG Mill Process Control, Michel Ruel 76

18:20 Advances in Process Control at Round Mountain Gold Corporation with Dynamic Matrix Control, Sergei Kuzentsov 77

18:40 Optimal SAG Mill Control Using Vibration & Digital Signal Processing Techniques, Karl Gugel 78

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Session 17: Operating Practices Session Chairs: Bryan Rairdan and Fatih Wirfiyata

19:00 Improvement in Discharge Grate Design and Benefits in a Chilean SAG Mill Operation, Maribel Suazo 81

19:20 Insights into Different Operating Philosophies – Influence of a Variable Ore Body on Comminution Circuit Design and Operation, Paul Bepswa 82

19:40 Milling in Acid-Copper Raffinate at the MUMI phase 4 Operation, Mark Elphinston 83

20:00 Your Mill just Stopped - Are You Sure that Correct Actions are Happening Now? Jari Koponen 84

Tuesday Poster Session – Brought to you by: Amec Foster Wheeler

Closed Side Setting Measurement For the Primary Crusher, T. Shumka P10

The Influence of Speed on a Pilot Plant SAG Mill with a High Ball Load, M. Lisso P11

Autogenous and Semiautogenous Mills - 2015 Update, F. Tozlu P12

Australian Innovations in HPGR and Large Grinding Mill Manufacture, J. Hofmann P13

Simulation Studies to Increase Throughput of the ETI Bakir Murgul Copper Mine AG - Pebble Mill Grinding Circuit, A. Cebeci P14

Discrete Element Modeling - AG & SAG Mill Line Internals Comminution, Power & Wear Gains Varying Liner Profiles, L. Nordell P15

Sossego SAG Mill - 10 years of Operation and Optimizations, H. Delboni P16

Grate Design Considerations - Bonikro Gold Mine’s SAG Mill, Ivory Coast, J. Kirigin P17

Introduction of Turbo Pulp Lifter System at Karowe Diamond Mine, P. Morgan P18

Assessing the Performance of the Vertical Roller Mill for Grinding a Platreef Ore, W. Little P19

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

6:30 Author’s Breakfast Port of Singapore, 3rd Floor – Brought to you by: Moly-Cop

6:30 Delegate’s Breakfast Harbourside Ballroom

Session 18: SAG/AG Circuit Optimization Part One Session Chairs: Alex Doll and Levi Guzman


8:00 Are SAG Mills Losing Market Confidence?, Paul Staples 85

8:20 Mine to Mill Optimisation at Paddington Gold Operations, Anand Musunuri 86

8:40 Blasting Influence on Comminution, Dennis Murr 87

9:00 A Review of the Grinding Circuit Design and Performance at the Centinela Concentrator, Chile, David Meadows 88

9:20 Diagnosis of Process Health, Its Treatment and Improvement to Maximise Plant Throughput at Goldfields Cerro Corona, Roberto Valle 79

9:40 Stepping Forward: Using Variable Speed Drives for Optimizing the Grinding Process in SAG and Ball Mills, Inigo Atutxa 90

10:00 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: Lynum Progressive

Session 19: SAG/AG Circuit Optimization Part Two Session Chairs: Rob Morrison and Keith Merriam

10:20 Operational Evaluation of AG/SAG Mills in China, Jue Kou 91

10:40 Batu Hijau Mill Throughput Optimization: Milling Circuit Configuration Strategy Based on Ore Characterization, Fatih Wirfiyata 92

11:00 Improving Plant Performance by Optimizing Selected Design and Operating Variables for the ROM Ball Mill - a SAG/Ball Hybrid Type of Mill, Nomonde Solomon 93

11:20 Goldfields Granny Smith Grinding Circuit: A Metallurgist`s Journey of Progression, Adrian Dance 94

11:40 Grinding Optimization of the New Afton Concentrator, Jeffrey LaMarsh 95

12:00 Lunch

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Session 20: HPGR Circuit Optimization Session Chairs: Persio Rosario and Holger Plath

13:00 Reflections on HPGR Circuit Operation at Newmont Boddington Gold, Steve Tavani 96

13:20 Cerro Verde 240,000 t/d Concentrator Expansion, Jim Vanderbeek 97

13:40 HPGR Operation at Mogalakwena Concentrators, Chris Rule 98

14:00 Highlights of the Performance of the HPGR on Tarkwa Gold Heal Leach Site, George Nutor 40

15:20 A Tabletop Cost Estimate Review of Several Large HPGR Based Projects, Brendon Costello 103

14:40 Coffee Break – Brought to you by: Lynum Progressive

Session 21: General Interest Session Chairs: Greg Rasmussen and Bern Klein

15:00 Stirred Milling of Nickel laterites for Selective Comminution, Libin Tong 101

15:40 Common Operational Issues on SAG Mill Circuits, Malcolm Powell 104

16:00 Pebble Crushing by HPGR, Frank Van der Meer 102

16:20 A Positron Emission Particle Tracking Study of Power Dissipation in Tumbling Mill, Maximilian Richter 105

16:40 Closing Remarks, Bern Klein

Wednesday Evening

18:00 Cocktail Reception Harbourside Ballroom – Brought to you by: Teck

19:00 Dinner and Entertainment Harbourside Ballroom – Brought to you by: ME-Elecmetal and Weir

Thursday and Friday, September 24 and 25, 2015

Departure

(Thursday- 6:30, Pinnacle Hotel)

Arrival

(Friday - 18:00, Pinnacle Hotel)

SAG 2015 Field Trip

Copper Mountain Mine

Moly-Cop plant

New Afton Mine

Highland Valley Copper

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