24-MMP-B5 Mineral Processing Design and Operations
Worked solutions to 3 past sittings (2013–2016), 23 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- Circulating load (2 sittings): May 2016 Q1 · Undated paper Q1
- Cost (2 sittings): May 2016 Q3 · Undated paper Q3
- Crusher selection (2 sittings): May 2016 Q2 · Undated paper Q2
- Crushing circuit size distribution (2 sittings): May 2016 Q1 · Undated paper Q1
- Gold flotation-roast-cyanidation flowsheet sizing (2 sittings): May 2016 Q7 · Undated paper Q7
- Grinding-circuit mass balance (2 sittings): May 2016 Q4 · Undated paper Q4
- Hydrocyclone performance (2 sittings): May 2016 Q4 · Undated paper Q4
- Preliminary cost (2 sittings): May 2016 Q2 · Undated paper Q2
- Thickener design (2 sittings): May 2016 Q8 · Undated paper Q8
- Vibrating screen sizing (2 sittings): May 2016 Q3 · Undated paper Q3
Questions by sitting
May 2016
- Question 1: Crushing circuit size distribution and circulating load
- Question 2: Crusher selection (power and capacity criteria) and preliminary cost
- Question 3: Vibrating screen sizing and cost
- Question 4: Hydrocyclone performance and grinding-circuit mass balance
- Question 5: Preliminary fixed capital cost and capacity-expansion cost
- Question 6: SAG mill scale-up from pilot data
- Question 7: Gold flotation-roast-cyanidation flowsheet sizing
- Question 8: Thickener design and operation
May 2013
- Question 1: Design and Operational Knowledge – True/False with Explanation
- Question 2: Rod Mill – Ball Mill Work-Index Efficiency and Reduction Ratio
- Question 3: SABC Circuit – Cone Crusher Selection and Costing
- Question 4: Column Flotation
- Question 5: Copper Flotation Circuit – Cumulative Grade and Recovery
- Question 6: Hydrocyclone Sizing (Krebs Approach)
- Question 7: Grinding Circuit Process Control and pH Control
Undated paper
- Question 1: Crushing circuit size distribution and circulating load
- Question 2: Crusher selection (power and capacity criteria) and preliminary cost
- Question 3: Vibrating screen sizing and cost
- Question 4: Hydrocyclone performance and grinding-circuit mass balance
- Question 5: Second-hand equipment resale — original price, current price, and profit
- Question 6: SAG mill scale-up from pilot data
- Question 7: Gold flotation-roast-cyanidation flowsheet sizing
- Question 8: Thickener design, mechanism, and process control