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Boliden Aitik control room<\/p><\/div>\n
Great challenge for the Xore on-stream analyzer at Boliden<\/h2>\n
Boliden Aitik concentrator plant has a high copper recovery of some 85-90 %. With a low head grade and high recovery there is very little copper left in the tailings, about 0.02 \u2013 0.05 %. This is a challenge to measure for an on-stream analyzer but the Boxray analyzer\u2019s energy dispersive detector enables very low detection limits and reliable measurements even at these super-low grades.<\/p>\n
The final product is a copper concentrate typically consisting of 25 % copper, 250 g\/t silver and 8 g\/t gold. There is an extreme difference in magnitude between the concentrate and head grade, and tailings:<\/p>\n
Concentrate - Head Grade: 100-150 times larger<\/p>\n
Head Grade - tailings: 20 times larger<\/p>\n
This introduces a risk of contamination from the concentrate to the other samples. The Boxray 24 eliminates this risk by having separate sample loops and measurement cells for each sample stream. The Boxray Compact uses two measurement cells so high grade samples are kept in one cell and low grade samples in the other cell. These features are unique to the Boxray on-stream analyzers.<\/p>\n
Boxray 24 in duty<\/h2>\n
The flotation circuit is monitored with a single Boxray 24 on-stream analyzer. Process control is based on a large array of sample streams and accurate process data from the online analyzer being updated frequently. For most samples an analysis time of 25 seconds is used. The control room in Boliden Aitik relies on a single analyzer to provide them with process data. Other mines of this size, using competing systems, often have to use multiple analyzers in order to achieve acceptable performance and an acceptable level of availability.<\/p>\n
The Boxray 24 has on its own high enough capacity to do the job sufficiently fast and accurate. With a service program consisting of preventive maintenance on a regular basis the availability is maximized.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTo run an operation of this scale and dignity with a single Xore on-stream analyzer at\u00a0Boliden Aitik\u00a0says a whole lot about the analyzers performance and reliability\u201c<\/em>\u00a0says Mikael Normark, CEO of Xore.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tRead more about Boxray 24\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2019 Facts and figures, Boliden Aitik mine.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Boliden Aitik<\/strong><\/td>\n Production<\/strong><\/td>\n Head grade<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ore<\/td>\n 40.6 Mtonnes<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Copper<\/td>\n 91.363 ktonnes<\/td>\n 0.25 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silver<\/td>\n 37.991 kg<\/td>\n 1.17 g\/t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gold<\/td>\n 3.063 kg<\/td>\n 0.13 g\/t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Revenue 2019, USD:\u00a0 582 M<\/p>\n
Operating profit 2019, USD:\u00a0 215 M<\/p>\n
Cash cost (Normal C1), USc\/lb Copper: 76<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Boliden Aitik<\/strong><\/td>\n	Production<\/strong><\/td>\n	Head grade<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ore<\/td>\n	40.6 Mtonnes<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Copper<\/td>\n	91.363 ktonnes<\/td>\n	0.25 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silver<\/td>\n	37.991 kg<\/td>\n	1.17 g\/t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gold<\/td>\n	3.063 kg<\/td>\n	0.13 g\/t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Revenue 2019, USD:\u00a0 582 M<\/p>\n Operating profit 2019, USD:\u00a0 215 M<\/p>\n Cash cost (Normal C1), USc\/lb Copper: 76<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xore customer case Boliden, Aitik mine In the northern parts of Sweden, near Gallivare, lies the\u00a0Boliden Aitik mine. It was first established in 1968, and has since then grown to be Sweden\u2019s largest copper mine, milling over 40 Mtonnes of ore in 2019. From the ore some 90.000 tonnes of copper was extracted along with[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xore.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xore.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xore.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xore.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xore.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.xore.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/www.xore.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xore.se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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