Services provided by this group include:
- Sampling procedures for exploration boreholes and tunnels based on the resource model, to complete lab-scale mineral processing studies, and supervision of their execution
- Procedures for sample preparation and comminution, and supervision of their execution
- Procedures for pilot-scale mineral processing tests to finalize the plant circuit, and supervision of their execution
- Procedures for lab-scale mineral processing tests to complete and validate previous studies, and supervision of their execution
- Crushing plant flowsheets and general equipment specifications
- Process and utility flowsheets
- Process design, modelling and simulation
- Mass balance calculations and plant mass-balance reports
- Capacity selection and specification of machinery and equipment in line with design objectives
- Assessment of feed variability, fluctuations and equipment downtime
- Plant optimization and capacity expansion
- Determination of consumables and utilities (water, power, fuel, etc.)
- Estimation of industrial facility requirements and related equipment specifications
- Sizing of raw material and product stockpiles and reclaim areas
- Preliminary plant siting, layout drawings and related calculations
- Environmental studies for the mine, waste dumps and tailings dams
- Technical and engineering reports for processing