The ability to accurately measure valuable elements and minerals is critical for optimising processes. Our emerging sensor technologies provide real-time results, opening up opportunities to make significant cost savings and increase mineral recovery rates.
Measuring concentrations of valuable minerals and elements on a real-time basis at all stages of processing
Faced with global competition and increasingly lower grade ores, minerals and mining operations are looking for ways to improve efficiencies and productivity. Often small process improvements can result in substantial productivity gains for mineral processing operations.
Advanced sensors and data are enabling real-time decision making for process control and optimisation.
In order to effectively improve plant performance, operators need accurate data on key elemental, mineralogical and physical information on ores at all stages of processing.
This information needs to be provided on a time scale suitable for process control to act on the data provided.
New digitally-enabled measurement tools to aid decision-making will make processing lower grade deposits more efficient and economically viable, while ensuring valuable concentrations of metals are recovered and prevented from going to waste.
A suite of analysers, each with their own advantages for different processing stages
We're developing new sensor-based analysers that can measure mineral concentration levels, as well as other characteristics such as mineral phases (mineral species), at different processing stages and each with their own advantages.
We employ a range of advanced sensor techniques, including x-ray fluorescence, x-ray diffraction and magnetic resonance.
We've developed the first analysers successful at measuring the concentration of mineral phase (mineral species) in processing circuits such as flotation. The technologies open up an opportunity to develop a range of new process optimisation strategies.
We are partnering with the mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector to bring these technologies to the global mineral processing industry.
We partner with small and large companies, government and industry in Australia and around the world.