ALS opens coal analytical laboratory at Tavan Tolgoi Mine Mongolia

ALS one of the world’s largest and most diversified testing servicesproviders has announced the opening of the new coal analytical laboratory at Tavan Tolgoi mine in South Gobi, Mongolia.

ALS Group LLC (formerly Stewart Mongolia) have been providing world class inspection and analytical services to their clients since 1994. ALS Coal has invested in a new state-of-the-art facility comprising of an over 1,000m2 building located just next to the Tavan Tolgoi mine. The new laboratory will service Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC with whom ALS has established long term cooperation agreement. Tavan Tolgoi deposit is one of the world’s largest coal deposits.

The new facility provides sufficient infrastructure to allow installation of additional capital equipment on a "plug & play" basis facilitating an increase in production capacity at any given time.

The new facility is equipped with the latest technologies available in the market to provide their valued customers with a wide range of analytical services such as:

·         Sample Preparation

·         Proximate Analyses

·         Determination of Calorific Value

·         Determination of Total Sulphur and Phosphorus

·         Free Swelling Index

·         G Index

·         XY Plastometry

·         Geotechnical analyses

Their existing team of highly skilled employees now have the benefit of a modern and efficient facility which will guarantee the high quality and enhanced timeliness of data being generated by this laboratory.