Following up on the last blog post talking about the purpose of agglomeration drums, I thought it would be a good opportunity to share a couple videos of agglomeration drums in operation. I have two videos this time, one showing crushed ore being fed to two Sepro 3x8m agglomeration drums in Mexico and the other showing material being agglomerated inside the drum. If a picture is worth a thousand words then a video should be worth somewhat more than that so I can feel okay keeping this post brief. . . 

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I often get questions about the purpose of agglomeration in heap leaching operations so I thought this blog post would be a good opportunity to give a brief overview of the agglomeration process as well as talk about when it is and isn't necessary. When an ore is crushed, often a lot of fine particles are created. These particles can prevent leaching solution from moving evenly through a heap and this can dramatically decrease recovery. Agglomeration solves this problem by sticking the fine particles either to each other or to larger particles in the ore so that the leach solution can flow evenly through the ore for maximum recovery. Continue reading for a more detailed explanation . . .