Development of Radiometric Methods for Exploration and Process Optimization in Mining and Mineral Industries

Radiation techniques are increasingly applied and continuously evolving for exploration and efficient tapping of natural resources, by the mining, metallurgy and mineral processing industries. Such industries are present in most countries and often are the major contributors to the national economies. The CRP objectives will be the development and /or enhancement of? nuclear techniques and associated methodologies on the followings topics:Radiotracers to derive data in a simple manner from a variety of complex and closed systems. Using radiotracers provide vital information which can be gathered for optimal recovery of the desired mineral; Geophysical radiation techniques as nuclear borehole logging systems which are used for exploration purposes and new technologies have to be introduced; Nucleonic control systems being used for on-line measurements on processing lines for elemental analysis, for quality control and real-time process management. New radiotracers, miniature neutron generators and X-ray systems, user friendly software, new detectors and data acquisition systems are being developed or improved ?and introduced in practice. Exploration, mining, mineral and metallurgical (E3M) industries are welcome to express their needs to be addressed and potentially solved by radiation technologies. Finding solutions to these issues is the objective of this CRP.