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In the processing facility,

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the metallurgist,
the process engineers

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have to keep track of

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the concentrations of materials

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at all stages of the process.

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Often they have automated

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measuring systems to
enable them to do that,

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often they don’t.

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Regardless, portable XRF
can be excellent

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throughout all stages of that,

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concentrates, tails, floats,

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to give some near real time results

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to indicate how optimized
the process is.

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Most processing facilities

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have full on-site labs.

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Many of our customers are using

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field portable XRF within
these laboratories

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because it’s fast and efficient.

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Many of the large lab based systems

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require very large sample prep,
it takes time.

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We have customers
working in gold mine labs

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who are using field portable XRF

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as a secondary pre-screen

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instead of going back
through fire assay.

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We’ve done a lot of work recently

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with SX/EW plants.

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The instruments are used
by several companies

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to measure raffinates, leached liquor,

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pregnant solutions,

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to measure copper in liquids

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and the results are excellent

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with portable XRF so,

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the speed with which portable XRF

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can give results is hugely beneficial.

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In these gold mines

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the labs have taken the technology

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into measuring precipitates,

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penalty elements,

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bullion samples and
also testing silica

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as an indicator of hardness

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to inform mill grind times.

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Over the last few years

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we’ve really seen the
uptake of a lot

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of the major labs around the world

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using field portable XRF.

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Previously they saw XRF

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as a threat to their business,

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now they see it as a value add.

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Because the field portable XRF

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is able to provide a
very quick answer

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to the customers,

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samples go back to the lab,

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they go through
the full sample prep

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so we’re homogenizing the sample

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which is perfect for
field portable XRF.

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That data is provided back
to the customer immediately.

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The customer then makes
in-field decisions

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therefore saving them time
and money ultimately.

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A lot of mine labs
are adopting portable XRF

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just as a means to
support the high throughput

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of samples that are passing
through their operation

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and to take load off their AA,

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their ICP,

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their fire assay

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so they are used in
mine site laboratories

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to support the additional
overflow testing.

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At the heart of portable XRF

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it’s all about establishing

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a fit for purpose method

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that is specific for
that testing regime.