Chemicals for Metallurgy & Mining

Mineral processing converts crushed ore into saleable metal through a series of chemical steps. Flotation plants use collectors such as xanthates, frothers such as MIBC and modifiers including copper sulfate and lime. Gold operations rely on cyanide leaching and activated carbon. Hydrometallurgical plants consume sulfuric acid and solvent-extraction reagents. And smelters use fluxes such as fluorspar and borax. Assay laboratories then measure grades with acids, fluxes and reference materials.

Our industrial and inorganic divisions supply many of these reagents, including sodium ethyl xanthate, MIBC, copper sulfate, sodium hydrosulfide, lime products, activated carbon, borax, fluorspar and mineral acids, while the laboratory division provides fire-assay fluxes, lead nitrate and analytical-grade acids for metallurgical labs. Buyers include mine operators and their procurement agents, flotation reagent distributors, gold processing plants, steel and non-ferrous smelters, and commercial assay laboratories, with particularly strong demand from Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Australia.

Mining sites are often remote, so logistics planning is as important as specification. Reagents typically move in jumbo bags, drums or IBCs to ports such as Durban, Dar es Salaam, Walvis Bay, Callao or Antofagasta, then by road or rail to site. Sodium cyanide and some xanthates are highly regulated, requiring end-user documentation, import permits and strict dangerous-goods handling, and certain buyers expect suppliers to follow cyanide-management codes. We provide a COA and GHS SDS with every lot and confirm documentation needs at quotation stage.