TOWER FINE MILLING EXPERIENCE AT MOUNT ISA MINES
used. Tower mills were first introduced in the 1950s as an alternative to the ball mills in a regrinding application. Since then they have been used to grind a range of materials from limestone to coal to sulphide concentrates. A Tower mill can be installed for a fraction of the cost of an equivalent kilowatt ball mill. The maintenance costs and availability of the Tower mill are the same when