In modern hard-rock mining, comminution (crushing and grinding) accounts for up to 50% of a mine's total energy consumption and a massive share of operating expenditure (OpEx).
Why spend grid power, water, and expensive mill liners to fine-grind zero-value gangue rock just because it was hauled out of the pit along with the ore?
For high-capacity mines handling quartz-veined gold, copper-gold run-of-mine (ROM), or tungsten/tin deposits, X-ray Transmission (XRT) Pre-Concentration is changing the fu