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This Table of Ball Mill Bond Work Index of Minerals is a summary as tested on ‘around the world
sample’.  You can nd the SG of each mineral samples on the other table.
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KWh/t

Avg Bond kWh/t kWh/t kWh/sh.t kWh/t kWh/t kWh/t kWh/t Rang
Work Index

Fluorspar 9.8 8.9 9.8 10.0 10.0 12.7 6-25

Pyrite ore 9.8 8.9 9.8 9.5 10.0 10.1 7-13

Bauxite 9.7 9.5 8.8 9.7 10.0 10.0 14.5 1-31

Ferro- 9.2 8.3 9.1 9.0 7.9 5-14

manganese

Potash ore 8.9 8.1 8.9 9.0 9.0

Ferro- 8.4 7.6 8.4 8.5 20.4 3-77

chrome

Gypsum rock 7.4 6.7 7.4 7.0

Emery 62.5 56.7 62.5 62.5

Barite 6.3 4.7 5.2 5.0 5.8 4-9

Graphite 48.0 43.6 47.9 48.0

Flint 28.8 26.2 28.8 29.0 29.0 27.4 22-3

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Silicon 28.5 25.9 28.5 28.5 29.0

carbide

Diorite 23.0 20.9 23.0 23.0 11.6 10-1

Geneiss 22.2 20.1 22.1 22.0

Trap rock 21.3 19.3 21.3 21.5

Gabbro 20.3 18.5 20.3 19.5

Andesite 20.1 18.3 20.1 19.5

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Basalt 18.9 17.1 18.8 19.0 19.0

Gravel 17.7 16.1 17.7 17.5 18.0 11-2

Oil shale 17.5 15.8 17.4 17.5 38.2 16-7

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Shale 17.5 15.9 17.5 17.5 10.1 3-21

Coke 16.7 21.0 15.1 16.8 16.5 17.0 33.5 29-4

Granite 16.6 15.1 16.6 16.5 11.0 9.9 10-1

Gold ore 16.5 14.8 14.9 16.4 16.5 14.6 3-42

Taconite 16.1 15.2 14.6 16.1 16.0 12.0 8-19

Slate 15.8 14.3 15.7 16.0 16.0

Silica sand 15.5 14.1 15.5 15.5 16.0

Specularite 15.3 13.8 15.2

Nickel ore 15.1 12.0 13.7 15.0 15.0 12.5 2-24

Cement 15.0 13.1 13.5 14.8 15.0 15.0 13.6 7-77

clinker

Quartz 15.0 13.6 14.9 15.0 15.0 14.4 11-2

Sodium 14.9 13.4 14.7 15.0

silicate

Syenite 14.5 13.1 14.4 14.5

Hematite 14.3 12.9 12.8 14.1 14.0 14.0 11.1 2-31

Molybdenum 14.1 12.8 12.8 14.1 14.0 11.6 10-1

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Copper ore 14.0 13.0 12.7 14.0 14.0 12.8 4-30

Rutile ore 14.0 12.7 14.0 14.0 14.0

Limestone 13.8 10.3 12.7 14.0 14.0 14.0 9.9 4-36

Glass 13.6 12.3 13.5 14.0 14.0

Glass 13.6

Titanium ore 13.6 11.9 12.3 13.6 14.0 11.4 7-17

Manganese 13.5 12.2 13.4 14.0 13.9 6-23

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Lead ore 12.9 11.3 11.9 13.1 13.0 13.0 10.3 8-13

Zinc ore 12.7 12.4 11.6 12.7 13.5 12.0 10.9 6-16
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Hematite - 12.5 11.3 12.5

Oolitic

Dolomite 12.4 11.3 12.4 12.5 13.0 13.9 6-25

Magnesite 12.3 11.1 12.2 12.5 12.0 14.6 5-25

Tin ore 12.0 11.2 10.9 12.0 11.5 11.8 10-1

Fluorspar 11.9 10.0

Lead-zinc 11.7 11.4 10.9 12.0 12.0 12.5 7-26

ore

Cement 11.6 12.0 10.6 10.0 3-27

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Spodumene 11.4 10.4 11.4 11.5

ore

Ferro-silicon 11.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 17.9 6-51

Magnetite 11.0 11.5 10.0 11.0 11.0 13.2 6-29

Phosphate 10.9 10.5 9.9 10.9 11.0 11.0 13.6 3-25

rock

Pyrrhotite 10.6 9.6 10.5 11.0

ore

Quartzite 10.6 9.6 10.5 11.0 11.0 11.2 7-16

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Slag 10.4 10.2 11.3 11.5 11.0 17.2 10-2

Alumina 17.9 7-34

Chrome ore 13.4 7-17

Clay 6.3 6.9 7.0 7.1 10.8 4-23

Clay 11.4 19.6 15-2

calcined

Coal 11.3 13.0 14.3 14.5 11.4 15.4 13-1

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Coke 74.5
Petroleum

Conc 18.5 7-29

Conc 19.2 7-27

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Conc

Copper - 15.5 13-1

nickel ore

Copper - zinc 9.8 5-14

ore

Corundum 30.4

Feldspar 10.8 11.9 13.0 12.0 11.7 9-14

Ferro - 7.2 6-9

magnesium

Iron ore, 13.5 12.4 4-31

unidenti ed

Lignite 13.4
(Coal)

Limestone 11.0 6-18

burnt

Limonite 9.0 5-19

Magnetite 11.0

Malartic 19.1

Marble 4.1

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Marl 10.2 4-18

Matte 28.4 12-3

Oyster Shells 15.1 13-1

Phosphate 16.5 12-3

fertilizer

Sand stone 11.0 27.4 16-3

Sand, Silica 23.8 9-50

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Siderite 10.4 9-14

Silica rock 14.3 8-23

Silver ore 17.0 17.0 13-2

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Slag iron 12.2 18.3 12-2

blast furnace

Steel mill 22.2 6-89

nerup

Tailings 14.0 12-1

Tale 15.3 8-22

Tungsten ore 11.0 7-17

Uranium Ore 17.0 14.6 10-3

Zircon Sand 20.0

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Source 1: Table of materials reported by Fred Bond

Source 2: Outokumpu, The science of comminution
Source 3: Equipment and pipelines
Source 4: Tenova Bateman mills (AG/SAG, Rod, Ball Mills)
Source 5: Doering international GmbH www.cylpebs.com
Source 6: SME handbook of mineral processing, N.L Weiss Editor, NY 1985

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