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LUBRICATION and condition monitoring specialist
Techenomics International is setting up
a new laboratory in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to
cater for the country’s growing mining industry.
The laboratory will open initially with the
capability to do a full range of oil analysis
tests for engine oil, all other lubricated compartments
and hydraulic oil. It will be capable
of providing a few other services such as on
line vibration analysis for fixed plant and selected
specialty lubricants such as wire rope
lubes and drill pipe greases.
A team from Techenomics recently attended
the Future Mongolia exhibition to introduce the
service to Mongolian industry and the company’s
CEO Chris Adsett is delighted with the
response. “We were very pleased with the outcome
of the exhibition as we received well over
100 serious visitors out of which we believe
that many new opportunities will develop.”
Techenomics is an independent company
that provides oil analysis, fuel analysis, coolant
analysis, lubrication and filtration solution for
fixed and mobile plants as well as expert testing
of all petroleum fluids across Australia and
Asia. It has been distributing specialty lubricants
to the mining industry thr oughout Australia
and Indonesia for mor e than 20 years.
Today Techenomics focuses on its Total Fluid
Management Services (TFMS), operating three
ISO 9001 accredited laboratories and consulting
services. These laboratories are in Australia,
Indonesia and Thailand. They all conduct lubricant
analysis on used oils and gr eases, and
SGS Minerals Services was expected to
have an on-site laboratory established at the
Oyu Tolgoi mine site in the South Gobi region
of Mongolia by early June. At the end of 2011
SGS was awar ded the 3-year operational
contract for the on-site laboratory at the site.
The laboratory is scheduled to operate 24
hours a day, 7 days a week and its scope of
operations will include rapid grade contr ol,
process plant, final concentrate and environmental
determinations. SGS was pr eviously
running an on-site sample preparation laboratory
for the Oyu Tolgoi exploration team at
the Oyu Tolgoi site. Samples were prepared
at the exploration site and shipped to SGS’
analysis of wear debris.
Chris Adsett says, “Progress in getting established
in Ulaanbaatar is steady , although
slower than we would like. We are still awaiting
the completion of our business registration. We
have appointed Anuu (Bazar Mandy) as our
first Mongolian employee. She joined us on
May 28 and will assist with establishment of the
laboratory and customer relations.
Of the company’s display booth at Future
Mongolia Chris Adsett says, “I’m sure many
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Techenomics to establish in Mongolia
Members of the Techenomics crew at the Future Mongolia exhibition in Ulaanbaatar, from left, Siti Munawarah,
Zhen Xu, Sreejith B, Eka Karmila, Chris Adsett and Andaru Gunawan.
commercial laboratory in Ulaanbaatar for all
required analyses.
SGS said the new on-site facility would employ
more than 50 staff and many were trained
at SGS’ local laboratory in Ulaanbaatar . The
Ulaanbaatar facility is a fully equipped commercial
facility with fire assay, ICP, XRF, fluorine,
chlorine, sulphur, carbon and classical
wet chemistry capability as well as a full scope
of testing for coal and conforms to the r equirements
of ISO/IEC 17025 for specific registered
tests. A metallurgical laboratory is also
being commissioned by SGS in Mongolia to
service the Oyu Tolgoi mine.
The Oyu Tolgoi on-site laboratory comple-
of those who visited the show will r emember
our beautiful female members of staf f
and in particular Tuul Tomorok and Tsatsa,
who toiled enthusiastically in providing visitors
with information on our services and in
particular oil analysis.
“We are pleased to say that you will be seeing
more of Tuul who has agreed to join us as
a brand ambassador. Tuul is a professional
Mongolian model who will commence a degree
in IT during the next semester,” he adds.
SGS awarded Oyu Tolgoi laboratory work
ments SGS Minerals Services’ existing facility
in Ulaanbaatar and further expands its
broad network of commercial labs around the
world. SGS offers a wide range of services to
the minerals sector including geochemical
analysis, resource calculation, mineralogy ,
metallurgy, advanced systems, water tr eatment,
energy and fertilizer minerals testing
and trade services. SGS is a leading inspection,
verification, testing and certification
company. SGS is r ecognized as the global
benchmark for quality and integrity . With
more than 70,000 employees, SGS operates
a network of more than 1350 offices and laboratories
around the world.
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