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Research Finds Even the Top Decile of FTSE-100 Mobile Websites are Haphazard
UK Businesses are way Behind Their American Competitors and Losing Out as a Result
Despite the rapid take-up of smartphone and tablet mobile devices, a surge in m-commerce and the introduction of 4G, FTSE-100 companies are not mobile-ready and as a result are wasting millions of pounds on internet advertising by sending consumers to sites that do not work as users expect them to. The fix is easy.
A comprehensive study into UK mobile business performance, by Incentivated, reveals a chasm between consumer behaviour and Britain's top companies. Incentivated employed the kind of rigour that consumers do when voting with their thumbs, and the reason why leading US brands are dominating the digital landscape as it mobilises. UK and Europe no longer lead the way in mobile marketing. The Americans follow the dollars and people are buying through mobile.
Each FTSE-100 company website was analysed and scored for mobile readiness based on three objective criteria as well as two subjective ones: whether a mobile search is automatically detected and directed to a mobile site (or served a meaningful responsive design); whether the page size is small enough to load quickly on a 2.5G or 3G network (i.e. an element of server-side responsiveness or 'RESS' to reduce payload); and whether the site is optimised to work across multiple mobile platforms such as Android, Windows and Blackberry rather than just iPhone alone. (Minor UX issues, like hiding the URL bar to release more space for content, have been ignored in this analysis.)
The subjective criteria included: whether the site contained useful content or was just a blog or similar short-form content such as a list of links to un-optimised desktop content, and whether there was branding in place. Mobile real estate is just as valuable as anything else and some businesses have shown that a small screen-size is no limit to creativity.
The tests revealed (full detail of the research findings available on request):
• 69 of FTSE 100 firms are not optimised for mobile at all
• 22 have had a go but scored badly
• Only eight score moderately well but frankly are inadequate
• Only one (M&S) stood out, scoring four out of five
Yet it's so easy to obtain a score of four or even five out of five. You have to look outside the FTSE-100, to publishers and smaller businesses (e.g. Gatwick Airport) or to American businesses to find scores of four to five. In comparison US brands, a handful of global brands get it all right; businesses such as Amazon, Ebay, Twitter, Remington etc. (That said, businesses like Samsung and Microsoft only score slightly better than average and Apple still refuses to play ball at all, but maybe you don't need to when people are falling over themselves to buy your product.)
Surprising results included ARM (the designer of chips that power most mobile phones) and WPP (world's largest marketing services business); both of which scored poorly.
Examples of failings by type
Category Company Commentary What can you say - a No mobile site Legal & General missed opportunity. This retailer has been left behind by the entire sector and will be missing out on sales. Evidence is clear that Mobile site not accessible from consumers buy through or presented through the sites more than they do www. URL (i.e. difficult through apps (Next has a to find via search) Next good app). In CRH's case the home page is >4mb (could take several minutes to download on 3G and even Page file size too large CRH longer on GPRS). Technical issues prevent content working on most devices, including Technical issues Babcock iPhone. Looks like it was built Poor or no branding ARM ten years ago. Professional services firms rarely practise Poor or no content WPP what they preach. Clicking on most of the content links takes you to the (non mobilised) Veneer of mobilisation Aviva desktop site.
Localisation has not been tested, i.e. we have assumed the user is UK based even though many of these businesses have global reach.
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Company focus: J Sainsbury's, BT and M&S
Recognising that it is less essential for corporate sites to be mobilised if their consumer and brand sites are mobile ready, the study examined three 'technically good' FTSE 100 companies in-depth: BT, J Sainsbury's, and Marks & Spencer.
This analysis found that only BT's corporate site is optimised but none of its consumer-facing phone or TV services is available in a mobile format, while its broadband users are dealt with minimally through one Wi-Fi hotspot finder. With price comparison sites mobilising BT has a chance to leave Virgin Media and Sky behind i.e. these comparison sites will direct traffic to a mobilised BT.
Marks & Spencer mobile site is fully optimised, scoring four out of five with the one scoring loss coming from the way the site has had to be built initially - a short-term constraint dictated by a pre-mobile website strategy. The current mobile solution does its best to work around these known issues.
Both J Sainsbury's corporate and consumer sites are optimised for small screen. However, while the latter fulfils all technical criteria, its branding and content are greatly lacking. Most of the desktop site's imagery has been stripped away and sections of the site are not optimised. In any other sector, for UK businesses, this would be considered 'OK' - but UK retailers have woken up to the ROI from mobile commerce and businesses like J Sainsbury and John Lewis have been left behind.
Best and worst mobile companies
The research found that M&S has the best mobile site in the FTSE100, while seven companies jointly hold the title for worst mobile sites (scoring 0/5) including Rolls Royce and International Airlines Group (parent of BA and Iberia).
According to the Standard Industry Codes (SIC) the best performing category is Information and Communication, the worst is a three-way tie between Transportation, Admin and Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities.
Sector examples of mobilisation in action (not exhaustive*)
Sector Company Commentary No re-direct, slow loading due to large Accommodation & Food Intercontinental file sizes and little Services Hotels content and branding. Almost no branding or content on the site, but technically capable. The energy Energy SSE sector lags others. Desktop site served to mobile devices, slow loading due to large file sizes though to give them credit their Financial Services Barclays app strategy is good. BSkyB are making real efforts to provide mobile access to their customer base, yet this is through apps restricted by access to specific devices that cause as much frustration as delight. Meanwhile they still Arts, Entertainment & serve their desktop Recreation BSkyB site to mobiles Almost no branding or content on the site, but technically Mining & Quarrying Tullow Oil capable. No re-direct, little branding and content but technically capable. New mobile Manufacturing Imperial Tobacco site "coming soon". Slow loading due to large file sizes but Information and good content and Communications Vodafone reasonable branding. No re-direct, little branding and content but technically Pharmaceutical Shire capable. Negligible brand and content (just press releases and share price) - odd given who Professional WPP they are. Negligible brand and content (just new and Property Land Securities telephone numbers). One of the best sites; a few technical improvements required to make it work on more Retail M&S devices etc. Transportation None have n/a
Millions wasted by all British advertisers
In the first half of 2012, £1,527 million was spent on pay per click search advertising in the UK*. Google estimates that 25% of all searches are made from a mobile device, which means that up to £381 million was wasted by UK advertisers, many of which are in the FTSE 100, because they are directing people to mobile websites that do not work effectively, if at all.
*Source: PwC-IAB, October 2012
Mobile homogenisation
There is also a mobile branding issue as Incentivated found 70% of companies that have attempted to mobilise use an almost unbranded, homogenised, 'stacked bricks' design. All FTSE companies have invested heavily in their brands in the real world and online, but almost all have ignored mobile. This completely erodes individual brand character or distinctiveness in the mobile environment.
Jonathan Bass, managing director of Incentivated, said: "It's a myth that 2013 will be a tipping point for mobile, British business is woefully unprepared compared with our American cousins. Lots of companies are dipping their toes into mobile, but very few getting properly wet. Too many businesses assume that mobile is an extension of their current online offering. It isn't, it requires a very different approach. They don't know what they don't know and nor do their digital agencies. And don't get me started on SMS; an incredibly powerful tool alongside a mobile site or to support the physical presence, logistics and customer services.
"Mobile is becoming more important than the desktop and the benefits are screamingly obvious. Companies with a mobile-optimised website generate more revenues and customer engagement. They stand-out from their competition right now as well. The lack of investment and inconsistencies among FTSE business should worry all boardrooms."
A final word on apps
Some organisations have adopted an 'app-only-strategy', believing these to be the answer. In our experience, and based upon numerous examples, case studies and the like, an app is never 'the' answer - it is one element of a response. As Steve Jobs has said: "you have to start with customer experience and work backwards to the technology." Creating an iPhone app and working from there ignores the context of the mobile relationship a customer has with a brand - too many fail to appreciate it is their customer that is mobile. A website is the universally accessible default starting point for all of us, rather than being locked out because we didn't choose the 'right' phone to do business with a given brand. Google remains, for now, the place people start browsing.
The research was conducted by Incentivated in November 2012. Full research documents available on request.
About Incentivated Ltd
Incentivated (incentivated.com) is a specialist full-service mobile agency staffed by experts totally focused on building mobile-enabled businesses. For more than a decade Incentivated has developed mobile and m-commerce strategies, built websites, apps, campaigns, SMS and CRM solutions for blue chip businesses, brands and charities.
Today's clients are a mix of high street retailers, utility companies, Government, airports, airlines and car marques that believe m-commerce will be more important than e-commerce. These clients looked to Incentivated's industry insight and proprietary technology to best position themselves to profit from mobile internet across smart phones and tablet devices. Incentivated delivers an end-to-end mobile service from consultancy and creative applications, to campaigns, hosting and data management. Its proprietary mobile content management system, called IRIS, enables Incentivated to build sophisticated mobile platforms and apps, set up and send high volume messages, manage and interrogate data.
Incentivated is writing the rule book for mobile business and helping UK PLC to think 'mobile now & mobile first' not 'mobile tomorrow'.
UK clients include: Airbus, British Airways, British Gas, Gatwick Airport, John Lewis, M&S, John Lewis, Waitrose Mitsubishi, Monsoon, nPower, Scottish Power and Tesco amongst others.
SOURCE Incentivated
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US 5131600 A Abstract The efficiency of grinding of silica-containing solids such as mineral ores is improved by the addition of alkanol amines as a grinding aid. Examples of useful amines include diethanol amine, ethanol amine, triethanol amine and mixtures thereof.
Claims(8) 1. A process for the wet grinding of silica- or siliceous gangue-containing solids which comprise ores containing mineral values, comprising carrying out the grinding operation in the presence of a sufficient amount of a liquid medium to yield a solids slurry of said silica or siliceous gangue-containing solids of about 40 to about 60 volume percent of said solids and a grinding aid consisting essentially of an amount of at least one alkanol amine dispersible in the liquid medium effective to act as a grinding aid, the alkanol amine corresponding to the formula
(R)X NH.sub.(3-x) wherein x is from one to three and R is separately in each occurrence a C1-6 alkanol. 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the alkanol amine is used at a level of at least about 10 grams per ton of dry solids and no greater than about 3000 grams per ton of dry solids.
3. The process of claim 2 wherein the alkanol amine is used at a level of at least about 100 grams per ton of dry solids and no greater than about 1000 grams per ton of dry solids.
4. The process of claim 1 wherein the alkanol amine is selected from the group consisting of ethanol amine, diethanol amine, triethanol amine, propanol amine, isopropanol amine, butanol amine, isobutanol amine and mixtures thereof.
5. The process of claim 4 wherein the alkanol amine is diethanol amine.
6. The process of claim 1 wherein the silica- or siliceous gangue-containing solid is an oxide ore.
7. The process of claim 1 wherein the silica- or siliceous gangue-containing solid is a noble metal ore.
8. The process of claim 1 wherein the silica- or siliceous gangue-containing solid is a sulfide ore.
Description This is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 484,012, filed Feb. 23, 1990, (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,057,279) which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 336,196 filed Apr. 11, 1989 now abandoned, which in a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 310,271 filed Feb. 13, 1989, now abandoned. This invention is related to wet-grinding of particulate material containing silica or siliceous gangue in the presence of a grinding aid. Reduction of the particle size of various mineral ores is an important step in various processes. For example, mineral ores are frequently subjected to particle size reduction prior to further processing steps such as froth flotation, mechanical separation and pelletization. Grinding operations are usually carried out in mills such as ball, bead, rod or pebble mills, depending upon the degree of size reduction required. Autogeneous grinding may also be employed or a combination of media and autogeneous milling referred to as semi-autogeneous grinding may be used. In the processing of ores, an essential step is the size reduction or comminution of the ore to the size at which valuable metal grains are released from the gangue matrix. As the quality of ore available decreases, the degree of comminution necessary to release the valuables from the gangue also increases. This in turn increases the grinding cost to process the ore. Since the grinding process is quite energy intensive, the increases in energy costs coupled with the need for additional grinding has resulted in grinding costs being a significant portion of the cost of processing minerals and coals. The amount of breakage per unit time (breakage kinetics) and mass transfer of grinding are frequently controlled by the addition and removal of water to the mill. Water is an excellent medium for grinding due to its high polarity. When the mass transport of the slurry through the mill decreases, corrective action is taken either by decreasing the feed rate of solids and/or increasing the amount of water entering the mill. These actions avoid overloading of the mill, but decrease efficiency since fewer solids are ground per unit time. Various chemical agents that act as grinding aids have been employed in efforts to increase wet grinding efficiencies and economics. One way in which grinding efficiencies may be improved is by modifying the viscosity of a slurry of a given weight percent solids. These methods have had varying levels of success in certain systems. However, since grinding is a preliminary step in processing, it is important that grinding aids not have a negative impact on subsequent operations. Various dispersants and surfactants such as anionic polyelectrolytes, polysiloxane, organosilicones, lycols, certain amines, graphite and non-polar liquids have all been utilized with varying degrees of success. However, no method of choosing the best surfactant for a given processing scheme exists and trial and error is often used to find the most efficient system. However, certain conditions have been found to be required for grinding aids to act as suitable viscosity control agents. These conditions include: (1) the chemical must adsorb on enough of the solid surfaces available so as to affect slurry viscosity: (2) the unmodified slurry viscosity must be high enough so that use of the grinding aid can help reduce or control slurry viscosity; (3) the grinding aid must be consistent in its ability to lower viscosity as a function of the chemical concentration, pH, water quality and amount of shear present; (4) the chemical must be non-toxic and degradable; (5) the grinding aid must not adversely affect downstream operations; and (6) the use of the grinding aid must be economically viable in grinding operations. Thus, it is desirable to find grinding aids which fulfill these conditions. The present invention is a process for the wet grinding of silica- or siliceous gangue-containing solids, which solids comprise ores containing mineral values, comprising carrying out the grinding operation in the presence of a liquid medium and at least one alkanol amine dispersible in the liquid medium. The alkanol amine is used in an amount effective to provide increased grinding efficiency. The grinding process of this invention is useful in the grinding of solids containing silica or siliceous gangue. It is surprising that the use of a small amount of an alkanol amine results in more efficient grinding. It has also been found that the alkanol amine grinding aid does not detrimentally affect further processing of the treated ores. The method of the present invention is preferably carried out in the presence of a polar liquid medium in which the grinding aid is sufficiently dispersible to produce an improvement in grinding efficiency. It may be feasible to use a liquid which is not a solvent for the grinding aid so long as a solvent or dispersant for the grinding aid is also present. Water is the preferred medium. The concentration of the solids to be ground in the liquid medium may vary within wide limits. It is usual to operate grinding operations using a slurry within the range of solid content of from about 40 to about 60 volume percent. The solid content is preferably from about 40 to about 55, more preferably from about 65 to about 88 and most preferably from about 44 to about 53 volume percent of the slurry. As will be recognized by one skilled in the art and discussed further below, the volume percent solids of the slurry at which the grinding aid of the present invention will be most effective is dependent on a number of factors including the identity of the solids in the slurry and the amount of silica of siliceous gangue included with the solids. it is a particular feature of the present invention that the solids to be ground contain silica or siliceous gangue. Silica and/or siliceous gangue is often present in mineral ores, including oxide ores, sulfide ores and noble metal ores. Without wishing to be bound by any theory, it is assumed that the grinding aids of the present invention are effective due to interactions with the silica or siliceous gangue present in the solids. Thus, the invention is most effective in the grinding of solids containing relatively large amounts of silica. By relatively large amounts of silica, it is meant that the solids are at least about 5 weight percent silica or siliceous gangue, more preferably at least about 20 weight percent silica or siliceous gangue and most preferably at least about 40 weight percent silica or siliceous gangue. The upper limit on the amount of silica gangue is, in a practical sense, that amount which leaves a sufficient amount of valuable solids present for the grinding to be economically feasible. This amount varies depending on the economic value of the solids to be recovered. Various silica- or siliceous gangue-containing solids may be ground by the process of the present invention. These solids include natural sands such as oil sands, tar sands and oil shale and mineral ores including oxide, sulfides and noble metal ores. Non-limiting examples of silica-containing oxide ores which may be ground using the practice of this invention preferably include iron oxides, nickel oxides, phosphorus oxides, copper oxides and titanium oxides. Other types of oxygen-containing minerals having silica gangue which may be treated using the practice of this invention include carbonates such as calcite or dolomite and hydroxides such as bauxite. Specific non-limiting examples of silica-containing oxide ores which may be ground using the process of this invention are ores including cassiterite, hematite, cuprite, vallerite, calcite, talc, kaolin, apatite, dolomite. bauxite, spinel, corundum, laterite, azurite, rutile, magnetite, columbite, ilmenite, smithsonite, anglesite, scheelite, chromite, cerussite, pyrolusite. malachite, chrysocolla, zincite, massicot, bixbyite, anatase, brookite, tungstite, uraninite, gummite, brucite, manganite, psilomelane, goethite, limonite, chrysoberyl, microlite, tantalite and samarskite. Various silica-containing sulfide ores may also be ground by the practice of this invention. Non-limiting examples of sulfide ores which may be ground by the process of this invention include those containing chalcopyrite, chalcocite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite and pentlandite. Grinding efficiency may be determined from the amount of particulate solid of particle size less than 325 mesh (44 micrometers) U. S. Standard, that can be formed from a given liquid slurry of constant volume of liquid and solids using the same energy input. Normally, as the weight percent of ore solids in this slurry is increased, the grinding efficiency of the grinding medium is decreased. Thus, it is critical in the practice of this invention that the amount of grinding aid used is sufficient to reverse the trend towards a lower grinding efficiency as weight percent concentration of solids in the slurry is increased. Alkanol amines are useful in this invention as grinding aids for grinding silica-containing solids. It is preferred that the alkanol amines used in the practice of this invention are lower alkanol amines having from about one to about six carbon atoms. In a preferred embodiment, the alkanol amines correspond to the formula (R)x NH.sub.(3-x) wherein x is from one to three and R is separately in each occurrence a C1-6 alkanol which may be branched or linear. In an even more preferred embodiment, the alkanol amine is ethanol amine, diethanol amine, triethanol amine, propanol amine. isopropanol amine, butanol amine, isobutanol amine or mixtures thereof. It is most preferred that the alkanol is diethanol amine. The alkanol amines useful in the practice of this invention are available commercially. As will be recognized by one skilled in the art, commercially available alkanol amines will have varying degrees of purity. For example, commercially available diethanol amine may contain varying amounts of ethanol amine and/or triethanol amine. Such alkanol amines are suitable in the practice of the present invention. The amount of grinding aid effective to increase the grinding efficiency will vary depending on factors unique to each solid being ground. A very significant factor is the amount of silica contained in the solid to be ground. As discussed above, it is assumed that the grinding aids of the present invention function by interacting with the silica present with the solid. Thus, the amount of grinding aid needed is related to the amount of silica present. Additional factors to be considered include mill type, slurry volume, number and size of grinding media, raw ore or solid particle size, mill rpm and solid properties. These factors affect the "selection" function which describes the probability that a particle of any particular size will be broken in a given unit of time. The properties unique to each solid to be ground affect the "distribution function", that is, the number and size distribution of fragments into which a particle subdivide when it is broken. Measurement of the number and size distribution of fragments after grinding will allow the calculation of the effect of the aid on the selection and distribution functions which will indicate the effectiveness of the grinding aid added. Further reference to the use of selection and distribution functions in determining the effect of grinding aid materials in wet grinding processes can be found in Klimpel. R. R., "Slurry Rheology Influence on the Performance of Mineral/Coal Grinding Circuits", Parts I and II, Mining Engineering, Vol. 34, pp. 1665-1668 (1982) and Vol. 35, pp. 21-26 (1983); Austin, L. G., Klimpel. R. R., and Luckic, P. T., Process Engineering of Size Reduction, Society of Mining Engineers, Littleton, Colo. (1984). The liquid slurry preferably contains grinding media such as those employed in large ore grinding mills such as ball, bead, rod or pebble mills. The media are generally of a sufficient size so that they do not contribute to the inherent viscosity of the slurry. These mills are distinct from those mills in which solids are ground to an extreme fineness such as is the case with paint pigments, for example. Typically, the effective amount of grinding aid ranges from about 10 grams per ton of dry solid up to about 3000 grams per ton of dry solid. The maximum amount of grinding aid used is typically limited by economic constraints. Preferably, the amount of grinding aid used ranges from about 100 grams per ton of dry solids up to about 1000 grams per ton of dry solids. The optimum amount of grinding aid from an economic viewpoint will depend on the particular material to be ground and various other factors as discussed above. The grinding process of the present invention may be done at the natural pH of the slurry or at a modified pH. In determining optimum pH, one skilled in the art will recognize the need to consider subsequent processing steps and how pH modifiers might affect those steps. The following examples are provided to illustrate the invention and should not be interpreted as limiting it in any way. Unless stated otherwise, all parts and percentages are by weight. Low grade taconite iron ore containing about 44 percent SiO2 from northern Minnesota is sized to 100 percent less than 10 mesh (2000 micrometers) U. S. Standard using jaw crushers and screens. Individual 1000 g samples are prepared using appropriate sample splitting techniques to maintain uniform mixing of the samples. A laboratory batch ball mill of 20.3 cm diameter and 30.5 cm length containing 120 2.54 cm balls is used as the grinding device. The mill is rotated at 60 rpm for 60 minutes. In each run the slurry volume is maintained at 950 cubic centimeters with the solids content being varied as shown in Table 1 below. The results of each run are wet screened using a 325 mesh (45 micrometers) U. S. Standard screen to determine the total weight of the solids ground finer than this size. Results are shown in Table I below. TABLE I__________________________________________________________________________ Dry Wt. of Ore Wt. % Vol. % Dosage Wt. % Grams of -325Run (g) Solids Solids Chemical Additive (g/ton) -325 Mesh U.S. Mesh__________________________________________________________________________ 11 1373 72 43.8 None -- 73.0 1002 2 1373 72 43.8 Diethanol amine 270 72.6 997 31 1535 76 49.0 None -- 65.7 1009 4 1535 76 49.0 Diethanol amine 270 66.1 1015 51 1726 80 55.2 None -- 60.0 1036 6 1726 80 55.2 Diethanol amine 135 60.5 1044 7 1726 80 55.2 Diethanol amine 270 61.1 1055 8 1726 80 55.2 Diethanol amine 450 61.8 1067 9 1726 80 55.2 Diethanol amine 900 62.3 107510 1726 80 55.2 Diethanol amine 2000 62.7 108211 1726 80 55.2 Ethanol amine 270 61.5 106212 1726 80 55.2 Triethanol amine 270 61.0 105313 1726 80 552. Isopropanol amine 270 60.8 105014 1726 80 55.2 Hexanol amine 270 60.4 104215 1726 80 55.2 Decanol amine 270 60.1 1037161 1828 82 58.0 None -- 53.5 97817 1828 82 58.0 Decanol amine 270 55.1 1007181 2046 86 64.9 None -- 39.3 80419 2046 86 64.9 Decanol amine 270 38.0 778__________________________________________________________________________ 1 Not an embodiment of the invention. The data in Table I above demonstrates the effectiveness of the present invention. In this particular ore, the grinding aid is most effective with slurries having weight percent solids greater than 72 and less than 86. The grinding aid is more effective as the dosage is increased although as is recognized by those skilled in the art, the dosage most useful in an industrial setting will depend on a balance between cost and effectiveness. The procedure outlined in Example 1 is followed with the exception that gold ore containing about 95 weight percent SiO2 is used rather than the iron ore and the grinding time is 120 minutes. The results obtained are shown in Table 11 below. TABLE II__________________________________________________________________________ Dry Wt. Wt. of Wt. Vol. % Grams of Ore % % Dosage -325 -325 U.S.Run (g) Solids Solids Chemical Additive (g/ton) Mesh Mesh__________________________________________________________________________ 11 731 52 29.0 None -- 87.7 641 2 731 52 29.0 Diethanol amine 270 89.1 651 31 910 60 36.1 None -- 84.5 769 4 910 60 36.1 Diethanol amine 270 84.7 771 51 1011 64 40.1 None -- 78.8 796 6 1011 64 40.1 Diethanol amine 270 78.4 792 71 1120 68 44.5 None -- 70.9 794 8 1120 68 44.5 Diethanol amine 270 72.1 808 91 1240 72 50.8 None -- 63.9 79210 1240 72 50.8 Diethanol amine 135 65.1 80711 1240 72 50.8 Diethanol amine 270 66.6 82612 1240 72 50.8 Diethanol amine 450 67.3 83513 1240 72 50.8 Diethanol amine 900 68.4 848141 1370 76 54.4 None -- 55.2 75615 1370 76 54.4 Diethanol amine 270 59.0 80816 1370 76 54.4 Triethanol amine 270 58.7 80417 1370 76 54.4 Isopropanol amine 270 58.3 79918 1370 76 54.4 Monoethanol amine 270 59.2 811191 1514 80 60.2 None -- 43.5 65920 1514 80 60.2 Diethanol amine 270 47.5 719__________________________________________________________________________ 1 Not an embodiment of the invention. The data in Table II shows the effectiveness of the present invention in grinding a noble metal ore having a high silica content. The grinding aid is most effective in this ore in slurries having the higher solids contents. The procedure outlined in Example 1 is followed with the exception that copper sulfide ore containing about 14 weight percent silica and siliceous gangue is used rather than the iron ore and the grinding time is 30 minutes. The results obtained are shown in Table III below. TABLE III__________________________________________________________________________ Dry Wt. Wt. of Wt. Vol. % Grams of Ore % % Dosage -325 -325 U.S.Run (g) Solids Solids Chemical Additive (g/ton) Mesh Mesh__________________________________________________________________________ 11 1073 66 41.8 None -- 50.1 538 2 1073 66 41.8 Diethanol amine 270 50.3 540 31 1130 68 44.0 None -- 50.5 571 4 1130 68 44.0 Diethanol amine 270 50.3 568 51 1251 72 48.8 None -- 45.6 570 6 1251 72 48.8 Diethanol amine 270 45.4 568 71 1385 76 54.0 None -- 38.4 531 8 1385 76 54.0 Diethanol amine 135 42.7 591 9 1385 76 54.0 Diethanol amine 270 43.1 59710 1385 76 54.0 Diethanol amine 450 43.6 60411 1385 76 54.0 Diethanol amine 900 44.0 609121 1531 80 59.7 None -- 33.3 51013 1531 80 59.7 Diethanol amine 270 33.8 517__________________________________________________________________________ 1? Not an embodiment of the invention. The data in Table IIl shows the effectiveness of the present invention in grinding a sulfide copper ore having a low silica content. 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