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German grinding machine ready to cut Woodlawn feed down to size

A NEW high-intensity large scale grinding machine for the Woodlawn zinc-copper project in New South Wales will provide critical fine grinding capability and allow owner Heron Resources to reduce the flotation feed to 30 microns in size, which is shown to be the most effective way to liberate the different zinc, copper and lead sulphides for separate recovery to the base metal concentrates.

 IsaMill arriving on site on July 23

IsaMill arriving on site on July 23

Heron took delivery of the German made IsaMill on July 23 at Woodlawn, which is 250km southwest of Sydney. The fine grinding machine is considered one of the best examples of the advances made in sulphide...

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