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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2006
Gregory Stephen Anderson, Queensland, AU;
Daniel Charles Curry, Queensland, AU;
Joseph Damian Pease, Queensland, AU;
Gregory Stephen Anderson, Queensland, AU;
Daniel Charles Curry, Queensland, AU;
Joseph Damian Pease, Queensland, AU;
Xstrata Technology Pty Ltd, Brisbane, AU;
Abstract
A method for reducing particle size of a particulate comprising feeding a feed material to a grinding mill having a power of at least 500 kW, the mill having a specific power draw of at least 50 kW per cubic meter of grinding volume of the mill and the grinding mill including a grinding media comprising particulate material having a specific gravity of not less than 2.4 tons/m3 and a particle size falling in the range of from about 0.8 to 8 mm, grinding the feed material in the grinding mill and removing a product from the grinding mill, the product having a particle size range such that D80 of the product is at least about 20 microns.