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Esen Mining Consulting

Selected Technical Publications

EMC’s consultants are widely recognized as world experts in the design and optimization of mining and mineral processing operations. We have published papers for some of our research and consulting projects at various conferences and journals.

We are presenting some of the key papers here which illustrates our experience available to EMC’s clients across the globe. We invite you to click on the links below to find out more.

Drill and Blast Design and Optimization

A NON-IDEAL DETONATION MODEL FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF EXPLOSIVES in ROCK BLASTING

S. Esen

REDUCING CREST LOSS AT BARRICK COWAL GOLD MINE

R Battison, S Esen, R Duggan, K Henley and P Dare-Bryan

MODELLING THE SIZE OF THE CRUSHED ZONE AROUND A BLASTHOLE

S. Esen, I. Onederra, H.A. Bilgin

MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION WASTE BLASTS AT THE CADIA HILL GOLD MINE

Dr. Sedat Esen, Dr Italo Onederra, Mr Darren Francis

MUCK PILE SHAPING FOR DRAGLINES AND DOZERS AT SURFACE COALMINES

S Esen and M Nagarajan

PREDICTION OF THE NON-IDEAL DETONATION PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL EXPLOSIVES USING THE DENE AND JWL++ CODES

S. Esen, P. C. Souers and P. Vitello

MONITORING THE BLAST FRAGMENTATION AT BOLIDEN MINERAL’S AITIK COPPER MINE

F. Ouchterlony & U. Nyberg, P. Bergman, S. Esen

AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE HOLMBERG–PERSSON CONSTANTS FOR MODELLING NEAR FIELD PEAK PARTICLE VELOCITY ATTENUATION*

F. Ouchterlony & U. Nyberg, P. Bergman, S. Esen

WALL CONTROL BLASTING PRACTICES AT KISLADAG GOLD MINE

Ekin Güngor, Erkan Bayrak, Serdar Ergün, Berkant Ozdemir, Sedat Esen

Drill-to-Mill

DRILL-TO-MILL PLANT OPTIMIZATION AT ALTYNALMAS PUSTYNNOYE GOLD MINE

S. Esen, M. Daniel, B. Dzhalolov, B. Bachramov, J. Geronimo, & A. Kalmatayev

FRAGMENTATION MODELLING AND THE EFFECTS OF ROM FRAGMENTATION ON COMMINUTION CIRCUITS

Sedat Esen

ESTIMATION OF FINES GENERATED BY BLASTING – APPLICATIONS FOR THE MINING AND QUARRYING INDUSTRIES

I. Onederra, S. Esen and A. Jankovic

IMPROVING FINAL WALL AND VASTE BLASTING RESULTS AT ALTYNALMAS PUSTYNNOYE GOLD MINE

B.Bachramow, B.Myrzakasymov, A.Kalmatayev, S.Esen

EVALUATING THE FRAGMENTATION DATA FROM COPPER AND GOLD MINES

Sedat Esen

HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH DRILL TO MILL PLANT OPTIMISATION

Sedat Esen

INTEGRATION AND OPTIMISATION OF BLASTING AND COMMINUTION PROCESSES

S Esen, D La Rosa, A Dance, W Valery and A Jankovic

APPLICATION OF POPULATION BALANCE MODEL TO HPGR CRUSHING

Hakan Dündar, Hakan Benzer, Namık Aydoğan

COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT BREAKAGE MECHANISMS IN TERMS OF PRODUCT PARTICLE SİZE DISTRIBUTION AND MINERAL LIBERATION

Özgür Özcan, Hakan Benzer

COMPARISON OF OPEN AND CLOSED CIRCUIT HPGR APPLICATION ON DRY GRINDING CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE

Okay Altun, Hakan Benzer, Hakan Dündar, Namık A. Aydoğan

COMPARISON OF THE OVERALL CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY: HIGH COMPRESSION MILLING VS. BALL MILLING TECHNOLOGY

Namık A. Aydoğan, Hakan Benzer

COPPER ORE GRINDING IN A MOBILE VERTICAL ROLLER MILL PILOT PLANT

Deniz Altun, Carsten Gerold, Hakan Benzer, Okay Altun, Namık Aydoğan

HPGR SIMULATION FROM PISTON-DIE TESTS WITH AN ITABIRITE ORE

Hakan Benzer, Hakan Dündar, Okay Altun, Luis Marcelo Marques Tavares, Malcolm Powell, Douglas Batista Mazzinghy, José Francisco Cabello Russo

INTEGRATING THE STRENGTHS OF SAG AND HPGR IN FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT DESIGNS

M.S. Powell, H. Benzer, A.N. Mainza

MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF GRINDING CIRCUIT IN MADNEULI COPPER CONCENTRATOR

Levent Ergün, Zafir Ekmekçi, Özcan Gülsoy, Hakan Benzer

PREDICTING THE GRINDING ENERGY OF VRM DEPENDING ON MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION

Deniz Altun, Hakan Benzer, Carsten Gerold, Christian Schmitz

SIMULATION ASSISTED CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT OF CEMENT GRINDING CIRCUIT: CASE STUDY CEMENT PLANT

H. Dündar, H. Benzer, N.A. Aydoğan, O. Altun, N.A. Toprak, O. Özcan, D. Eksi, A. Sargın

SINGLE PARTICLE IMPACT BREAKAGE CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS BY DROP WEIGHT TESTING

Ömürden Genç, Levent Ergün, Hakan Benzer

Mineral Processing Design and Optimization

THE IMPROVEMENT OF MILL THROUGHPUT USING BARMAC PREGRINDING TECHNOLOGY AT CEMENT PLANTS

Sedat Esen, Hakan Benzer

EFFECT OF OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS AND RECYCLING LOAD ON THE HIGH PRESSURE GRINDING ROLLS (HPGR) PERFORMANCE

Özgür Özcan, Namık A. Aydoğan, Hakan Benzer

EFFECTS OF OPERATING PARAMETERS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF DRY STIRRED MILLING

Okay Altun, Hakan Benzer, Udo Enderle

HIGH PRESSURE GRINDING ROLLS (HPGR) APPLICATIONS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY

Namık A. Aydoğan, Levent Ergün, Hakan Benzer

INVESTIGATION OF THE BREAKAGE OF HARD AND SOFT COMPONENTS UNDER HIGH COMPRESSION: HPGR APPLICATION

Hakan Benzer, Namık A. Aydoğan, Hakan Dündar

MULTI COMPONENT MODELLING OF AN AIR CLASSIFIER

Okay Altun, Alper Toprak, Hakan Benzer, Özgün Darilmaz

OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE VERTICAL ROLLER MILL PERFORMANCE

Deniz Altun, Hakan Benzer, Namık Aydoğan, Carsten Gerold

OPTIMIZATION OF ÇAYELİ(ÇBİ) GRINDING CIRCUIT BY MODELLING AND SIMULATION

L. Ergün, Ö. Giilsoy, M. Can & H. Benzer

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ÇBİ FLOTATION PLANT USING MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS

Z. Ekmekçi, M. Can, Ş.L. Ergiin, Ö.Y. Gülsoy, H. Benzer & İ. B. Çelik

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION STUDIES IN ÇAYELİ GRINDING CIRCUIT

L. Ergün, Ö. Y. Gülsoy, N.M. Can & H. Benzer

SELECTION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF HIGH EFFICIENCY AIR CLASSIFIERS

Okay Altun, Hakan Benzer

THE EVALUATION OF A COPPER FLOTATION PLANT PERFORMANCE BY PLANT SURVEY AND LABORATORY TESTS

Levent Ergün, Zafir Ekmekçi, Özcan Gülsoy, Hakan Benzer