AuTec

FLSmidth has purchased the hydrometallurgical and mineral processing capabilities of AuTec. AuTec's legacy of innovative process, piloting, testing, and characterization will continue in FLSmidth's Mineral Testing and Research Center in Salt Lake City. www.flsmidth.com/en-gb/services/testing-and-research/mineral-testing-laboratories AuTec strives to find innovative solutions for the extractive industry with a particular focus on intrinsic challenges (such as refractoriness, preg-robbing behaviour, and arsenic content) and extrinsic challenges such as fresh water conservation and jurisdictional bans on cyanide. AuTec is a full service metallurgical and mineralogical testing facility. Our services include comminution, mineral processing, leaching, pressure oxidation (batch and continuous), roasting, assay, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, micro-XRF, diagnostic leaching and effluent treatment. AuTec aims to be the first choice for metallurgical test work to support characterization of ores and their suitability to existing processes, development of novel processes and providing site support for operational challenges.