The key to optimizing efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of all mineral processing – in particular, comminution - lies in innovative flowsheets. This presentation will explore best practices in layout design for technologies such as the HPGR (High Pressure Grinding Roll) and vertical stirred mills, ensuring high operability and maintainability for both Green and Brownfield operations. Further, it will de-risk adoption concerns across the various project stages with process validation experiences. The overall energy savings of this flowsheet accumulate to a sum much larger than its individual process equipment units, resulting in significant operational cost savings for its adopters – and a more sustainable future for all.

The last several years have seen significant developments in both the regulatory, industry, and technical aspects of earthquake hazard analyses used in risk assessments for critical mine facilities. Owners, engineers of record (EoR), and designers are now confronted with a raft of seismic hazard information from increasingly complex regional and site-specific models. This presentation aims to help non-specialists understand how seismic hazard estimates are developed, how and where to find practical information, and how seismic hazard information can be used for robust and transparent analyses.