Partners & Accredited SAGDesign Laboratories

The SAGDesign Test or Standard Autogenous Grinding Design Test is used throughout the world by leading Mining Organizations to understand ore comminution hardness. It is used to determine the pinion energy in both the SAGMill and the Ball Mill. It can also be used in conjunction with other tests such as the JK Drop Weight test and / or the SPI test, the Bond Rod Mill Work Index test, the Bond Crushing Work Index Test and the Unconfined Compressive Strength test. SAG unit power needed to grind from F80 152mm to T80 1.7mm, and the Bond Ball Mill Work Index (Wi) on SAG ground material are measured in the SAGDesign Test. Unit pinion energy required for SAG and Ball milling will be calculated to the final specified D80 for the final product from each Mill. Our reports include recommendations for the best grinding mill power split, T80, and other pertinent information arising from the study, particularly with regard to SAG Mill grate and media size. The SAGDesign Test name is a trade mark of Starkey & Associates. The test procedure is patented worldwide by Outotec who co-sponsored the development work.

FL Smidth - Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories Inc. of Salt lake City, Utah is an ore testing laboratory providing metallurgical testing for ore amenability, process development, flow sheet layout and plant design.　 Their areas of expertise include precious metals, base metals, and industrial minerals.

Outotec provides comminution solutions through a full line of mills such as Autogeneous (AG), Semi-autogeneous (SAG) mills, rod mills, ball mills and pebble mills.　 A wide variety of designs is available to suit customer requirements in either greenfield projects or existing operations.

TOMS based in Irkutsk, Russia is focused on test work and process procedures development in the field of mineral and technogenic separation, processing plants design and construction for all types of solid minerals, engineering services, process support and maintenance.

AMMTEC - The Australian Metallurgical & Mineral Testing Consultants was established in 1979 and has steadily grown to become one of the largest metallurgical and mineral testing consultancies in the world.　 Metallurgical testing consultancies distinguish themselves from mineral assay laboratories by employing test work processes which require far higher resources of skilled staff and facilities. Accordingly, unlike the mineral assay industry, there is only a limited number of comprehensive metallurgical facilities worldwide.　 AMMTEC's success in this niche market is attributable to a philosophy of creating the highest possible service levels in terms of providing accurate and timely test work coupled with extremely high levels of interpretation and reporting. This has been achieved as a result of creating a core of skilled and experienced specialists equipped with an extensive range of testing facilities.

Irgiredmet based in Irkutsk, Russia provides R&D expertise, test work and process optimization for base and precious metals as well as diamonds.　 Our activities range from initial investigations to process development and design, construction and commissioning of industrial mines and plants. Working closely with clients and in conjunction with engineering partners, Irgiredmet supplies a flexible package of technology for process development and optimization.　 We offer a full range of sophisticated facilities for sample preparation and characterization, comminution, gravity, flotation, physical separation, smelting, leaching, purification and metals recovery, tails detoxification etc.　　The Irgiredmet group consists of ten specialized laboratories, a project design division, pilot plant testing facilities, an analytical centre, a commercial center, a scientific and technical information division, a division of patents and licensing, an advertising and marketing division and a secondary metals processing division. 　

Process Research Ortech which is based in Mississauga, Ontario offers complete lab and pilot plant testing facilities in the fields of hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy.　 Mineral processing lab research facilities and pilot plant featuring the Starkey-PRO* 3 ft. diameter SAG mill. Confirm SAG power requirements and prepare feed for ball mill and further pilot plant beneficiation.

Inspectorate which is based in Vancouver, British Columbia provides complete mineral processing, hydrometallurgical and environmental testing, along with full petrographic and analytical services. Serving the mining industry since 1992, they have completed more than 1500 projects world wide. The laboratories are fully equipped to handle all metallurgical investigations from initial studies through bankable pilot plant, feasibility and mill circuit design.

Plenge - The Plenge Laboratory was established in 1954 to provide assay and metallurgical services to the Peruvian mining industry. Plenge provides both the facilities and the experience to provide consistent high quality service. Our facilities are among the finest available and our experience spans more than 53 years. Our vast experience and top of the line equipment allows us to provide our clients with the service they require. We will keep striving to be the best laboratory in the region and maintain the capabilities our clients demand