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Citrabuana’s Minerals Trade Services provide

rapid and reliable Mineral Inspection Services

Inspection and testing services are completed to appropriate international standards and procedures.
Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Ore and Alloy (including nickel ore and primary nickel) testing facilities are situated in Kendari, Manado and Jakarta. These testing facilities provide analysis of samples for process control, quality control and commercial settlement activities. All testing facilities are ISO/IEC 17025 accredited for analysis. Sampling and inspection activities are offered at all customer mines, warehouses and ports.

Non-ferrous concentrate sampling and sample preparation facilities are located in Sulawesi, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java. Commercial exchange assay services are provided through Citrabuana’s partnership with Laboratory Services International (LSI) a fully accredited LME approved Umpire Laboratory, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. LSI is an industry renowned umpire laboratory providing analytical services to miners, traders, refiners alike. It has a long history of expertise in non-ferrous party and umpire analysis and is highly regarded within the minerals trade industry for accuracy, service quality and independence.
The Citrabuana Minerals Inspection Team also performs risk management and inspection services in various discharge ports for minerals products.

Minerals Inspection network services customers wherever they are based with mineral assay laboratories located in key mining regions and locations, providing sample preparation facilities and wide range of state of the art mineral inspection and testing services.

Shipping and Trade Related Services

  • Stockpile sampling for physical, moisture and chemical analysis.
  • Pre-shipment inspection.
  • Audits or development of procedures for Weighing, Sampling, Moisture Determination (WSMD) and Quality Sample Preparation (QSP) against international standards.

Inspections during ship loading and/or discharge

  • Hold and hatch inspection.
  • Draft Survey on a vessel to establish the quantity of the material loaded.
  • Systematic increment sampling during vessel loading or discharge.
  • Moisture determination and quality sample preparation and analysis.
  • Quality and quantity reports or certificate.

Mineral Inspection Services

  • Independent Draft Surveys (for Certification).
  • Hold Cargo Cleanliness Inspections.
  • Cargo loading/unloading, supervision and Final Trimming.
  • On and off hire surveys.
  • Independent ship/cargo damage and repair surveys.
  • Ship vetting to industry surveys
  • Pre purchase surveys (Pre-Shipment Inspection).
  • P and I surveys.

Mineral Ore Bulk Commodities

  • Commodities include: Nickel Laterite Ore, Nickel Pig Iron/Ferro Nickel, Metal Ore, Iron Ore, Lead Ore Concentrate, Manganese Ore, Chrome Ore, Coal and Coke, Ferro Alloys, Steel Products, Ferrous and Nonferrous Scrap and Metallurgical Products.
  • Sampling to International Standards (ISO) and other National Standards according to the customer’s requirements.
  • Joint inspection with other Inspection Organizations or Independent Inspection.
  • Weighing supervision.
  • Sample preparation.
  • Independent Physical Testing and Chemical Analysis for Certification:
    • Size determination.
    • Moisture Testing.
    • Dimension Testing.
  • Certification Services.
  • Ores and Concentrates:
    • Shipment and umpire analysis for commercial settlement.
    • Iron Ore, Nickel Laterite Ore, Lead Ore, Aluminium Ore (Bauxite), Chromite Ore, Manganese Ore, Nickel Pig Iron/Ferro Nickel.
    • Classical Techniques