过程矿物学

More and more emphasis is placed on understanding the ore body in as much detail as possible before mining commences. This approach is not only driven by a need to reduce risk and cost, but by the fact that ore bodies are becoming increasingly lower-grade and complex. Mineralogy is crucial in understanding the variability of the ore body, and also to highlight problematic minerals that can impact on grinding, flotation and/or leaching. Hazardous mineral species need to be identified to mitigate any problems during the remediation stage.

Detailed mineralogical information such as texture (grain size and grain boundary relationships) is important to understand how difficult it would be to separate valuable minerals from gangue and determine the viability of a project. Bruker offers solutions to perform ore characterization from drill core samples to pilot plant feed products.