Driving precision and sustainability in mining with RETSCH

Quality control in the mining industry is essential for efficient resource extraction, compliance with increasingly stringent regulations, and sound economic decision-making.

RETSCH supports modern mining by enabling accurate, reproducible sample preparation, the foundation for reliable quality control, sound economic decisions, and regulatory compliance. Mining laboratories deal with large, heterogeneous, highly abrasive materials, so robust crushing, splitting, grinding, and sieving are essential to ensure analytical results truly represent the ore body or process stream.

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Powerful primary crushing for tough ores, with adjustable gap widths for controlled particle size.
Wear-resistant jaws (e.g., tungsten carbide, zirconium oxide) reduce wear and trace-metal contamination risk.
Two-step crushing (coarse → fine) speeds throughput while keeping preparation consistent.
Cyclone integration enables dust-reduced discharge, cooler processing, and near-complete sample recovery.
High-capacity sample division improves representativeness, reproducibility, and reduces manual handling.
Sieve shakers and air-jet sieving deliver reproducible separations for particle-size analysis with minimal loss/contamination.
Fine grinding for XRF/XRD: disc mills, ball mills, and options that preserve crystal structure for reliable phase ID.