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CAPABILITY STATEMENT
Metallurgical history, both past and recent, abounds with examples of plants that were either non-starters or where operations were terminated after very short periods with the explanation made to shareholders of “metallurgical problems” or “unforeseen mineralogical implications impacting upon metallurgical performance”. Working closely with you, SGS Minerals Services provides bankable desktop pre-feasibility studies to greatly reduce the risk of new projects.
APPROACH
SGS Minerals Services reduces your risk by providing pre-feasibility desktop studies that draw from the considerable experience and expertise of our staff in the relevant areas of extractive metallurgy, mineralogy, chemistry and process flow sheet development. The approach has proved to be a successful one and consists of the following aspects:
- Close contact with the client throughout the study to ensure maximum input
- Round-table “brainstorming” discussions and briefing sessions
- Identification of potential products from the ore, market conditions, prices, and future outlook
- Review of the nature of the ore and overall implications for processing including
- mineralogy
- chemistry
- environmental considerations
- Identification of potentially troublesome species and recommendations aimed at their elimination or suppression
- Comprehensive review of existing traditional and novel technologies that may be applicable to processing the ore
- Development and critical assessment of theoretical process flow sheet, including
- process flow sheet development
- calculation of process inputs
- component mass-balancing
- estimated product yields and qualities
- chemical considerations that may impact upon processing
- speciation modelling
- simulation modelling
- mineralogical considerations that may impact upon processing
- potential technical viability
- estimated equipment capital costs, operating costs and economic viability
- environmental compliance baseline, potential recycles and consideration of locality
- Proposed process development route to achieve bankable feasibility report
- Planning and management of test work programs
SGS Minerals Services personnel have undertaken pre-feasibility desktop studies on ore bodies including rare earth elements, zirconium/hafnium, tantalum/niobium, gold, nickel, cobalt and other elements for clients ranging from mining companies to engineering contractors to consultants.
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