Cotecna can help safeguard your interests through on-the-spot independent inspection services for ferrous and non ferrous metals, coal, ores and other minerals, concentrates, scrap metal, etc.

Minerals

• Pre-shipment quality control at mine heads
• Blending supervision
• Vessel hatch and hold inspection
• Supervision and inspection of vessel at loading and discharge, including transhipments
• Weight determination (weigh bridges, draft surveys or belt weigh scales) and certification
• Sampling, sample preparation
• Testing and analysis (chemical properties, moisture determination, transportable moisture limit, flow moisture point, size distribution, granulometry)   

Metals

• Plant assessment
• DUPRO inspections
• Mechanical properties (yield point, tensile strength, elongation)
• Chemical analysis
• Dimensions
• Packing and marking
• Tally (number of bundles per type and size)
• Weight
• Loading inspection
• Visual control (rust, surface condition)
• Report on condition
• Photographic reports