Benchmarking: Specific Energy Consumption Models

Benchmarking: Bond/Barratt Circuit Specific Energy Consumption - Copper Mountain

• Morrison, R., Current Plant Conditions at Copper Mountain. Presentation to the BC/Yukon Branch Canadian Mineral Processors, November 29, 2012; Vancouver, Canada.

Result for default model conditions:

	Tonnage
Model	1455 t/h
Measured	1600 t/h
Difference	145 t/h
Difference	9.5%

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Benchmarking: Bond/Barratt Circuit Specific Energy Consumption - Fort Knox

• Magnuson, R.; Hallow, J.; Mosher, J.; Major, K., The Fort Knox Mill: Design, Commissioning and Operation. Proceedings of the SAG 2001 Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Result for default model conditions:

	Etotal	WiO		Tonnage
Model	11.95	16.60	kWh/t	1,522	t/h
Measured	10.50	13.97	kWh/t	1,733	t/h
Difference	1.45	2.63	kWh/t	211	t/h
Difference	12.9%	17.2%		12.9%

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Benchmarking: Bond/Barratt Circuit Specific Energy Consumption - Meadowbank

• Muteb, P. & Allaire, J., Meadowbank Mine Process Plant Throughput Increase, Proceedings of the Canadian Mineral Processors Annual General Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, January 2013.

Paper describes a "sick" SAG mill and the changes made to "bring it to health". The "healthy" mill conditions benchmark as follows:

• Actual SAG/ball motor powers (at shell): 3,168 kW / 4,105 kW
• Actual daily average throughput: 500 tonnes/hour
• Predicted SAG/ball motor powers (at shell): 3,096 kW / 4,182 kW
• Predicted nominal throughput: 500 tonnes/hour (0% difference)

	SAG	Ball Mill	total
Measured specific energy consumption, kWh/t	6.34	8.21	14.55
Predicted specific energy consumption, kWh/t	6.19	8.36	14.55
Difference, kWh/t	-0.15	0.15	0.00
Difference, %	-2.3%	1.8%	0.0%

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Benchmarking: Bond/Barratt Circuit Specific Energy Consumption - Santa Rita

Latchireddi, S. & Faria, E., Achievement of High Energy Efficiency in Grinding Mills at Santa Rita, Proceedings of the Canadian Mineral Processors Annual General Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, January 2013.

Faria, E. & Latchireddi, S., Commissioning and Operation of Milling Circuit at Santa Rita Nickel Operation, Paper #137: Proceedings of the International Autogenous Grinding, Semiautogenous Grinding and High Pressure Grinding Roll Technology Conference, Vancouver, Canada, September 2011.

	FAG	BM	Pebble Crusher	total
Measured specific energy consumption, kWh/t	9.55	7.28	0.34	17.18
Predicted specific energy consumption, kWh/t	9.78	8.33	0.39	18.50
Difference, kWh/t	0.23	1.05	0.05	1.32
Difference, %	2.4%	14.4%	14.7%	7.7%

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Benchmarking: Bond/Barratt Circuit Specific Energy Consumption - Macraes

Barns, K., Lane, G., Osten, K. & Scagliotta, N., Benchmarking Energy Efficiency - A Case Study at Macraes Gold Mine, Proceedings of the AusIMM MetPlant conference, Perth, Australia, September 2004.

Difference between model results and plant surveys:

		Survey 5	Survey 4	Survey 3	Survey 2	Survey 1	Overall Average
SAG specific power		-5.3%	-5.0%	6.3%	0.5%	2.2%	-0.2%
ball mill specific power		-6.3%	-4.7%	3.6%	1.9%	3.2%	-0.5%
total specific power		-6.8%	-3.8%	5.4%	1.4%	2.9%	-0.2%

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