Energy Consumption in Mining Comminution
crushing, grinding, processing, tailings, process water, plant general (ancillary). Adding this energy to the average energy needed for an open pit mine, calculated as 11,766 kWh/kilotonne in [6], or the average energy needed for an underground mine, 10,241 kWh /kilotonne [4], the energy needs for an open pit with refining, will be N33,507 kWh/kilotonne [5]. Figure 2. Average energy needs for