Sheraton Hotel, Santiago, Chile

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T EC H N I C AL AN D

S O C IAL P RO G RAM

October 21-23

Sheraton Hotel,

Santiago, Chile

Organizers

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General Information

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eng Presentations labeled ENG will be given in English.

spa Presentations labeled SPA will be given in Spanish.

Hotel Floor Plant

Platinum

Outotec

Gold

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Citic Heavy Industries

2

Orica

3

CYTEC

4

ALS Global

5

Senmin – AECI Mining Solutions

SilVER

6

Cidra - Tiar

7

Asmin

8

Sedgman

9

Aminpro

10

Carl Zeiss Group

11

Oxford Instruments

12

Transmin

13

Split Engineering – Mintek

14

ST Equipment & Technology

16

Blue Cube Systems

oRGanizERS

G

Gecamin

15

Universidad de Concepción

mEdia PaRtnERS

A

E&MJ

B

Nueva Minería

C

Direcmin

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Poster Session and Coffee Break

Foyer

10:00

10:40

20:00

21:00

Welcome Reception Foyer - Courtesy of

Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi

16:00

Registration

Foyer

18:00

Authors and Session Chair Coordination Meeting

Ballroom A

Inauguration Ceremony

19:00

Words of Welcome

Carlos Barahona, Procemin 2015 Executive Director, General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

Froilán Vergara, Procemin 2015 Directing Member, Director, Departament of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Opening Address

Collahuasi: The Road to Optimization

Dalibor Dragicevic, Procemin 2015 Chair, Vice-President Processes, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Wednesday, October 21

08:20

Day 2 Program Update

Claudia Velásquez, Procemin 2015 Technical Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

08:30

Current Status and Future Applications of Grade Engineering

Joe Pease, CEO, CRC Ore, Australia

09:00

Advanced Flotation Process Control and Instruments Technology to Improve Recovery at AMSA-Pelambres

Daniel Silva, Senior Control Engineer, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

09:30

Start-Up OGP1 New Concentrator Plant Minera Escondida Ltda

Carlos Espinoza, Senior Operations Engineer, Minera Escondida, Chile

Session Chair: Bert Huls, Huls Consulting, USA

Plenary Session 1

Thursday, October 22

Ballroom

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Session 1 7 6

12:40

14:00

12:40

14:00

Flotation Technology

Chair: Gerson Sandoval, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Session 2 Lunch El Bohio Restaurant Lunch El Bohio Restaurant

Thursday, October 22

10:40

spa Impacting in Comminution Process through a Simple Technique of High Energy Blast

Egonk Arriagada and Jair Alarcon, Orica, Chile

11:00

spa Bulk Ore Sorting for Pre-Concentration: What, How, and Why?

K. Duffy, Walter V., Alex J. and P. Holtham, Metso Process Technology & Innovation, Australia; Roberto Valle, Peru

11:20

eng A Study of the Effect of Particle Thickness on the Bond Impact Work Index Test Results

Dusty Jacobson and Robert Winterfield, Metso, USA

11:40

eng Energy Efficient Copper Ore Processing with Selective Comminution

Holger Lieberwirth and Max Hesse, TU Bergakademic Freiberg, Alemania

12:00

spa Blasting for Comminution: Ultra High Intensity Blasting

Jair Alarcon, Egonk Arriagada, Williams Soto and Juan Díaz, Orica, Chile

12:20

eng Expanding Applications in Dry Triboelectric Separation of Minerals

Michael Allen, James Bittner, Kyle Flynn and Frank Hrach, Separation Technologies, USA

10:40

spa Implementation of Outotec TankCell® e500 at FQML Kevitsa Cu-Ni-PGE Concentrator

Toni Mattsson and Jarmo Lohilahti, Outotec Finland; Tomi Maksimainen and Ishmael Muzinda, FQML Kevitsa Mine, Finland; Alejandro Yáñez, Outotec, Chile

11:00

eng Advances in FLSmidth Flotation

Bartosz Dabrowski, Yihong Yang, Keri Caldwell, K. Rahal, Scott Reddick, Tim Olson and M. Jespersen, FLSmidth, USA

11:20

spa Pilot Test with Pneumatic Technology in a Selective Molybdenum Flotation Plant

Claudio Muñoz and E. Catalán, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile; S. Menger, Primetals Technolgoies, and R. Imhoff and H.Sprenger, Maelgwyn Mineral Services, Germany

11:40

eng The Woodgrove Staged Flotation Reactor

Christopher Bennet, Woodgrove Technologies, Canada

12:00

eng Large Flotation Cell Dimensioning Revisited

Tatu Miettinen, Kari Heiskanen, Toni Mattsson, Rodrigo Grau, and Jaakko Leppinen, Outotec, Finland

12:20

spa Improving Testing of Copper Ore Flotation in Seawater through a Novel Flotation Cell

Ricardo Jeldres and Lorena Cortes, CSIRO; Luis Cisternas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Blasting, Presorting and Crushing

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Ballroom

B

Ballroom

A

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Thursday, October 22

16:00

16:40

16:00

16:40

Flotation Fundamentals

Chair: Claudio Muñoz, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Water, Tailings and Process Improvement

Chair: Max Valenzuela, Asmin, Chile

Session 4 Session 3

Foyer

14:00

spa Developments in Power Modeling of Wet Tumbling Mills

Salvador Haddad, D Pointing Mining, Chile

14:20

spa Towards a “Minimum Impact” Copper Concentrator: A Sustainability Assessment

Cristián Montes, Outotec, Chile; Susanna Horn, Kaj Jansson, Tuukka Kotiranta and Markus Reuter, Outotec, Finland

14:40

spa Stationary Modelling of Thickener Inventory, Minera Los Pelambres

Víctor Mardones, SGS Minerals Services; Pablo Bustos, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile

15:00

eng Ductile Iron Pipes: New Solutions for the Mining Industry

Steffen Ertelt, Duktus Rohrsysteme, Germany

15:20

spa Bound4blue Concept Applied to the Chilean Mining Industry

Lorenzo Reyes, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile; Cristina Aleixendri and José Miguel Bermudez, Bound4blue; Carlos Fúnez, Centro Nacional del Hidrógeno, España

14:00

spa Rejection of Pyrite: Challenges and Sustainable Chemical Solutions Part II

Carmina Quintanar, Cytec; Luis Silva, Minera Valle Central, Chile

14:20

spa Frothers in Flotation: An Essential Component for Optimization

César Gómez and Kristian Waters, McGill University, Canada

14:40

spa Recent Advances in the Application of AERO® 7260HFP as Greener Alternative to NaSH/Nokes in Cu-Mo Separation

Patricio Zarate, Mike Peart, D.R. Nagaraj and Amanda Lawrence, Cytec, Chile, UK and USA

15:00

spa Frother Dosage in Laboratory Flotation Testing

Jaime Álvarez, César Gómez and Federico Grandón, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

15:20

spa A Frother Performance Evaluation Technique and Successful Plant Implementation for Saving of Frother

Alexis Campos and Carmina Quintanar, Cytec, Chile; Hilario Gorvenia, Toromocho Project, Minera Chinalco, Peru

15:40

spa Effect of Different Saline Water on Floatability of Copper-Molybdenum Ores

Ricardo Jeldres and Daniel Calisaya, CSIRO, Chile; Luis Cisternas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Thursday, October 22

18:20

21:30

18:20

21:30

Flotation Practical Aspects

Chair: Francisco Soto, Empírica Consultores, Chile

Grinding and Classification

Chair: Alex Doll, Alex G Doll Consulting, Canada

Cocktail and Conference Dinner

Pedro de Valdivia Ballroom

Cocktail and Conference Dinner

Pedro de Valdivia Ballroom

16:40

eng Real-Time Particle Size Tracking in Individual Hydrocyclones: New Field Results

Robert Maron, Dylan Cirulis and Américo Zuzunaga, CiDRA Minerals Processing, USA; Alejandro Jaque, CiDRA Minerals Processing, Chile; Francisco Melo and Leonardo Duarte, Minera Centinela, Chile

17:00

eng Managing Cyclones: A Valuable Asset. The Copper Mountain Case Study

Mike Westendorf and Cam Edwards, Copper Mountain Mining; Naveed Mithani, Tuhin Banerjee, Michael Schaffer and Sarthak Kaushik, Portage Techonologies, Canada

17:20

spa Is the 80% Passing Size Still Appropriate in the Design and Optimization of Comminution Circuits?

Ben Adair, Rob Morrison and Sarma Kanchibotla, SMI-JKMRC, University of Queensland, Australia; Sebastian Tello, JKTech South America, Chile

17:40

eng New Methodology for Determining Iron Ore Size Distribution

Christiane Silva, Vladia Souza and Jair Koppe, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

18:00

spa Operational Circuit on Different Stirred Mills Applications

Claudio Delgado, Citic Heavy Industries, Chile

16:40

eng Implementation of Fuzzy Logic for Flotation Control

Michel Ruel, Jean-Francois Dubé, D. Nathan and G. Couture, BBA, Canada

17:00

spa Effect of the Presence of Cations in Seawater on the Depression of Pyrite

Lina Uribe, Mauricio Keller and Leopoldo Gutiérrez, University of Concepción, Chile

17:20

spa Role of Kaolinite, Pyrophyllite and Smectite Particles on Molybdenite Floatability in Conventional and Sea Water

Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Lina Uribe, Fernando Rebolledo and Diana Celi, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

17:40

spa Use of Sodium Thioglycolate in Flotation of Molibdenite, Codelco Chile Andina Division

Héctor Tobar and Mauricio Bustamante, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile

18:00

eng The Influence of Grinding Chemistry on

Chalcopyrite/Pyrite Selectivity for Phorphyry Copper Ores

Christopher Greet, Jessica Kinal and Grant Small, Magotteaux Australia

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08:20

Day 3 Program Update

Claudia Velásquez, Procemin 2015 Technical Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

08:30

Merits, Benefits and Pending Challenges for the Industry and Supplier Communities: UQ/UDEC New Approach To Collaborative Research

Roberto Parra, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

09:00

On the Merits (Demerits) of Classification Efficiency in Ball Milling Applications

Jaime E. Sepúlveda Ph.D, J-Consultores, Chile

09:30

Crushing Plant Optimization

Marcelo Rodríguez, Codelco Andina Division, Chile

10:00

IMPC 2016 Presentation

Donald Leroux, Triple Point Technology, Canada

Chair: Dalibor Dragicevic, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Plenary Session 2

Foyer - Courtesy of Weir Minerals

10:00

10:40

Friday, October 23

Ballroom

A & B

Program Updates

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Gecamin Publications

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Friday, October 23

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HPGR and SAG Grinding

Chair: Sebastián Tello, JKTECH South America, Chile

Flotation Modelling

Chair: Carlos Delgado, BHP Billiton, Chile

10:40

eng Process Performance Improvements in Boliden’s Aitik Mine

Dominik Groenveld and Maria Rozou, ABB, Switzerland

11:00

spa Practical Methodology Evaluation of an HPGR as Pebble Crusher for Maximum Grinding Efficiency

Katherine Araya and Álvaro Videla, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Manuel González, Caspeo, Chile

11:20

eng Sustainable Optimization of the Bell Creek SAG Mill

Naveed Mithani, Tuhin Banerjee and Michael Schaffer, Portage Technologies; Gord Leavoy and Dave Felsher, Lake Shore Gold Corporation, Canada

11:40

spa New Approach for Load Level Estimation in SAG Mills Using a Sensors System and Optimization Algorithm

Hernán Robles, Tania Ledezma and Javier Inostroza NETOS; Luis Vinnett, Waldo Valderrama and Jorge Pontt, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

12:00

spa Sizing Stages for Weir High Pressure Grinding Rolls Mills, Based on Pilot Tests

Felipe Navarrete, Weir Vulco, Chile

12:20

spa Building the World’s Largest HPGR: The HRC™3000

Raul Noriega, Metso, Chile

10:40

spa Optimal Flotation Circuit Design using Fast-Slow Recovery Model

Daniel Calisaya and L. Cisternas, Universidad De Antofagasta; E. Gálvez, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile; A. López and M. Hernández, Universidad Autónoma San Luis de Potosí, Mexico

11:00

spa Correlation between Froth Depth and Froth Discharge Rate in Rougher Flotation Circuits

Juan Yianatos, Luis Bergh, Luis Vinnett and Isabel Panire, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

11:20

spa Recovery of Rare Earth Elements Adsorbed on Clay Minerals from a Chilean Deposit by Ion Exchange

Enrique de la Barra, Arturo Albornoz and Arturo Rock, Minera Biolantánidos; Manuel Silva, Independent Consultant, Chile

11:40

spa Preliminary Phenomenological Model of a Pilot Jameson Flotation Cell

Luis Bergh, Juan Yianatos, Fernanda Orellana and Paulina Quijanes, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

12:00

spa Flotation Plant Design with Aminfloat FKT Simulator

Roger Amelunxen, Aminpro, Chile

12:20

spa Distributed Control of Pilot Jameson Flotation Cell

Luis Bergh, Juan Yianatos, Paulina Quijanes and Fernanda Orellana, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

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12:40

14:00

12:40

14:00

Lunch El Bohio restaurant Lunch El Bohio restaurant

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Ballroom

B

Ballroom

A

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Geometallurgy and Process Modelling

Chair: Leonardo Flores, Geo-Support, Chile

A Business Look at Mining

Chair: Dante García, Glencore, Peru

Friday, October 23

14:00

eng Building and Maintaining Effective Project Teams

John Wells and Leticia Conca, Alquimia Conceptos; Kenneth Thomas, Ken Thomas and Associates; Alvaro von Borries, A. Hennessy Associates; Allen Hennessy and Richard Dewhirst, Limehurst Consulting, Canada

14:20

eng An Investor’s Perspective on Best Practices in SAG Mill Sizing

Spencer Reeves and John Starkey, Starkey & Associates; Keith Abergel, GMP Securities, Canada

14:40

eng Managing Business Risks Involves Managing Measurement Quality

Luc Lachance, Donald Leroux and Simon Gariépy, Triple Point Technology, Canada

15:00

eng Operator Training System for Grinding Process

Avinash Tripathi and Juan Pablo Sepulveda, Andritz; Nelson Manzanares, Minera Escondida, Chile

15:20

eng Enterprise Optimization Case Study: PanAust’s Inca Oro Project, Chile

Matthew Dorman and Mark Jones, Whittle Consulting, Australia

14:00

spa Esperanza Sur and Encuentro Pits Geometallurgical Representativeness and Quality Controls Tests

Leonardo Soto, Xiomara Rubio and Gerardo García, Antofagasta Minerals; Javier Pizarro and Francisco Soto, Empírica Consultores , Chile

14:20

eng Design and Optimization of Comminution Circuits Using CITIC SMCC’s Integrated Software: CM-DOCC

Jianjun Tian, Erik Wang and Stephen Morrell, CITIC SMCC Process Technology, Australia

14:40

spa Modelling of Geometallurgical Response Variables Using Projection Pursuit Regression

Exequiel Sepulveda, Universidad de Talca, Chile; Peter Dowd and Chaoshui Xu, University of Adelaide, Australia

15:00

spa Grinding Circuit Throughput Estimation

Paul Diaz and Daniel Luer, Ingytec, Chile

15:20

eng MinSCAN the First Ever Onsite Ruggedized-SEM Automated Mineralogy System: Results and Benefits

Edward Hill, Benjamin Tordoff and Al Cropp, Zeiss, United Kingdom

15:40

16:20

15:40

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Flotation Process Control and Development

Chair: Fernando Torres, Mitsui Mineral Resource Development, Chile

Project Development and Plant Optimization

Chair: Gilda Razeto, Anglo American, Chile

Friday, October 23

16:20

spa Mine to Plant Methodology in Codelco Andina Mine

Jair Alarcón and Williams Soto, Orica; Richard Araya, Codelco Andina Division, Chile

16:40

spa Advanced Data Handling to Support Modeling and Simulations in Mineral Processing Plant Optimization

Jorge Torrealba, Ricardo Esteban and David Runnels, BBA, Canada

17:00

eng Energy Efficient Flowsheet Development for the Heemskirk Tin Project

Justin Resta and Zeljka Pokrajcic, WorleyParsons; Peter Blight, Stellar Resources, Australia

17:20

spa Modeling and Dynamic Simulation of the DMC Concentrator of Antofagasta Minerals

Juan Carlos Tapia and Javier Rodríguez, Sedgman; Marcial Mendoza, Amec Foster Wheeler; Fernando Villanueva, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

17:40

eng Utilizing a Modular Approach for Flotation Plants Project Execution

Luis Rudolphy and Pekka Tähkiö, Outotec, Finland

16:20

spa Consideration of Perfect Mixed Model Applied to a Property-based Approach

Gerson Sandoval, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Gonzalo Montes, Universidad de Chile

16:40

eng Advanced Flotation Process Control System at Lundin Eagle Mine

Mvuyiso Gqwaru and Sydney Mantsho, Mintek, South Africa; Hugo Staton, Lundin Eagle Mine, USA

17:00

eng Recent Studies on the Application of Fluidised-Bed Flotation for Treating Sulphide Ores at a Coarser Grind

Massimiliano Zanin and Bellson Awatey, University of South Australia; Jaisen Kohmuench, Eriez Flotation Division, USA

17:20

spa Optimal Control of Iron Ore Flotation with Soft Sensors for Grade and Recovery

Carlos Quintero, Rockwell Software, Chile; Tiago Caixeta and Cássio Costa, Vale S/A, Brazil; Manoel Morales, Rockwell Software, Brazil

17:40

spa Understanding the Slag Cooling Phenomenon and its Impact on the Slag Flotation Process

Stacy Bell, James Pettingill, Boyd Davis and Alain Roy, Kingston Process Metallurgy, Canada; Nubia Cardona, Delta Consultants, Canada; Roberto Parra, Universidad de Concepción and Anglo American Chagres Smelter, Chile

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Additional Activities

18:00

18:10

Conference Balance and Final Comments

Carlos Barahona, Procemin 2015 Executive Director, Gecamin, Chile

Froilán Vergara, Procemin 2015 Directing Member, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Claudia Velasquez, Procemin 2015 Technical Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

Dalibor Dragicevic, Procemin 2015 Chair, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Ballroom

A & B

Friday, October 23

Poster Presentations

A Simple Estimation Method of Materials Handling Energy in HPGR Circuits

Alex Doll, Alex G Doll Consulting, Canada

Closing Ceremony

student Posters

Study of Size Distribution Particles in the Flotation

Yarielba Serrano, Juan Yianatos, Luis Vinnett and Felipe Henríquez, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Influence of the Geological Variability in the Response to Comminution Processes

Itzi Valenzuela Ibarra and María del Carmen Ojeda, Instituto de Metalurgia, UASLP; Juan Luis Reyes Bahena, Industrial Minera México

Purification of a Molybdenite Concentrate in NaCl-H2SO4 Medium

Felipe Guerrero, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Investigation of Main Variables Affecting Copper and Molybdenite Recovery from Different Geometallurgical Units of Los Bronces-Angloamerican

César González and Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad de Concepción; Nefer Valenzuela, Los Bronces, Angloamerican, Chile

Floatability of Chalcopyrite under the Presence of Kaolinite and Montmorillonite

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3rd_{International Conference on}

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4th_{International Seminar on}

Environmental Issues in Mining December 2 – 4, 2015 / Lima, Peru

8th International Seminar on

Process Hydrometallurgy June 15 – 17, 2016 / Santiago, Chile

6th International Conference on

Innovation in Mine Operations August 21 – 23, 2016 / Santiago, Chile

3rd International Seminar on

Energy Management in Mining August 24 – 26, 2016 / Santiago, Chile First International Seminar on

Operational Excellence in Mining March 30 – April 1, 2016 / Santiago, Chile

5th International Congress on

Water Management in Mining May 18 – 20, 2016 / Santiago, Chile

3rd_{International Seminar on}

Mining Plant and Equipment Maintenance July 17 – 19, 2016 / Lima, Peru

19th_{International Seminar on}

Paste and Thickened Tailings July 5 – 8, 2016 / Santiago, Chile

Upcoming Conferences

Floatability and Rheological Behavior of Molybdenite

Gastón Avilés and Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Correlation between Bubble Size and the Effect of Kaolinite on the Floatability of Chalcopyrite

Gustavo Gutiérrez and Leopoldo Gutiérrez, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Industrial Test of Alternative Depressant in Flotation of Molibdenite, Codelco Division Andina

Ilse Morin, Amelia Dondero, Gerson Sandoval and Héctor Tobar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Mauricio Bustamante, Codelco, Andina Division, Chile

Flotation Kinetic Study of “Batch” by Recomposing Mass Balances for Different Strategies

Daniel Herrera and Gerson Sandoval, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

First International Seminar on Safety and Occupational Health in Mining August 3 – 5, 2016 / Santiago, Chile

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