Mineralogical and surface chemical characterization of flotation feed ...
1. Introduction. Comminution of the ore can take up to 3050% of the total operating costs of mining (Aldrich, 2013, Jeswiet and Szekeres, 2016).The most energy intensive process in the comminution is grinding, for which the operation cost increases with the fineness of the product (Wang and Forssberg, 2007, Jeswiet and Szekeres, 2016).Generally wet grinding is favoured over dry grinding ...