Seamless performance, assured certainty
Stirred Mill
Plant Units
Mining industry’s core stumbling blocks
With the use of fine regrinding solutions, several mineral processing performance plant. A prolonged execution period is one of many
projects or existing operations are able to improve metallurgical factors leading to cost escalation.
efficiencies and quality for various complex ore bodies. However,
majority of the mine sites are finding difficulty in shifting onus on As a technology provider in many high profile fine grinding and
performance ownership from concept to execution. With the growing classification solution projects, Metso identifies the need to break
complexities in the plant design and project specific regulations, through the traditional project execution concept which is constrained
many projects face the risk associated with over/under-estimated by limited interation capabilities of various stakeholders in managing
MTOs due to lack of know-how or expertise to deliver integrated high the life cycle operations (O&M).
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Introducing Metso Stirred Mill Plant Units
Seamless performance, assured certainty
Metso concentrator plant units bring flexibility & certainty to the forefront with industry leading plant configurations that
seamlessly integrate your operational performance and assure profitability with optimum risk management.
Core differentiators
Pre-engineered Safe & superior Smaller
modular plant plant design plant footprint
Fast on-site Low Process
construction & project risk guarantee
commissioning
Proven Up to 45% Standalone
technology energy efficiency solution
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A complete solution scope
for fine grinding •
•
Vertimill® or HIGmill™
MHC™ Hydrocyclone
• Sump and pump
Stirred mill is the key solution in minerals processing for fine or • Sampler
ultrafine grinding. Metso offers a clear regrinding scope and
• Particle size analyzer
repeatable solution which includes slurry classification, grinding,
slurry pumping and particle analysis. • Media crane
• Steel modules
• Switch room
• Pipes, valves, instruments,
and control system
• Local engineering and
sourcing support
• Site advisory services
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Why choose Metso Stirred
Mill Plant Units
Assured by experience Driven by excellence
• Pre-engineered modules ensure the highest quality control, easy • Mature layout but flexibility to suit site arrangement
transport and fast site installation. • Superior quality in fabrication with the method of trial assembled
• Safe and superior plant designed using industrial best practice before dispatch to site.
(such as SiD, HAZOP and CHAZOP) • Optimized site construction planning with modular concept with
• An industry leading consistency in engineering, fabrication, the aims to improve site installation safety and short erecting
installation and commissioning. duration
• Early involvement until commissioning • Performance guarantee of the combined solution of classification,
• Test work capabilities in our technology centers grinding and particle analysis to mitigate client project risk
• Automation & digital tools • Provide real time monitoring grind size by minimizing shutdown
time for cyclone performance
• Single source technology supply, studies, R&D, Product,
Engineering, Project management & Lifecycle services under one • A single supply contract for all equipment reduces process
roof performance risk
• Owning & managing risks associated with time, cost and resource
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Stirred Mill Plant Units portfolio
Metso leads stirred milling innovations with a wide portfolio and Metso stirred mills are part of the Planet Positive product portfolio,
continues to be the industry standard in performance. We offer a which apply the mill input energy to liberate mineral in a sustainable
wide portfolio of stirred milling technologies: Vertimill®, HIGmill™, and manner. By adding Metso classification, pumping and automation
Stirred Media Detritor (SMD). technologies, the fine grinding solution aims to take sustainability
to another level by optimising the usage of energy, water, grinding
media and consumables.
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Vertimill® Plant Unit
The Vertimill® is globally recognized as an energy efficient grinding mill. Through a low total cost of ownership, it brings substantial
improvement to the profitability of concentrators. They tend to grind more efficiently than, for example, ball mills with feeds as
coarse as 6 mm to products finer than 20 microns, providing up to 40% higher energy efficiency.
Sampler
Monarail
Hydrocyclone
cluster
Media Dry Handing
System
PSI Kibbles
Media Washing
Electrical Grizzly
Room
Pump Vertimill
Sump
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HIGmill™ Plant Unit
The Metso HIGmill™ is an advanced, energy-efficient fine and ultra-fine grinding solution that utilizes proven technology. The plant
unit is complemented with all auxillary equipment for optimised performace.
HIGmill Jib crane
Media Pumping System
Storage Bin
Pumping Module
Reloading Module
Hydro cyclone
Cluster
Samplers
PSI
Sumps
Pumps
Electrical Room
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Test laboratories are:
• Metso York, USA
• Mesto Mexico
• Metso Belo Horizonte,
Brazil
• Metso Pori, Finland
• SGA, Germany
Comprehensive testwork • GSL, United Kingdom
capabilities • KMF, Austria
• TOMS, Russia
Metso offers comprehensive testwork programs in many strategic laboratories around • ALS/ Keramos, Australia
the globe. The key objective of testwork is to provide guaranteed mill and plant • SGS in Canada and Chile
performance with the scalable test result on the ore.
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Promising results
Kaunis Iron
Vertmill® Plant
in Sweden
Challenge
• Large throughput
• Footprint consideration – inside Arctic Circle
• Low power and grind media consumption
Solution
• Three VTM -3000 rather than a single ball
mill – 35% energy and media cost saving
• Vertmill has smaller footprint and provides
greater process flexibility
Results
• Reduce energy consumption and CO2
footprint
• Reduced overall concentrator footprint
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Promising results
Cracow Gold
HIGmill™ Plant
in Australia
Challenge
• Large volumetric feed rate at low pulp density
• Brownfield installation into an existing
operating plant
• Small budget with comprehensive scope
of supply
Solution
• Test work to validate performance parameters
• Provide flexible and multi-phase delivery model
• Equipment includes HIGmill™ 500/5000,
Pumps, MCC, Control Panels
Result
• Improved gold recovery by 1.62%
• Timely installation
• Benchmark the future operation
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Metso is a frontrunner in providing sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions
and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries
globally. By helping our customers increase their productivity, improve their energy
and water efficiency and environmental performance with our process and product
expertise, we are the partner for positive change.
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