Applications of Elemental Analysis in the Mining and Mineral Resource Industry

Even with improved recycling rates and global efforts towards sustainability and circular economy, we will likely continue to explore and exploit natural resources for decades. However, the mining and mineral resource business has become more competitive.

Exploration companies face challenges to discover new deposits that are worth exploiting, and mining companies need to operate with tight profit margins, all while increasingly stringent environmental regulations are being imposed. Here, reliable analytical equipment plays a key role for a profitable and “green” mining operation.

In this two-part webinar series, we will talk about X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry as a versatile elemental analysis tool for geological and mining applications. Our panelists – Adrian Fiege, Kai Behrens and Frank Portala – will present Bruker’s XRF analytical solutions for mineral exploration, extraction and grade control. They will show real-world analytical examples, explain performance differences between EDXRF and WDXRF, and recommend sample preparation methods. Attendees are welcome to submit questions to the panelists during each webinar.

To make it easy to attend, each one-hour part will be offered at two different times. Sign up now for the sessions that best fit your schedule.

Part 1: December 1, 2020

XRF as a Flexible Tool for Elemental Analysis of Geological Samples

Part 2: December 15, 2020

Process Monitoring and Grade Control in the Mining and Mineral Resource Industry by XRF