by Petrolab | Jan 7, 2016 | Petrolab News
The long awaited 3rd edition of the RICS guidance note – The mundic problem – took effect from 1 January 2016. Petrolab Director John Fletcher was involved in revising the section on petrographic testing procedures and thinks that while the revised procedures do not invalidate any of the tests carried out under the 2nd edition of the guidance, they do provide more flexibility for the petrographer in concrete classification by the use of the dry density test and by re-grouping of certain types of stable mine waste aggregate by the Stage 2 examination procedure. More details on mundic testing can be...
by Petrolab | Nov 3, 2015 | Petrolab News
Dr Christopher Brough CGeol MRes MEarthSc has joined the team at Petrolab as Senior Consultant Mineralogist. He previously worked for SRK Consulting (Cardiff) and has worked on a diverse range of projects covering a wide range of resource types. In particular he brings experience of the application of environmental mineralogy in the context of acid-rock drainage and metal leaching...
by Petrolab | Aug 24, 2015 | Petrolab News
We had a busy time at Petrolab last week due to the delivery and installation of our new ZEISS EVO MA-25 as well as removal of the previous evaluation SEM, which involved lots of door removal in order to get the machines into the space. Fortunately the weather was good on the delivery day as it was rather wet the rest of the...
by Petrolab | Jul 10, 2015 | Petrolab News
As you may have noticed, we’ve given our web presence a significant “makeover”. We hope it better reflects how our business has developed over recent years – and how we’re looking to serve our developing client base both here in the UK – and internationally. It’s exciting times at Petrolab – we’ve invested in state-of-the-art equipment from ZEISS, expanded our team by bringing in some wonderful new talent to further add to our expertise and even got “social” with our new presence on Facebook and Twitter. We’ve been operating for over 20 years analysing the content of rocks, minerals, ores, aggregates and concrete from all over the world. Our high quality interpretative reports are invaluable tools that help our clients evaluate the potential of their mineral resources and solve materials related problems. We hope our new site gives you a better insight into the work we do – please get in touch to find out how we can help!...
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