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Recognized worldwide as a premier testing and consulting organization, SGS Minerals Services provides services that range from simple bench-scale tests to investigation of complex flow-sheet variables through integrated pilot-plant operations. With more than 10,000 projects completed internationally to date, SGS Minerals Services metallurgical group has earned a reputation for providing specialized technical expertise and support. The metallurgists and chemical engineers at SGS Minerals Services are experienced in the major physical and chemical separation processes used to recover precious, base and light metals from ores, concentrates, waste products and secondary feeds. They are supported by ISO / IEC 17025 accredited analytical mineralogical and environmental laboratories. Batch and continuous pilot-plant services are available for grinding, flotation, gravity, and separation techniques. Heap, stirred tank, pressure and bacterial leaching are available. CIP, CIL, RIP, RIL, solvent extraction, electrowinning, chemical reduction and precipitation are routinely used. SGS Minerals Services metallurgical group has conducted the metallurgical testwork on hundreds of gold properties, and is proud to have provided services to companies like Barrick Gold Corporation, Placer Dome, Newmont, Teckcominco, Anglogold Ashanti, Goldcorp, Goldfields International and Kinross Gold. Such services have included roasting and leaching studies (heap, vat, stirred tank, BIOX™, PLATSOL™, pressure), determination of gold recovery (Merrill Crowe, carbon, resins, electrowinning), mineralogical and analytical investigations, consulting and on-site technical evaluations and audits. SGS Minerals Services can provide:
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