Geometallurgy is offered as a unit of the national minerals geoscience masters program. Geometallurgy is a crossdisciplinary activity with the primary aim of characterising ore in terms of critical processing performance, in a quantified and spatially constrained manner. It is used in the hard rock mining industry for risk management and mitigation during mineral processing plant design. Geometallurgy is the integration of geological, mining, metallurgical, environmental and economic information to maximize the net present value npv of an. He has experience in, experimental design, analysis and the development of smallscale testing for geometallurgy campaigns. Minerals free fulltext geometallurgical flowsheet as. It is often desirable to be able to load ore hardness information into the mine block model.
Geometallurgy is an important addition to any evaluation project or mining operation. Steve williams september 30 2010 steve williams june 28. The business case for earlystage implementation of geometallurgy an example from the productora cumoau deposit, chile. As a discipline, its seeks to maximise the net present value npv of an orebody, while minimising technical. Request pdf the geomet curve a model for implementation of geometallurgy geometallurgy is inherently multidisciplinary and it gains its power to deliver improved outcomes for the minerals. A key objective of geometallurgy is the economic optimisation of mining through reduction of technical risk. Master of e onomi geology short ourse geometallurgy. Shows how to use the process simulation provided in the serious game challenge geometallurgy. Geological variability lies at the heart of geometallurgy and defining this variability can present. This data is then applied to the deposit block model or the mine plan, typically through use of geostatistics. Jktech takes a multidisciplinary approach to geometallurgy, from the understanding of the rock through to the product to identify improvement opportunities and risks, enable sustainable process optimisation and improve forecasting at a tactical andor strategic level.
Geometallurgy, geostatistics and project value does your. The european research and education hub in geometallurgy. It is difficult to know when exactly geometallurgy emerged and when the term was first framed, but certainly it appears to have evolved in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Use add reply to replyparticipate in a topicdiscussion most frequent. Geometallurgy relates to the practice of combining geology or geostatistics with metallurgy, or, more specifically, extractive metallurgy, to create a spatially or geologically based predictive model for mineral processing plants. Geometallurgy laboratory d09596 freiberggermany department of economic geology tel. Morgan vi 6 electron microprobe laboratory, university of oklahoma 7 100 east boyd street, sec 710 8 norman, ok 73019 9 10 abstract 11 this work presents a spreadsheet that calculates the mole fractions of endmember. Dr gavin mudd, keynote speaker at the upcoming geomet 2016 conference, and dr simon jowitt explain why geometallurgy is crucial to the sustainability of the mining industry the 21st century mining industry is vast in scale, complexity, economics and geography, and these are all likely to continue accelerating to meet the demands of the global community for an increasing array of metal. Novel approaches to geometallurgy using geochemistry. Geometallurgy is a growing area within a mineral processing industry. Geometallurgy, classification, proxies, mineralogy, case study, malmberget, mikheevskoye, viktor lishchuk1,2, pierrehenri koch1, cecilia lund1 and pertti lamberg1 the geometallurgical framework.
Geometallurgy quantifies the variability of an ore deposit in terms of process parameters such as ore hardness, flotation, leach response and environmental impact. Geometallurgy applied in comminution to minimize design risks. Incorporating geometallurgy into strategic mine planning. Geometallurgy optimising resource value is a 2 day course for managers and senior professionals. Revision1 a spreadsheet for calculating normative mole. D09596 freiberggermany brochure on mineral liberation analysis mla geometallurgy laboratory freiberg. Application and technological developments for ore characterization within geometallurgy 22nd of june 2018 8. Geometallurgy applied in comminution to minimize design risks abstract every comminution testwork program should include the appropriate ore characterisation tests to describe the variability of ore breakage properties, but there are several ways to interpret the data and define the design criteria for a project. Using calculated mineralogy in geometallurgy presented by ron berry. The geometallurgy embraces geological and metallurgical information to create spatiallybased predictive model 3d for mineral processes lamberg, 2011. Stateoftheart analysis of geochemical data for mineral. It will provide an overview on how geometallurgy can increase the value of a project or operation via increased knowledge of the behaviour of geological materials from an extraction process perspective. Geometallurgy provides a platform for crossfunctional collaboration between geology and metallurgy, providing better inputs to mine planning and strategic decision making. A modified integration definition for function modeling idef0 technique is proposed as a methodology to develop the geometallurgical flowsheet.
The second day is dedicated to the concept of geometallurgy itself, its management approach and applications in a mining operation. The students will gain a full understanding of theory and principles of geometallurgy both from a classical point of view and from a business perspective with the introduction of value chain. Dr ron berry associate professor, codes, utas has been working in geometallurgy since 2005. Mineral characterization as a tool in the implementation. Microscopy of common rocks and minerals petrography a oneweek, handson introductory course of an essentially practical character, for beginners and or professionals willing to upgrade their skills. Real case will be discussed on how integrating the mineral variability that influences the efficiency and the recovery at the mill, and how such concepts can be integrated in the overall day to day operations. Practical geometallurgy workshop an interactive workshop on ore to metals optimization that demonstrates the application of geometallurgy 6 august 2018 lagoon beach conference venue, cape town, south africa supported by for further information contact. The industrial application is called geometallurgical program which is a structured effort to bridge all the adherent knowledge of the resource for production planning and management. A new method to quantify mineral textures for geometallurgy.
The current research is a part of the project aiming at incorporating the aspects of geometallurgy into industrial mineral operations. Geometallurgy is regarded as a new science in the area of economic mineral extraction. Classical geometallurgy is the collaboration between geology and metallurgy, with one discipline supplying the other with information and vice versa for a better understanding of the deposit and ore character. The course will give an introduction to the concept of geometallurgy and its application.
Focus on geometallurgy the area of geometallurgy is not a new area at lkab, but it has become more important today because. Geological variability lies at the heart of geometallurgy. Application and technological developments for ore characterization within geometallurgy workshop speaker abstracts predictive geometallurgy state of the art continued 1 a predictive geometallurgical model of a tailings storage facility in the erzgebirge germany was. Geometallurgy now includes all site stakeholders throughout the entire mining value chain. Understanding variability in the orebody enables optimum operational designs and extraction methods that maximize value recovery. Transmin metallurgical consultants, mineral processing consultants in peru for copper gold silver lead zinc au cu ag pb zn flotation grinding crushing leaching cyanidation cip cil filtration thickening tailings management testwork engineering and due dilligence studies. However, it can be also used for better recognition of process performance and quality needs within industrial minerals. More complex geology and mineralogy of iron ore deposits in kiruna and malmberget.
Geometallurgy for prefeasibility collect at least 50 more halfcore samples from the resource drilling. Challenge geometallurgy game using process simulation. Geometallurgy versus sustainable mining the search for. Consider 3 primary influences on the efficiency and recovery from a processing plant a trilogy of plant operation if you like macdonald, m. Allows the mining engineers to better schedule ore delivery to the plant, and to run more sophisticated net present value calculations against ore blocks. Geochemical surveys generally contribute to the economy, environment and society through supporting factbased decisions in the following applications. Geometallurgy is the integration of geological, mining, metallurgical, environmental and economic information to maximize the net present value npv of an orebody while minimizing technical and operational risk. Incorporating geometallurgy into strategic mine planning creates the opportunity to exploit softer ores which will produce better cash flow than harder ores. The quantity should be sufficient to permit creation of variograms.
The development of the concept is carried out using a case study of an industrial mineral mining operation. Minassist has an ongoing publication schedule involving a series of process mineralogy today blog posts and associated white papers covering various. The geomet curve a model for implementation of geometallurgy. Geometallurgical analysis implications on operating. This presentation is based on the presentation at the 34th international geological congress in brisbane 2012. The course will be divided into sections, where ore geology, process mineralogy and mineral processing are important topics. This paper introduces the concept of using a geometallurgical flowsheet as a tool to design, visualize and communicate a geometallurgical program. Using add reply allows you to attach images or pdf files and provide a more complete input. Geometallurgy applied in comminution to minimize design risks author marcus bueno, bianca foggiatto, greg lane paper presented at the sag conference, vancouver, september 2015. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Geometallurgy is a crossdisciplinary activity with the primary aim of characterising ore, in terms of critical processing performance, in a quantified and spatially constrained manner. Mineralogical patterns in hydrothermal systems putting the. Application and technological developments for ore. Geometallurgical characterization and automated mineralogy.
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