Estimated/Approximate Steel Liner Wear Life/Rate

A mill steel liner wear rate and total useful operating life is a function of
its hardness (mostly). Here is a chart displaying Liner Hardness on
the Brinell Scale as a function of the tonnage of ore/rock
milled/processed.

Not showed here is the impact a mills RPM has on the liners wear rate.

Comminution and Energy Consumption: By National Research

Council (U.S.). Committee on Comminution and Energy Consumption
How Abrasion Index affects Wear Rates

What is the relationship between Abrasion Index affects Wear Rates of

steel ball mill and rod mill liners as well as the wear life or consumption
of grinding balls or rods. A little bit of data on crusher (gyratory and roll)
liner wear life in also shown.

Rubber wear data.

Compare the Benefits of Steel VS Rubber/Poly-Met Mill Liners | When is Steel
better than Rubber

When are steel liners better than rubber/poly-met liners in a SAG mill or Ball
Mill? Lets compare! Rubber Liners are better for abrasion grinding ie: cascade
action but not for cataract mills.

The graph below shows the increased operating cost of rubber and steel liners
as the grinding ball size increases. Larger mill, larger ball increases the
cost benefit of using steel only mill liners.