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Cadia mill at a standstill

29th October 2015

By: Esmarie Iannucci

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

  

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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The semiautogenous grinding (SAG) mill at gold major Newcrest Mining's Cadia Concentrator 1 is still offline.

The mill was taken offline for an inspection on October 18, which revealed more loose windings than initially anticipated. While a repair and remediation plan was being developed, the SAG mill would remain offline for at least the next five weeks, Newcrest said on Thursday.

The Concentrator 2 SAG mill continued to operate at full capacity, with ore from the Cadia East operation being trucked to this mill.

To reduce the impact on production, a conveyor was being installed to transport the ore from the high-pressure grinding rolls to the ball mill circuit, bypassing the Concentrator 1 SAG mill.

Construction of the conveyor could take up to six weeks to complete.

The miner was unable to provide a guidance on how the SAG mill issue would affect either 2016 production or cost guidance.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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