Mineral sector
Expertises
Testing and Trials
Laboratories and Instruments
Achievements
- Geometallurgy
- Mapping and geoscience data processing
- Petrography
- Mineralogy
- Comminution
- Mineralogical processes
- Mineral purification
- Hydrometallurgy
- Optimization and process simulation
- By-product valorization
Technical Support Services
- Mineral and particle characterization
- Chemical analysis
- Comminution
- Microscopy
- Separation – Concentration
- Particle classification
- Process validation
- Polishing stone value (PSV)
Comminution
- Crushing: hammer, roller, jaw crusher, gyratory
- Ball mill
- Planetary ball mill
- Attrition
- Micronization: air and hammer grinding modules
- Bond work: rod and ball mill
Mineral Processing – Separation, Concentration, Classification
- Gravimetric separation
- Electrostatic separation
- High and low intensity magnetic separation
- Flotation
- Particle classification
Characterization – Minerals and Particles
- Polishing stone value (PSV)
- Sandblast impact
- Resistance and unconfined compressive stress testing: Soil test
- Abrasion resistance: Los Angeles
- Wear coefficient by attrition using a Micro-Deval
- Rockwell Hardness
- BET Specific surface area
- BJH Pore size distribution
- Density of powders and solids
- Colour, whiteness and brilliance measurements using spectrocolorimetry
- Particle size distribution: sifting, laser sizing, cyclosizing
- Zeta potential
- Thermal properties: Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
Mineralogy
- Thin blade manufacturing
- Optical microscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDX)
- Raman spectrometry
- Portable XRD
Chemical Analysis
- Analysis by X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)
- Analysis by Atomic Absorption (AA)
- Carbon and sulfur analysis
- Analysis by spectrometry of inductively coupled plasma (ICP-OES)
Agglomeration Processes
- Fluidization
- Pelletizing
Characterization
Mineralurgical processes
Thermal processes
- Promotion of geometallurgy as a tool in the development of mining projects
- Innovative technologies for the extractive industry from a geometallurgical perspective: valorization of ilmenite, apatite and magnetite from a mining site; development of value-added products from a limestone deposit; valorization of by-products from a lithium hydroxide production process; valorization of tailings from a graphite deposit
- Geometallurgical approach applied to the purification of quartzite
- Enrichment of spodumene concentrate through unconventional gravimetric separation technologies
- Development of bioleaching technology for extracting magnesium
- Development of a new production process for technical granules from recycled glass
- Production of glass from an industrial aluminosilicate by-product
