ABSTRACT
The grinding balls are widely used in cement works, they are often manufactured by the molding process, but the problem faced by major cement plants in Algeria is that these balls wear out quickly and broken. The objective of this work is to test wear resistance of grinding balls made by molding and grinding balls produced by forging. The tests of characterization of samples will be made thus that wear tests. The results indicate that grinding balls made by forging resist longer than molded balls by fact this method offers by fiber-forming phenomenon a solid texture which allows increases service life, wear resistance and impact strength.