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Loring
Laboratories Ltd. is a 100% Canadian owned company, which
has been in business for 41 years. The laboratory is separated
into five departments: Coal, Assay, Oil & Gas, Geochemistry,
and Diamond Indicator Minerals Department. The Coal Dept.
has been serving the coal industry for the past 40 years.
ASTM
(American Society of Testing and Materials) procedures are
used throughout our laboratory for all the coal analyses.
Our accuracy and reproducibility meets or exceeds those limits
as set forth by ASTM. Quality control programs, technical
consulting, and precise analysis complete the product mix
to provide for total integration in the coal testing industry.
We
also perform Biomass analysis, fuel analysis for the alternative
fuel industry.
Our
routine analyses in the Coal Dept. include the following:
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Proximate Analysis (H2O, Ash, Volatile Matters, Fixed
Carbon) |
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Total Sulphur |
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Forms of Sulphur |
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Calorific Value |
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Ultimate Analysis (Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Sulphur,
Oxygen) |
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Free Swelling Index |
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Mineral Analysis of Ash |
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Ash Fusion Temperature (Oxidizing and Reducing) |
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Hardgrove Grindability Index |
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Equilibrium Moisture |
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Trace Elements Analysis |
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Screen Analysis |
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Washability Test |
In
addition to the above, we also handle bulk samples (up to
2 Metric Tonne) and Coal Plant Evaluation test. For further
information, please contact David Ko at our Calgary office.
Some
of our clients include: Energy Mines and Resources Canada,
Sherritt Coal Ltd., Teck Coal, TransAlta Utilities Corporation,
Saskatchewan Power, Atco Group, Epcor Ltd., BC Ministry of
Mines, Hillsborough Resources, First Coal Corporation, Compliance
Energy Corporation, Peace River Coal Corp. etc
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