Minerals: Mining and Mineral Processing

维护,修复和开垦

Safe operations and effective remediation and reclamation of mine projects relies on a robust risk mitigation program grounded on analytical information. Bruker’s analytical tools have a place in both preventative maintenance plans and closure workflows.

Mine Operations

Analytical Tools to Keep Mines Safe and Smoothly Operating

Modern mines are complex operations that require constant monitoring and maintenance to reduce costs, eliminate lost-time incidents, and comply with environmental and safety regulations during and after extraction is complete. Bruker's range of elemental analyzers allows flexible approaches to field and lab analysis of rocks, soils and waters, as well as alloys and other metals, to keep track of every part of the mine maintenance and reclamation process.

Mine Maintenance

Leveraging Information for Efficient Pit and Workings Maintenance

一个正在进行的挖掘和提取操作on active maintenance within an open pit, underground operation, and the surrounding mine area. Waste water released into the environment, either ground water pumped from underground operations or from within an open pit, or treated water released from the mineral processing operation, must be constantly monitored. Leach pads, tailings ponds, and their containment areas must be monitored for unintentional release of solvents and dissolved metals. Waste piles and surrounding drainage areas should be routinely checked for issues with acid mine drainage. Bruker's elemental analyzers cover a range of workflow solutions that drive efficiencies in mine site monitoring aimed at maintaining efficient mineral extraction operations.

  • The field portable or mine-site optimizedS2 PICOFOXand lab-focusedS4 T-STAR总反射X射线荧光(TXRF)仪器可提供低操作成本,液体,悬浮液,固体和污染物的高性能痕量元素分析至PPB水平。这些仪器为从维修区运营排出的水,矿物加工操作中的废水,对浸出垫下游支流的污染物监测,污染物监测,供水,废水,废水,废物垫,废物桩和尾矿水坝的污染物监测。

  • The handheldS1 TITAN和台式CTXX-ray fluorescence units can be equipped with application specific calibrations targeted at soil and stream sediment analysis for heavy metals within the vicinity of mining operations, tracking contaminant distributions. The low-cost and field-ready instruments provide rapid screening solutions to reduce the number of samples needed for more expensive techniques.

  • Additional onsite and laboratory grade solutions are provided by the benchtopS2 PumaEDXRF或大量S8 TIGERWDXRF instruments. Equipped with the GEO-QUANT series of calibration solutions, target any major or trace element component with a high-accuracy and precision analytical approach.

Remediation & Reclamation

Analytical Tools for Remediation and Reclamation of Mine Sites

矿山开垦已成为现代采矿实践不可或缺的一部分,在大多数国家 /地区的法律要求。开垦包括在采矿之前的规划开始,从需要返回其先前状态的区域,并在身体补救工作停止后持续很长时间。补救和开垦的战略计划包括选择和实施正确的分析工具和工作流程,以预测潜在的环境问题,选择适合的材料,用于开垦工作,以及对土地表面,地下水和径流的有效检测和监测。必威手机客户端

让你力量的多样化的分析解决方案improve efficiencies and minimize costs at all stages of the mine reclamation process from prediction to monitoring, including:

  • Characterization of waste rock for potential acid mine drainage and heavy metal contamination in ground waters using the rapid scanning capabilities of theM4 TORNADOmicro-XRF, micron-scale capabilities ofQUANTAX EDSand友善automated mineralogy for scanning electron microscope, or bulk mineralogical characterization usingD2 PHASERorD8 Discover Xrdsystems.

  • Identification of locally appropriate soil types and nutrient profiles to allow more advance ecosystem regeneration using portable XRF solutions like the handheldS1 TITAN(which incorporates the ISO 13196:2013 and ISO 18227:2014 soil quality methods), countertop XRF instruments such as theCTXorS2 Puma, and more advance analytical solutions such as theS6 JAGUARandS8 TIGER

  • Screening and monitoring of soil contamination above and around reclaimed mine sites using handheld XRF. Examples include the US EPA 6200 method of site boundary delineation and data collection, where in-situ results allow for determination of contamination boundaries, as well as identification of areas where samples should be collected, prepared, and reanalyzed for more detailed lab-based quantitative analysis.

  • 使用快速转向和低成本的分析技术(例如总反射X射线荧光(TXRF)),使用可运输的现场来监测径流和地下水的内部和周围的地下水S2 PICOFOXand lab-basedS4 T-STAR。Both TXRF spectrometers provide detection limits for many elements in the pg and ppb range and are compact plug and play systems without need for gases, media or advanced lab infrastructure making operation costs negligible.
  • Detection of heavy metal contamination around abandoned historic mines usinghandheld XRFto identify and provide planning data for future clean-up efforts. The rapid turn-around, high quality data allow identification and screening of potential remediation sites and screening of samples for more expensive lab-based analysis.

Contaminants in Water

Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring element in rocks and sediments. While Se is essential to biological organisms, it is also toxic at higher concentrations. Mining effluent can have higher concentrations of Se that may require monitoring.TXRFis an inexpensive and easy analytical technology for trace element analysis in water without dilution, consumable gasses, or complex sample preparation.

Health and Safety

Consistent Data is the Key to Health and Safety in the Mining Environment

The mining industry has been at the forefront of workplace health and safety, having implemented comprehensive procedures to safeguard the health and safety of its most valuable asset – its workforce. Bruker's range of analytical devices covers every need for the detection and characterization of potential natural mineral hazards in the mine environment, and for ongoing monitoring of air quality in underground and surface operations.

  • Monitoring of airborne dust containing respirable crystalline silica or other toxic components that can lead to immediate and long-term lung damage through silicosis and cancer.Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR)offers direct on filter substrate (DoF) analysis, which allows rapid determination of α-quartz and carbon dust by directly analyzing the PVC filters typically used to capture these contaminants in workspaces.

  • Detailed characterization of mineral contaminants that can lead to cancer, including asbestos, using X-ray power diffraction, with thebenchtop D2 PHASER,实验室楼站D8 ADVANCE,以及高性能行业等级D8 ENDEAVOR, or scanning electron microscopy armed withQUANTAX EDS

Plant Operations

Analytical Tools for Plant Operations and Maintenance

高效的矿井运营是由有助于从矿山及其通过加工厂移动的矿石回收的机械支撑的。当机械故障导致昂贵的维修和停机时间时,利润会受到影响。确保安装正确的零件并监视零件磨损,提供维护程序,以限制可能导致停机时间甚至对人员受伤的故障。Bruker提供了廉价的解决方案,可轻松部署正面材料识别(PMI)和磨损金属监控解决方案。

  • Metal and alloy component reliability, traceability, and safety are of the utmost importance across the gamut of mine operations from haul trucks to the processing plant. A 100% positive material identification and verification program can eliminate costly alloy mix-ups, improve product quality, and prevent injuries or even loss-of-life. Bruker’s portable and non-destructive testing (NDT) XRF andOptical Emission SpectroscopyPMI equipment provides highly accurate, easy-to-understand positive material identification in seconds and in any location, achieving regulatory and ISO compliance with an efficient and low-cost approach.

  • 当无法监视机械零件的磨损导致组件故障和维修时间损失时,维护成本会升级。维护效率得到了提高,并通过快速分析磨损金属预测未来失败的领域。对于通常由可测量不同的合金组成的组件部分,磨损金属的微小碎片可以针对润滑剂,油和其他机器液,其成本低,便携式和现场坚固耐用的XRF分析仪,例如S1 TITANandCTX。将这些分析作为常规油维护操作的一部分,并节省故障和停机时间。

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