Grindability of binary ore blends in ball mills Luís Marcelo Tavaresa,⇑, Raquel D.C. Kallembacka,b a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – COPPE/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil bVale S.A., Porto de Tubrarão, Vitória, ES, Brazil article info Article history: Received 1 September 2012 Accepted 1 November 2012