A&B MYLEC ACARP PROJECT

A&B Mylec are in the process of finalising our most recent ACARP project “Large Diameter Dense Medium Cyclone Performance in Low Density / High Near Gravity Environment”. ACARP contributed $500k for this project which was a follow-up of the Large Diameter Dense Medium Cyclone ACARP project that A&B Mylec completed in 2010. A&B Mylec people who contributed to this project were:

Newlands Audits: Warren Miller, Glenn Sherritt, Jeffrey Conaghan and Mick Barber.
Laboratory Audits & Data Validation: Alan Bennetts & Shaun Sully
Data Analysis & Reporting: Marnie Rowe, Ashleigh Jones, Glenn Sherritt & Andy Meyers

This project evaluated the performance of a large diameter (1450mm cyclone diameter) high capacity (363mm equivalent inlet diameter) dense medium cyclone, treating a full size range of –50+1.4wwmm at cut-points in the range 1.42-1.51RD and 17-45% NG (+/-0.1RD). A range of feed solids loading / M:C ratios (3:1 to 6:1), and feed pressure conditions (5D to 9D) were tested with the objective of identifying the point at which this DMC would begin to exhibit performance deterioration in a low density, high near gravity separation environment. The performance assessment encompassed both the target coarse coal fractions and the non-magnetics in the medium samples to assess the limits at very fine size fractions. The outcome of this assessment showed similar performance achieved to that of both smaller diameter cyclones and from higher density, low near gravity separations determined on this same cyclone in earlier studies. The performance of the cyclone only began to show deterioration at size fractions below a GMS of 1mm and it is only in these size fractions where the reported “breakaway” particle size would appear to have any relevance.

  • 2021 ACPS 18TH Conference

    1 July 2020

    An introduction to the 2021 Australian Coal Preparation Society (ACPS) conference and exhibition to be held in Tamworth, Australia from Tuesday 9th to Friday 12th March 2021....more

  • IEA Coal Quality Workshop

    13 December 2016

    Anthony Williams, Manager of Utilisation Technology at A&B Mylec presented a paper at the IEA’s Coal Quality Workshop in New Delhi on the 10 November 2016. The workshop was co-hosted by the IEA....more

  • Capricornia Business Awards 2016

    22 November 2016

    On Friday the 11th of November Team A&B Mylec attended the 2016 CQ Business Awards. We were being considered for two of the twelve awards won on the evening, with our nominations being for the Most... more

  • Bowen Basin Geologist Symposium

    19 October 2015

    Our paper ‘Market Evaluation of Bowen Basin thermal coals for the Indian and Chinese Markets’ explores the utilisation performance and value-in-use of thermal coals from the Bowen Basin particularly... more

  • ACPS Emerald Symposium 2015

    22 July 2015

    At the 2015 ACPS Emerald Symposium held earlier this month, A&B Mylec Director Andy Meyers gave a presentation on Fines Circuit Design and Performance Enhancement Elements Impact on... more

  • Coal Handling & Preparation Plant benchmarking

    9 July 2015

    A&B Mylec Pty Ltd undertake external CHPP benchmarking to compare our client’s CHPP performance against best practice. There are many KPIs for washplant performance but the fundamental drivers... more

  • MarketMastorTM Demonstration

    14 April 2015

    MarketMastor™ is a tool that evaluates coal quality, utilisation performance and value-in-use of coals in plants around the world. The video demonstrates newly developed capabilities in MarketMastor that... more

  • Data Unification

    13 March 2015

    A&B Mylec has developed a unique way of generating reliable washability data from crushed borecore data. Such data was previously unsuitable to use for generating practical wash plant yield and product... more

  • Strategic Coal Marketing

    5 NOVEMBER 2014

    ABM presents our new service “Strategic Coal Marketing” for mining houses and trading companies. This service begins with our world wide database of end users. We progressively filter this database... more

  • Oaky Creek HBF Performance

    5 NOVEMBER 2014

    A&B Mylec Pty Ltd was requested to conduct a performance review of the Horizontal Belt Filters in their Coal Preparation Plant, and to propose recommendations to decrease the HBF... more

  • A&B MYLEC INTRODUCING - MARKETMASTOR

    3 APRIL 2014

    A&B Mylec have developed a new tool that can be used by Technical Marketing Specialists and Utility Operations Managers to evaluate how their products and feed stocks... more

  • PRESS RELEASE - ACPS 15TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

    3 APRIL 2014

    The Australian Coal Preparation Society's (ACPS) 15th National Conference "Continuing Excellence in Coal Preparation" will be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition... more

  • WHOLE OF RESOURCE OPTIMISATION MODELLING(WOROM)

    13 JUNE 2013

    A&B Mylec recommend the development a Whole of Resource Optimisation Model (WOROM) to be incorporated into the Operational / Life of Mine Plan (LOMP). This approach assists... more

  • REDUCE YOUR COST OF OPERATION

    5 JUNE 2013

    With over 40 technical staff, operating throughout Australia and around the world, A&B Mylec have the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver real 'cost of operations' savings to your proposed mining operation... more