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Early SAG mills had a diameter of about 32'', later increasing to 34, 36, 38 and 40''. At the same time the mill volume also increased. Typically a SAG mill has a much larger diameter compared to its length. Yet the SAG mill of Newmont''s Yanacocha mine in Peru is a single stage mill (no ball mill after the SAG mill.