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Abstract
The Santa Rita Mine, located in the State of Bahia, was the first Mirabela Mineracao operation in Brazil. Started in 2009, the nickel sulphide processing plant has undergone constant modifications, aiming to adapt to the changes in the ore. Main modifications included autogenous grinding converted to semi-autogenous, as well as the installation of a desliming stage aiming to remove ultrafine minerals which reduced the nickel recovery in flotation. A full survey and ore characterization campaign was carried out to assess alternatives for increasing grinding circuit capacity. Experimental data were balanced and used to calibrate mathematical models which were the basis for simulation exercises. This paper describes the main aspects related to circuit modeling and simulation, as well as assessing alternatives for increasing the grinding circuit capacity.
Santa Rita矿位于巴伊亚州，是巴西第一个Mirabela Mineracao矿。从2009年开始，硫化镍加工厂不断进行改造，以适应矿石的变化。主要改造包括自磨改为半自磨，以及安装脱泥阶段，以去除浮选中降低镍回收率的超细矿物。进行了全面的调查和矿石表征活动，以评估增加磨矿回路容量的替代方案。实验数据被平衡并用于校准数学模型，这是模拟练习的基础。本文描述了与电路建模和仿真相关的主要方面，以及评估增加研磨电路容量的替代方案。
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REM – International Engineering Journal (antigua REM – Revista Escola de Minas) es la primera revista técnica de Sudamérica. Fue fundada en enero de 1936 por los estudiantes de la Escuela de Minas de Ouro Preto y desde entonces se ha especializado en la publicación de artículos en las áreas de la Ingeniería Civil, Geología, Metalurgia y Materiales y, Minería y Mecánica y Energía.
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