Mintek

Well equipped sample preparation facilities including cutting, crushing, milling, screening, subsampling and preparation of polished and thin sections, Advanced alloys research and development, amenability testing, Carbon reactivation furnaces, chemical and mineralogical analysis, commissioning and operation, Comprehensive metallurgical services to small and large industries., Determination of mineral compositions, using an electron microprobe with light element detection capabilities, diagnostic leaching, Equipment such as atomisers, granulators, barcasters, weighers and feeders, and check weighers., flowsheet development, Fuel cells research and development., Gold potassium cyanide (electrolytic), Gold refineries (solvent extraction), Jigging (metal-slag separation), laboratory evaluation, Materials Science (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) in the specific fields of Water, Health and the Environment., Measurement and Control Solutions, Mineral identification, description and quantification using X-ray diffraction, Optical microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, on-going operational support, on-site training of metallurgical and operating personnel, Optical microscopy –a full range of optical microscopes with various attachments, Ore and process mineralogy using Automated Scanning Electron, Precious metals based drug therapies., Primary sample preparation/Fire Assay/Trace, project implementation, Quantitative microanalysis – choice of one electron microprobe and one scanning electron microscope, specialist on-site commissioning, techno-economic evaluation, Top blown rotary converter, waste management, X-ray diffraction analysis – Siemens D500 diffractometer controlled with the DiffracPlus® software package; Bruker D8 X-ray diffractometer, with TOPAS software