GEOCHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

The laboratory has a principal task of carrying out

chemical analysis of geological materials (rocks,
minerals, soil, sediment and concentrate) in order to
demarcate areas of economic mineral potential. It also
provides useful analytical data (of metals, water, soils,
minerals, fish, sewage) for metallurgists,
environmentalists, agriculturalists, road construction
engineers, water engineers and others.

AVAILABLE ANALYTICAL SERVICES

> Classical wet chemical analysis for whole rock using titrimetric, gravimetric and calorimetric
methods (UV-VIS Spectronic Genesys 20)
> X-Ray Fluorescence Semi-quantitative and quantitative analysis
> Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
> Flame, Graphite Furnace and Hydride Generation analysis for major and trace elements
including environmental analysis at Pico-gram level.
> Fire assay gold analysis gravimetric for high concentration of gold and combined fire assay-
AAS for trace concentration of gold and platinum.
> Advisory and consultancy services on special fields like construction of laboratories.
> Purification of raw gold.
> ICP analysis - ULTIMA JY 180, Modern ICP OES with rapid analysis for most of the elements for environmental and geochemical analysis.

OTHER SERVICES
TRAINING
The ICGLR/BGR Analytical Fingerprinting (AFP) Laboratory for the
Training on relevant aspects of specialized chemical analysis of analysis of finger printing of the Coltan minerals is under establishment
geological and environmental materials by short courses or at the Chemical and Environmental Laboratry. This laboratory will be
attachment and tailor-made basis are also organized by the equipped with Lase Abelation - ICP Mass Spectrometer and Scanning
section. Electron Microscope. The laboratory is expected to be commissioned
by the end of 2016. This laboratory will be run in collaboration wih the
The training courses may include: BGR for the first three years with full support from the Government of
> Instrumental analysis - theory and practice on various kinds of Germany. This state-of-the-art facility will support the mineral indusry,
universities and researchers.
spectrometers
> Analysis of gold and other precious metals
> Environmental analysis and technologies
> Modern laboratory management methods
> Sample preparation and analysis, etc.

The newly established AFP lab ready for installation of the high tech
equipment

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) STUDIES

This service is introduced together with the commissioning of the Environmental Unit of the Section. The laboratory will contribute to national or
regional EIA studies especially on mining and other related projects. EIA studies will help to improve decision making and ensure that development
options under consideration are environmentally and economically sound and sustainable.

P.O. Box 9573, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Telephone: (255 22) 2650347, Fax: (255 22) 2650319, E-mail: gowele@seamic.org seamic@seamic.org Website: www.seamic.org
 MINERAL PROCESSING &
SMALL SCALE MINING SERVICES
Mineral Processing and Small
Scale Mining Service (MPSM) is
one of the departments of the
African Minerals and
Geosciences Centre involved in
the provision of technical
assistance concerning the
mineral industry to
stakeholders in the sector.
MPSM comprises of two Sample Preparation upgrading test works which are
sections namely, the sample The sample preparation section is crucial in the establishing of miner-
preparation room; whose task is equipped with staged rock size al recovery levels from the tested
to receive and prepare different reduction machines and homoge- ores. This information is also an
geological and environmental nization facilities in order to assure
important factor in the preparation
obtaining of a representative sam- of mineral project feasibility stud-
samples for further analysis,
ple for chemical analysis. ies. Other services are ore concen-
and the mineral processing Chromium steel, carbon steel or tration and metal extraction inves-
laboratory which is equipped to agate pot sample milling options tigations through metallurgical
provide support in mineral are also available to accommodate processes from which beneficia-
processing bench and pilot contamination levels required dur- tion information can be used for
scale testing and upgrading of ing sample preparation. Overhead design of treatment flowsheets.
different types of ore minerals. and low level dust extraction facili-
Available equipment to carry out
ties are installed along with the the investigations include a labora-
sample preparation machines in tory shaking table, a mineral jig,
order to control sample cross-con- froth flotation machines and mag-
tamination during the processing netic separators. Other types of
of customers’ job requests. equipment include a laboratory
scale, metal leaching installation
Mineral Processing and an autoclave for pressure
The mineral processing laboratory leaching of ores which are difficult
comprises of a wide range of bench to leach at normal conditions of
mineral upgrading machines to temperature and pressure.
facilitate carrying out of ore

Training and Consultancy The following training courses are offered by the
department:
The Mineral Processing and Small Scale Mining a. Small scale mining and techniques of gold
Service also conducts capacity building services cyanidation,
especially for the development of small scale mining b. Operation and optimization of ore grinding and
entrepreneurs through training and development of classification circuits.
appropriate technologies for the recovery of miner- c. Metallurgical balance and process control
als and utilization of industrial minerals. d. Mineral laboratory management
e. Sampling and preparation of geological materials
The department is actively involved in training differ- f. Ore testing and analysis
ent stakeholders in the mining industry from differ- g. Beneficiation of industrial minerals
ent countries.

P.O. Box 9573, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Telephone: (255 22) 2650347, Fax: (255 22) 2650319, E-mail: mkama@seamic.org seamic@seamic.org Website: www.seamic.org