Facilities Europe

SGS Minerals Services Europe Ltd. provides access to all of SGS’s market leading services which include:

• Laboratory and pilot plant testing
• Flowsheet development
• Geometallurgy
• In plant audits & optimisation

From our office in Cornwall, SGS is able to offer a broad range of solutions at any stage from conceptual scoping to feasibility testing and in plant metallurgical management. Our team approach is focused on phasing programmes of work so as to maximise metallurgical performance whilst minimising technical risk so as to provide our clients with a commercially attractive package.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Our depth and breadth of professional expertise is significant and we provide access to the global SGS metallurgical team to bring you added value.

METALLURGICAL SERVICES From newly expanded facilities in Cornwall, SGS can offer a comprehensive range of services to meet your metallurgical needs. We can provide the following services in addition to providing individual metallurgical regimes specifically tailored to your needs:

Physical Competency Testing

• Crushing and grinding
• Sizing and classification
• SPI Calibration for prediction of semi-autogenous mill performance
• Bond Work Index determinations.
• Grinding circuit modelling using MinnovEX CEET™ modelling techniques.

Flotation Bench scale batch and locked cycle testing of all minerals New or existing circuit design and optimisation Flotation circuit modelling using MinnovEX FLEET™ modelling techniques Extensive range of reagents Hydrometallurgy Acid leaching of oxides, e.g. Copper Cyanide leaching of gold Gold diagnostic leaching Metal recovery using SX, IX and EW techniques Heap, column and bottle roll leach amenability Gravity Conventional gravity separators (shaking tables, jigs & spirals) Enhanced gravity separators, including the latest UF 100 Falcon separator Heavy liquid separation Mozley laboratory separator for ore characterisation test work Magnetic & Electrostatic Separation Wet or dry separation High or low intensity Electromagnetic or permanent magnets Electrostatic separation Automated Ore Sorting Optical sorting of high value gemstones Pre concentration of ores Separation of recycle industry products Inductive sorting of ores Dewatering Standard settling test for thickener design Standard leaf filter test for vacuum filter design Waste Recycling Separation of high value metals from plastics Separation of high and low density plastics Use of both conventional and modified mineral processing techniques

In addition to the above, we also customise our services to meet your specific needs. For example, we are able to provide ultra clean environments for high purity samples.

ANALYTICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND MINERALOGICAL SERVICES
SGS is able to offer a wide range of analytical techniques including elemental assay, petrology and QEMSCAN analysis in Cornwall through a network of local analytical and mineralogical facilities. SGS can also perform Acid Base Accounting (ABA) testing in Cornwall using the humidity cells on-site. If a service cannot be provided locally, the international resource base of SGS is used to meet and exceed all the ancillary technical requirements typically required to compliment a metallurgical test program.

IN PLANT SERVICES
Whether it is a new or existing operation, SGS Minerals Services Europe is able to provide a dedicated range of outsourcing services whether you are are either looking for additional metallurgical support on an ad hoc basis or are struggling to find competent and experienced metallurgical staff.

These services include: Full metallurgical flowsheet development Small scale plant engineering design, procurement and construction management Metallurgical commissioning Personnel training Plant audits and troubleshooting

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