Range of Techical Advice

Advice and assistance can be given in many areas relevant to the mining and mineral processing, metallurgical and quarrying industries world-wide, for example:-

• Performance evaluation of processing operations
• Advice on sampling of process streams and final products
• Sampling precision and accuracy
• Trouble shooting in established operations
• Process improvement
• Process stabilisation and optimisation and control
• Process modelling
• Design and monitoring of test programmes
• Critical Evaluation of Plant Trials and Test work
• Identification of methods of preparation and treatment of ores, and industrial minerals
• Design and Supervision of Laboratory and Pilot Plant Investigations
• Flow sheet Development
• Supervision, co-ordination, preparation and critical review of Feasibility Studies
• Conceptual design and advice on detailed process engineering design and equipment selection
• Supervision of erection, commissioning, and running of plant and equipment
• Management of Research Projects
• Expert Witness in these areas

Technical advice can be given in areas of Physical Processing of many different minerals and materials including:-

Industrial Minerals, Coal, Base Metal Minerals, Gold ores, PGM minerals,

Waste processing, Waste Recycling, Soil decontamination, Sampling

Involving processes used at all stages of mineral beneficiation and material recovery:-

Comminution, Classification and Sizing Crushing Grinding Hydrocyclones Screening

Physical Separation Technology Gravity separation Dense medium separation Magnetic and electrical separation Flotation

Ancillary Processes Filtration Sedimentation Thickening Solids and slurry handling