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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The reduction of the iron ore pellets is described using a specific grain model, reflecting the transformations from hematite to iron. The shaft furnace is modeled as a set of interconnected onedimensional zones into which the principal chemical reactions (3step reduction, methane reforming, Boudouard and water gas shift) are accounted for ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Threedimensional block models are the most frequently used tool for estimating mineral resources and reserves within a mineral deposit. In open pit mining, the basis of mine design and the long term mining schedule is calculation of the ultimate pit limit. The ultimate pit limit is the pit with the highest profit value. Over the years, different algorithms have been developed that enable us ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The main aim of the study is pit optimization for improved NPV and life of mine in heterogeneous iron ore deposit. The aim was achieved by the following specific objectives: 1. Analysis of the pit economics by generating nested pit shell through varying the revenue factor from to 2.
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Energy. Rock drilling, blasting, and comminution (crushing and grinding) consume a vast amount of energy in hard rock mines. As mentioned in Sect. 1, statistics from hard rock mines indicates that drilling and blasting consumes 2% and comminution does 53% of the total energy input in the whole production chain from mining to mineral processing (Spathis 2015), see Fig. 1.
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