Department of Modelling and Valuation

Whether ores, tailings or recycled materials – all these raw material sources can greatly vary in their chemical and physical characteristics. How such variations impact the efficiency of minerals processing is investigated by the Modelling and Valuation Department. It combines petrographic analysis results with mathematical models to optimize the metal extraction from particularly complex composite raw material sources. The approach is called Geometallurgy. The Department also develops new methods and powerful mathematical models to improve the entire process chain of metalliferous raw materials in terms of economic and resource-confined aspects.