Comminution
Crushing of ore is a significant capital and operating cost for mineral processing plants. Comminution process development
testwork, at laboratory and continuous pilot plant scales minimises the technical risks associated with the development of
comminution circuits.
ALS offers a comprehensive range of crushing and grinding testwork services:
Exploration Services
Autogenous Media Competency (AMC)
Bond Abrasion Index
Extensive sample preparation, sizing, crushing, screening, bulk grinding, scrubbing and attritioning capabilities are also
within the scope of service offerings.
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Flotation Testwork
ALS flotation extraction process development test work for copper and other base
metals, at laboratory and pilot plant scales, minimises the technical risks associated
with the project development.
From Bench Scale to Pilot Scale
ALS Metallurgy operates to ISO9001 standards and has established a global reputation as a leader in flotation process
development and optimization.
ALS is trusted by the international mining, engineering and financial sectors. Flotation specialists in Santiago develop and
demonstrate successful extraction processing strategies to support process optimisation, prefeasibility and feasibility studies
for a range of ores including:
Flotation testwork is carried out from rougher, cleaner and locked cycle tests right up to continuous pilot plant circuits.
The ALS Santiago Centre provides a considerable advantage over competitors via the co-location of in-house analytical
laboratories set up specifically to cater for the wide range of grades and standards required of metallurgical testwork.
The integration of in-house assay laboratories with metallurgical facilities enables ALS to maintain uninterrupted project
momentum and guaranteed turnaround times.
Bench-scale Flotation
ALS flotation metallurgists have experience in a comprehensive range of minerals including complex sulphides, precious
metals and refractory gold ores, phosphates and oxides.
ALS can provide customized bench-scale flotation test work programs, in preparation for pilot-scale test work or as an
isolated program. Tests may be performed in batch or as a locked-cycle program to predict concentrate recoveries in a plant
situation.
Bench flotation test programs are commonly designed to consider the following parameters:
Flotation kinetics
Grind size
Reagent selection and optimisation
Selective flotation (complex sulphides)
Pulp potential
Flowsheet design
Equipment includes a range of Agitair and Denver cells with full instrumentation. Flotation test work is performed by
trained, experienced metallurgical technicians to ensure consistent, reliable results.
UFG Milling
ALS operates several ultra-fine grinding mills for use in-conjunction with bench-scale and pilot plant flotation test programs.
Regrind mills available include an IsaMill, Metso Verti-mill, Deswik mill and Metprotech mill. Whole ore or intermediate
concentrates can be ground as fine as 5-6 m to liberate valuable minerals.
Bulk sample preparation including, crushing, screening, handling and blending ore parcels ranging from a few tonnes to
many hundreds of tonnes
AG/SAG milling pilot plant including open circuit, SAB and SABC configurations
Range of ball and rod milling options to suit various downstream requirements and grind sizes ultra-frine grinding is also
available
Wet screening and hydrocyclone classification
HPGR processing for investigative and production requirements
Integrated flotation pilot plant facilities including a large array of cell sizes, pumps and tanks to suit practically any circuit
configuration
Mine-site pilot flotation testwork
Beneficiation including batch and continuous scrubbing, spiral and gravity separation (i.e. jigging and centrifugal
concentrators), magnetic separation (LIMS and WHIMS)
Pyrometallurgy continuous and batch roasting
Hydrometallurgy solvent extraction, ion exchange, precipitation, heap leaching, acid production, atmospheric leaching,
HPAL (High Pressure Autoclave Leaching)
Solution purification
Quality
ALS understands the value of data quality and integrity to exploration and mining companies. Our processes are designed
to ensure clients receive the best quality assay data to assist informed decision making. The ALS quality program consists of
a series of checks and balances with monitoring at senior management levels. Our global information management system
provides oversight and access to all processes. The online Webtrieve tool provides client access to this quality information.
ALS Metallurgy facilities operate to ISO 9001-2008 standards.
Safety Management
As part of this global approach, ALS has developed an industry leading standard for managing health, safety and
environmental issues.
At a local level, safety is a part of all work instructions however, some
are specifically set to achieve policy objectives. The focus of the Safety
Management System is to continually improve HSE performance and
therefore documentation is constantly reviewed. Procedures and policies
are specifically targeted to safety in laboratories and related activities and
as such are designed to comply with the requirements of industry best
practice. Procedures are available upon request.
ALS is very proactive with respect to safety reporting. Real time reporting
of NMI, MTI, FAI and LTI with a series of automated alerts is available to
staff, HSE operatives and management alike.
Exploration Services
Geochemical exploration services
Geometallurgy
Advanced mineralogy
Geometallurgy
Advanced mineralogy
Production Support
Mine site laboratories for grade and mill process control
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