Run-of-mine (ROM)

• as-mined ore which consists of your valuable minerals and gangue

Tailing

• predominantly the gangue mineral

TECHNICAL

• Different ores require different processes which would require different
innovations

ECONOMIC

Mineral resource are finite resources,
processing from high grade to low grade

ENERGY

high consumption of energy,
high cost

MINERAL PROCESSING

treatments applied to the ore containing valuable minerals prior to recovery and separation
• aka ore dressing, mineral dressing, milling, mineral beneficiation
• No alteration of physical/chemical properties of the minerals

TECHNICAL

To bring the final product into suitable technical condition as required by succeeding processes

• Undesired constituents must be removed or reduced below the specified levels

ECONOMIC

To remove the unwanted minerals in the cheapest way possible
• To reduce unit material handling costs

Liberation

Release of valuable minerals from their
waste gangue minerals

Concentration

Separation of valuable minerals from the gangue