Worldwide Acceptance of Advanced Expert Control System

Svedala has been awarded the contract to develop and install the advanced expert control system on the 13 regrind lines at Iron Ore Co. of Canada‘s concentrator in Labrador City, Nfld. The system is based on the Svedala Cisa OCS software, which embeds an on-line expert system with crisp and fuzzy logic, neural networks, proprietary soft sensors and self-calibrating models, in an easy-to-configure structure.

Mineral Processing News

LABCOR has published the second issue of Mineral Processing News. This application-based mining newsletter features articles on pH and REDOX in ore processing, problems in pH control, and dissolved oxygen electrodes. Contact LABCOR at 1-800-363-5900 for your free copy of Mineral Processing News.

Sudbury Chosen for Customer Service Centre

Atlas Copco Construction and Mining North America has moved into a new facility in Sudbury, Ont., as it has chosen to make Sudbury the location for its new Canadian Customer Service Centre for its mining and construction business. This coincides with Atlas Copco’s celebrating 50 years of dedicated service to the Canadian mining and construction industries. The move is a result of the company’s desire to centralize key after-market support services including parts order processing, technical support and equipment remanufacturing. The move creates 20 new permanent jobs within the Sudbury operations.