Services

At MetSop, we believe that in order to fully optimize performance we must not only provide an effective specialty chemical, but also a complete service solution. To realize the best performance possible, we work closely with our customers to understand both the environment and the application in which our chemicals are being used, and how the environment changes over time. To support this process, we have developed a broad range of services to help our customers optimize their performance potential.

Our team of field and laboratory technical experts have a deep understanding of both our chemistry and the processes that use our chemistry. Their depth of expertise enables us to get to the root of our customers’ problems and realize step changes in performance.

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ON-SITE APPLICATION AND PROCESS SUPPORT

At MetSoP, we believe it is critical to work closely with our customers to understand how our chemicals are being applied, the processes where they are being used, and how process conditions change over time. This is why our technical experts work closely with our customers at their sites to ensure process performance is fully optimized. Our team of application experts provide our customers with the following on-site application and process support services:

A detailed review of how our chemical solutions are being applied along with recommendations to optimize performance.

Our goal is to optimize your production process and improve your product quality. While our chemical solutions on their own will help achieve this goal, sometimes simple process changes can have a dramatic impact on these outcomes. We will work closely with you to ensure that both our specialty chemical solution and your process are working effectively together to optimize performance.

When trialing new technology, you need the support of a hands-on company who can help design, implement and analyze trial programs. It is important that trials are designed to meet your critical needs and are carried out in a manner that accurately predicts performance in changing system conditions.

As a Metsop customer, we will work with your employees to ensure they understand our specialty chemical solutions, and how they should be applied to optimize performance and safety. Whether it’s a refresher course for seasoned veterans or training for new employees, we will work with you to ensure your staff is trained in the effective application of our technology.

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LABORATORY SERVICES

Our laboratory is designed to get to the root of our customers’ application challenges, diagnose what is happening in the system and why, and develop unique solutions to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. Below are just a few of the laboratory services at MetSoP provides:

We recognize that the best solution today may not be the best solution tomorrow. Whether you operate a mine with changing ores or chrome recovery issues, we will provide the best formulations to meet your needs. Our metallurgists have a broad range of tools to diagnose system variations and can design specialty chemicals to manage such changes.

Our laboratory is equipped with both industry standard and proprietary performance testing systems to analyze anticipated performance outcomes.

 

Here are a few examples of our performance testing capabilities:

  • Crushing
  • Grinding
  • Bond Rod & Ball Mill Work Index
  • Abrasion Index
  • Size Classification & Screening
  • Starkey SAG Design Test
  • Batch flotation tests
  • Locked cycle tests
  • Column flotation
  • Special gas media flotation
  • Reverse & flash flotation
  • Agglomeration flotation

 

  • Drum separator
  • Belt separator
  • High gradient separator
  • Jigs
  • Shaking tables
  • Elutriation
  • Spirals
  • Cone
  • Heavy media cones
  • Centrifugal heavy media separation
  • Centrifugal concentrators (Falcon and Knelson)
  • Mozley Separator
  • Standard thickening procedures
  • Differential settling
  • Vacuum & pressure filtration

We have extensive laboratory facilities to conduct a wide range of hydrometallurgical and bio-hydrometallurgical studies. These include the full scale up from individual batch tests through continuous bench tests to commercial sized pilot plant reactors. The testing capabilities include:

  • Cyanidation studies (CIP and CIL procedures)
  • Pressure leaching
  • Bottle roll and tank leaching
  • Column leaching up to one meter diameter (4 tonnes)
  • Diagnostic / sequential leaching
  • Solvent extraction
  • Differential precipitation
  • Cyanide and ammonia detoxification

A complete ore treatment pilot plant, can be assembled for any circuit combination, from crushing through to final product with throughput ranging from 1 to 5 tonnes per day, depending on ore hardness.