:: MLA Expansion Continues Unabated

Australia's JKTech MD Dr Geoff Gault said Mineral Liberation Analyser (MLA) technology in China in 2006 marks a continued expansion of the system's world-wide reach.

By mid-2006 there were 35 MLA installations around the globe, which Dr Gault describes as "phenomenal"considering that only six systems were in existence as recently as 2002.

"From 1996 to 2000 we were in development mode under the direction of Dr Ying Gu, so in just ten years we have taken a system design concept to a position of undisputed world leader in the field - and we continue to expand,"Dr Gault said.

Recently the MLA has been deployed by Mexico's largest miner Penoles, by Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa - the world's largest mineral sand mining operation - and also by the Geological Survey of Finland to analyse material from Europe's greatest and one of Earth's deepest holes in its crust.

Systems about to be installed and commissioned are at Anglo Platinum in South Africa (four systems), Jinchuan in China, Rio Tinto in the UK, Montana Tech (CAMP) in the USA and CANMET in Canada.