Online Monitoring of Ores on Technological Conveyors of Kazakhmys Corporation LLP with the Help of Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Mining Control Stations
The mines and quarries of Kazakhmys Corporation LLP, which includes Zhezkazgantsvetmet, Balkhashtsvetmet and Karagandatsvetmet Mining and Processing Complex (GOK), are developing deposits of copper - containing polymetallic ores of complex material composition: Zhezkazgan, Zhaman - Aybat, Zhilandinsky group (Itauz, East Saryoba, West Saryoba, Kipshakpai, Karashoshak), Konyrat, Sayak group, Shatyrkol, Nurkazgan, Abyz, Akbastau, Kusmuryn. The richest areas of these deposits are mostly worked out, mining operations are carried out on the flanks of ore deposits. The copper content in the ore is decreasing from year to year. In such a situation, strict and effective online monitoring of copper and silver contents in commercial ore becomes extremely in demand. The economic losses from the reduction of copper content in the ore are partially offset by the associated extraction of silver. Only by solving these tasks, one can count on the creation of an effective operational quality management system for mined copper - containing ores and associated silver mining using modern hardware for online monitoring of copper and silver contents in mined ores, as well as the latest methodological and software for these tools.