SGS MINERALS SERVICES – T3 SGS 536 09-2009

SGS SERVICES FOR THE COAL INDUSTRY

AN OVERVIEW OF SGS’ TRADE SERVICES
COAL CAPABILITIES •• Hold inspection
•• Loading and discharge supervision
SGS works hand-in-hand with your •• Rail, vessel and barge assessment
operations to provide cost-effective •• Vessel and barge gauging
solutions to minimize operational and •• Draft surveys
financial risk. Our global technical •• Quality and quantity evaluations
leadership and industrial expertise
provides an unrivalled global benchmark
COAL PREPARATION PLANT SERVICES
of experience and value and help you
control your coal operations. SGS has •• Plant audit/efficiency tests and plant
the capability to provide you with a wide sampling
range of services including: •• Optimization and troubleshooting
consulting
LABORATORY TESTING •• Process simulations

•• Proximate, ultimate and the full range

REAL TIME ANALYSIS
of coal, ash and mineral analysis
•• Solid biomass analysis •• Design, commission, install, operate
•• Sink-float/washability testing and calibrate on-line analysis systems
•• High Definition Mineralogy including •• Real-time control of quality using
reflectance studies sorting and blending systems
•• Physical and particle size analysis •• Engineering services to develop
•• Toxicity and TCLP testing capital justifications for these
•• Coke strength and stability testing systems
•• Rheology testing
•• Analysis of steam coal, pet and met RESERVE EVALUATION
coke and ash
•• Design of drilling programs, logging
•• Operating on-site and near-site
and core sampling
laboratories
•• Core analysis
•• Proficiency test programs
•• Geostatistics and reserve calculations
•• Customized quality assurance
•• Mapping of deposit variability
programs, audits and training
•• Conditional simulation and evaluation
•• Moisture-holding capacity and rank
SAMPLING SERVICES determination
•• Sample collection •• Rock mechanics and geotechnical
•• Lot sampling testing
•• Channel sampling •• Coal bed methane gas analysis
•• Manual and auger sampling
•• Design, construction and operation of
mechanical sampling systems
•• Sampling system audits and
preventative maintenance
•• Bias testing
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ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AUDIT AND CERTIFICATION

•• Comprehensive environmental •• ISO 14001:2004 environmental
analysis management systems
•• Air, water and soil hazard analysis •• ISO 9001:2008 quality management
•• Environmental baseline studies, systems
monitoring and auditing •• OHSAS 18001:2007 occupational
•• Water and effluent testing, treatment health and safety management
and management systems
•• Independent data hosting •• BS EN 16001:2009 Energy
•• Acid rock drainage prediction and Management
mitigation
•• Environmental mineralogy
•• Industrial hygiene, silica, dust, air
quality and noise analysis
•• Greenhouse gas emission verification
•• Land reclamation and mine closure
planning

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Email us at minerals@sgs.com
www.sgs.com/mining