Promoting more sustainable mining practices with Malvern Panalytical’s water monitoring solution

A new mine water monitoring solution, Malvern Panalytical’s Epsilon Xflow, for GTK’s innovation projects provides real-time information about the quality of process- and wastewater from mining operations.

Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) is an international geoscience research agency operating under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. It is a leading European competence center on the assessment and sustainable use of geological resources. GTK provides geological expertise to create solutions for more sustainable growth.

GTK is directing efforts to accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy by offering customers smart solutions for the sustainable extraction and use of raw materials from secondary sources. The innovation projects carried out by GTK aim at creating solutions for harvesting critical raw materials from mine waste and side streams to boost sustainability in the raw materials sector.

The contract contains the shipment and commissioning of the Epsilon Xflow, a solution to analyze the chemical composition of mine liquids in real-time. The Epsilon Xflow incorporates the newest laboratory-proven X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technology to enable simultaneous multi-element analysis, real-time results, and high repeatability.

Epsilon Xflow enables on-line control of the composition of processing liquids, liquors and reagents under rough process conditions. It can detect traces of toxic metals and other elements to enable immediate counteractions to prevent environmental damage.