RE:RE:FabDeathByRabbits wrote: DeathByRabbits wrote: Tell Bonehead over on ceo that nvo ordered the same machine as was doing the testing in Germany. 40 tph for 850k $ usd. Tell him to get his act together if he wants to debate with an Italian eh.
DBR
It depends on grain size. But if you wanna get the smaller particles, which you do when it comes to gold, then you gotta slow er down eh. Pbly less than 40 tph in practice.
DBR
It's actually an interesting discussion point.
My understanding is that these sorters are adjusted to sort in range bound aggregate sizes. And that you cannot effectively go too far out of these bands - on the coarse side or the fine side.
I also expect that the band range tightens up the finer the gold particles you want to identify and extract.
As a result, I can envision multiple sorters adjusted to different range settings. This of course results in implications on the crushing processes and their sequencing as well.
Definitely an interesting exercise in process development. One sorting machine should suffice in testing out the individual steps and individual process steps in the complete sequence. But I believe it will require multiple machines and set-ups to capture the wider range in the coarse gold sizes hosted in all that ore.
As long as the final AISCs stay around $1000, it's going to be a great business. And one that Novo will be a leader.
Tx