25.3 Crushing and milling | Mining of mineral resources
Inside a ball mill, the balls move round in a circle as the mill turns, crushing the ore into a powder. ... We are the world's largest producers of chromium, manganese, platinum, vanadium and andalusite; and the second largest producer of ilmenite, palladium, rutile and zirconium. We are the third largest coal exporter, fifth largest diamond ...