Jan 16, 2016 In mineral processing, the reduction of minerals by crushing and grinding may be regarded as having one or other of two main objectives the attainment of a size appropriate for the direct industrial application of the mineral, e.g. barytes, sand, aggregate or the release of metallic or ore inclusions from an unwanted matrix with a view to maximum separation. In both cases, quarrying, as a rule by explosives, followed by coarse crushing For mineral processing project, after blasting, crushing and screening system is always the first stage to reduce the big raw ore lumps to proper small particle size for following mill grinding system. Normally to reduce the big ore lumps to small particles, two to three stages crushing Comminution in the mineral processing plant is carried out in a sequential manner using crushers and screens followed by grinding mills and classifiers. The various types of comminution equipment including their general application are described in detail below. 3.2.1 Crushing Equipment Primary Crushers - Jaw and Gyratory