acid plant inspection - inspection of acid plants to identify maintenance issues, recommend repairs, establish maintenance schedules and procedure
advanced control - usually above, 'best practise' regulatory controls, applying multivariable, model or expert controls to optimise regulatory setpoints and dynamically optimise process performance within process constraints
consulting services - independent provider of mineral, metallurgical and process consulting services
control auditing - assessment of existing control loops and control efficiency and is the first step to ensure control system investments meet expectations
custom feed evaluation - metallurgical performance evaluation of non-standard types of feed to concentrators and smelters
exploration support - independent provider of exploration stage ore characterization services
extractive metallurgy - includes both disciplines of hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy
failure analysis - determination of the original cause of a part failure
flotation testing - testwork process designed to identify the most suitable components of an ore beneficiation flowsheet
flowsheet development - testwork process designed to identify the most suitable components of an ore beneficiation flowsheet
hydrometallurgy - use of solution chemistry to extract pay metals from ore and produce concentrates by precipitation from solution
independent consulting - independent consulting services provided by XPS in mineral, metallurgy, process control and materials investigations
inspection - inspection of materials, equipment and procedures used in operating plants and supporting infrastructure
integrity (or asset) monitoring monitoring - of critical process parameters, assets to detect early signs of performance degradation or equipment degradation or process failure
materials selection - analysis of operating conditions and environment used to select the most suitable, long lasting and cost effective material
materials technology - test procedures, inspection and analytical methods used for root cause failure analysis, material selection and product inspections
Metallurgical testwork - provider of metallurgical and mineral processing testwork services
mineral processing - development of a flowsheet designed to recover the maximum percentage of ore minerals from an ore deposit
Mineralogical analysis - provider of automated mineral analysis services
Mineralogy - provider of automated mineral analysis services using QEMSCAN, XRD and EPMA
mini piloting - use of a MPP allows flowsheet validation tests to be run at steady state over 3 or more days with (minimal) 800kg of drill core sample
modeling support independent provider of mineral and pyrometallurgical process modeling services
modelling - modelling of mine operations, control loops, processes, plant operations and metallurgical flowsheets
myxps - internet website domain name for XPS
operational performance excellence - application of industry 'best practices' to run processes with minimal variability and optimal conditions within the design constraints of the equipment - requires a solid performance of the regulatory (control) layer and process optimisation.
optimisation - manipulation of process control operational conditions to maximise throughput, quality while minimising consumables and costs
piloting - planning and implementation of metallurgical pilot plant campaigns
Plant services - provider of process control services to mines, concentrators, smelters, refineries and supporting plants
plant support - independent provider of on-site plant support
process control - technology required to obtain information in real time on process behaviour and then use that information to manipulate process variables with the objective of minimizing variability, improving performance, and reducing consumables / costs.
process design criteria - criteria taken from analytical data and test results that are used to design process flowsheet
process mineralogy - finding the ore processing flow sheet that is most suited to the minerals involved
process modelling - modelling of mine operations, processes, plant operations and metallurgical flowsheets
process simulation - simulation of mine operations, plant operations and metallurgical flowsheets
Process Support - processing support services at XPS
pyrometallurgy - use of roasting and smelting technologies to extract pay metals from ores and concentrates and produce matte and slag
quality assurance - methods and procedures used to ensure that results are reliable and can be delivered to a client at a 95% confidence level
quantitative mineralogy - QEMSCAN automated mineral measurement data for modal percents, liberation, mineral associations, grain sizes
root cause failure analysis - determination of the original cause of a part failure
testwork services - provider of metallurgical and mineral processing testwork services
venture analysis - studies economic assessment of project viability
xps centre - Xstrata Process Support Centre
XPS - Xstrata Process Support
Xstrata Process Support - provider of exploration, mining and mineral processing support services to the external market as well as Xstrata clients
xstrataps - Xstrata Process Support