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Ball mill build on a roll at Ravenswood Gold

Construction of a new ball mill as part of the major Ravenswood Gold expansion is well underway, with completion due in May.

Ausenco, WDC (Western Downs Contracting), M2P, Sun Engineering and Minelec are among the contractors working on the project at the North Queensland gold mine.

A Ravenswood Gold spokeswoman said the concrete work was 75 per cent complete and the overall mill build about 16 per cent complete.

This fourth mill at the site will increase Ravenswood Gold milling capacity from 5 million tonnes per annum to 7.2Mtpa.

The mill construction commenced with a single pour of more. . .

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Glencore on the ball with concentrator upgrade

Glencore has brought a new ball mill online at the Mount Isa Mines copper concentrator in a move to improve flotation performance.

A third ball mill complete with a 3500 horse power-motor now sits between the SAG milling and flotation sections at the concentrator.

It will deliver finer ground ore to increase metal recovery and improve the quality of copper concentrate supplied to the Mount Isa copper smelter, Glencore says.

Installation was largely completed in June and the mill has been in operation since the start of July this year.

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