This invention relates to a separation system 10 for separating first solid particulate components from second solid particulate components having particle sizes which are smaller than that of the first solid components, wherein the first and second solid components are suspended in a liquid to form a mixture 12. The system 10 includes a first separating arrangement 11; and a second separating arrangement 13. The second separating arrangement 13 includes an endless screening belt/cloth 14 which is displaceable along a predetermined path and which defines a plurality of apertures 16 which apertures 16 are of a suitable size to permit the second solid components to pass therethrough and to impede the passage therethrough of the first solid components. The screening belt/cloth 14 has a separating region 18 and the first separating arrangement 11 is configured to receive the mixture 12, to at least partially separate the first solid components from the second solid components in the mixture 12 and to feed the at least partially separated mixture 12 onto the separating region 18.