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24-MMP-B5 Mineral Processing Design and Operations: May 2013

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  1. Question 1 Design and Operational Knowledge – True/False with Explanation
  2. Question 2 Rod Mill – Ball Mill Work-Index Efficiency and Reduction Ratio
  3. Question 3 SABC Circuit – Cone Crusher Selection and Costing
  4. Question 4 Column Flotation
  5. Question 5 Copper Flotation Circuit – Cumulative Grade and Recovery
  6. Question 6 Hydrocyclone Sizing (Krebs Approach)
  7. Question 7 Grinding Circuit Process Control and pH Control

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National Exams, 09-MMP-B5 Mill Design & Operations, May 2013, 3 hours, closed book (one Casio or Sharp approved calculator permitted). Answer any five (5) of the seven (7) questions asked – each question is of equal value (20%). Every question (1–7) is answered in full below as a complete study resource.

Reference texts: B.A. Wills & J.A. Finch, Wills' Mineral Processing Technology, 8th ed.; A.L. Mular, D.N. Halbe & D.J. Barratt (eds.), Mineral Processing Plant Design, Practice, and Control (SME, 2002); A.L. Mular & R. Poulin, CAPCOSTS: A Handbook for Estimating Mining and Mineral Processing Equipment Costs (CIM Special Volume 47, 1998); T.J. Napier-Munn, S. Morrell, R.D. Morrison & T. Kojovic, Mineral Comminution Circuits: Their Operation and Optimisation (JKMRC, 1996); R.A. Arterburn, "The Sizing and Selection of Hydrocyclones," in Mular & Bhappu (eds.), Mineral Processing Plant Design; J.A. Finch & G.S. Dobby, Column Flotation (Pergamon, 1990); A.F. Taggart, Handbook of Mineral Dressing.