MINING & RESOURCES · PRE-TREATMENT
Mining & ore
In ore, valuable phases are interlocked with gangue. Over-grinding produces costly fines that are easily lost. XCRUSHER acts as a pre-treatment: selective embrittlement aiming to liberate valuable phases along their grain boundaries, as a physical pre-treatment step, ahead of grinding and downstream separation.
THE PROBLEM
A material problem, not just a size problem
- Valuable phases are interlocked with gangue minerals.
- Over-grinding produces fines that are costly to process and easily lost.
- Insufficient liberation reduces recovery in downstream separation.
- Recovered value depends on liberating phases along their grain boundaries.
THE APPROACH
The XCRUSHER approach as mining pre-treatment
XCRUSHER does not replace the mining chain: it prepares it. Selective embrittlement liberates valuable phases along grain boundaries and aims to limit over-grinding, upstream of downstream steps.
WHAT WE QUALIFY
What we qualify
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Phase liberation
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Grain-boundary behaviour
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Over-grinding / fines reduction
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Fraction cleanliness
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Downstream-step compatibility