PDF SAG Mill Testing Test Procedures to Characterize Ore Grindability
mill. As such, primary ball mills should be designed with the rod mill work index, and singlestage ball mills should be with both the rod mill and ball mill indices. This is because it is common to observe a difference (sometimes significant) between the rod mill and ball mill index values for a given ore type (McKen, Verret, Williams, 2006 ...