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The Importance of Dilution Factor for Open Pit Mining Projects
Author(s):
Anoush Ebrahimi, P. Eng., Ph.D.
Date:
Friday, April 26, 2013
First presented:
World Mining Congress, Montreal 2013
Type:
Published paper
Category:
Mining
Dilution increases the operating costs in the mill by increasing the tonnage of material to be milled. By better understanding the root causes of the dilution, quanitiying it, and planning accordingly, it can be controlled and reduced.