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IV. BALL MILLS Ball mills are one of the more common mills and use a closed cylindrical container that is rotated horizontally on its axis so that the media cascades. A typical ball mill has an L/D ratio of :1. Ball mills are filled with spheres or other shapes made of steel or ceramics; or with pebbles made of flint (or of an ore being ground).