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CAPITAL EQUIPMENTA 125 kilogram per hour Minfurn carbon-regeneration furnace wascommissioned at Compañia Minera San Simon SA in Peru. Thiswas the second installation of the higher-capacity Minfurn, which wasin a larger unit. The larger furnace has a capacity comparable withconventional regeneration equipment such as rotary kilns, while retainingthe advantages of the unique resistive-heating technology employed in theMinfurn. A 75 kilogram per hour furnace was installed at Yamana Gold’s SãoFrancisco operation in Brazil. Orders were received for a further 75 kilogramper hour unit (Mineração Turmalina, Brazil) and a 125 kilogram per hour unit(COMARSA, Peru), and these will be commissioned early in 2007. These twofurnaces are the latest PLC-based models, with the ability to allow remoteaccess via Ethernet if the appropriate hardware is installed.hopes to break into this market shortly.The latest version of the Atomijet atomiser was installed and commissionedcapacity of 50 kilograms per batch, can operate at temperatures up to morethan 1 600°C, compared with 1 100°C in earlier models. This extends therange of materials that can be processed.SOUTH AFRICAN REFERENCE MATERIALSFour new standards in the series of South African Reference Materials– a ferrochromium metal, a ferrochromium slag, a low-grade nickel-PGM sulphide, and a feed-grade Merensky Reef material. In addition,four uranium standards were produced for a consulting company. Auranium ore standard and a UG2 PGM standard will be releasedFurther gold, uranium, and rock reference materials are plannedto replenish stock levels, as well as new materials for copper,cobalt, nickel, and tantalite ores, Toxicity Characteristic LeachingProcedure (TCLP) standards, and polluted soils and sediments. Avertical stirred mill has been purchased for the fast production ofmicrometres) and a small standard deviation.Metallurgical accounting and geological resource evaluationsdepend to a large degree on the quality of analytical results,and Mintek is seeking opportunities to grow its SARMs business.The SARM programme has joined the recently formed SouthAfrican branch of the ISO Committee on Reference Materials(REMCO), whose aim is to co-ordinate a broad international effortPics from top tobottom:A 125 kilogramper hourMinfurn carbonregenerationfurnace wascommissioned atCompañiaMinera SanSimon SA inPeru.The latestversion ofthe Atomijetatomiser wasinstalled andcommissioned atImpala PlatinumSprings.Four newstandards in theseries of SouthAfrican ReferenceMaterials(SARMs) weremanufacturedMetallurgicalaccountingand geologicalresource evaluationsdepend toa large degreeon the qualityof analyticalresults. Mintekis seeking opportunitiestogrow its SARMsbusiness.“Further development of the Cynoprobe is undercircuitry to extend the measurement range of theinstrument to both higher and lower concentrations”35 annual report 2007