STARTLING EFFECT OF BALL SCATS REMOVAL ON SAG MILL .
the ball scats from a singlestage SAG mill. These scats are nonspherical ball fragments resulting from uneven wear of balls with included porosity. 30t of scats were removed from a total charge load of 70t. Surveying and modelling the mill revealed that the breakage rates had increased dramatically at the coarser end of the size distribution.