| Variable | Status | Impact | Trend |
|---|
| P80 grinding | 🔴 | High | ↑ |
| Phyllosilicates | 🔴 | High | ↑ |
| Rougher solids | 🟠 | Medium | ↑ |
| Rougher pH | 🟠 | Medium | ↓ |
| Aeration | 🟢 | Low | → |
| Rougher Eh | 🟢 | Low | → |
Copper recovery24-hour average
Copper in tailingsCopper in feed
Key operating variables
- Target
- 170 µm – 190 µm
- Prior comparison
- 247 µm
Phyllosilicates
- Target
- 0% – 10%
- Prior comparison
- 17.8%
Rougher solids
- Target
- 34% – 36%
- Prior comparison
- 38.1%
- Target
- 9.5 pH – 10 pH
- Prior comparison
- 9.25 pH
- Target
- 50 mV – 200 mV
- Prior comparison
- 125 mV
- Target
- 18,000 Nm³/h – 24,000 Nm³/h
- Prior comparison
- 21,500 Nm³/h
Collector dosage
- Target
- 25 g/t – 40 g/t
- Prior comparison
- 32 g/t
- Target
- 25 cm – 35 cm
- Prior comparison
- 32 cm
| indicator | value | status |
|---|
| Feed copper grade | 1.15% | 🟠 |
| Soluble copper | 0.68% | 🟠 |
| Insoluble copper | 0.47% | 🟠 |
| F80 | 350 mm | 🟠 |
| Total sulfur | 0.32% | 🟢 |
| Total iron | 23.1% | 🟢 |
| Hardness | 12.6 kWh/t | 🟠 |
| Oxidation | Low | 🟢 |
| process | status | assessment |
|---|
| Grinding | 🔴 | Higher energy demand and inefficient classification. |
| Flotation | 🔴 | Poor liberation and slower flotation kinetics. |
| Thickening | 🟠 | Slower settling and higher flocculant demand. |
| Filtration | 🔴 | Lower permeability and higher cake moisture. |
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- Copper recovery
- 88.7%
- Copper lost
- 169 t Cu