• Created: 14.07.2022
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Interesting facts from the history of NMMC

In 1977, the Central laboratory of gamma activation analysis was put into operation at the Muruntau mine. 

This laboratory is intended for the quantitative determination of the gold content in powder samples of gold-bearing ores, in a sample weight of up to 500 grams.

The Central laboratory of gamma activation analysis of the mine is based on unique technologies. At present, the laboratory analyzes more than 3.5 thousand samples per day using one accelerator. The laboratory has the ability to determine the gold content in the ore in 17 seconds. No one physics laboratory in the world can carry out an analysis of this magnitude.

Currently, this laboratory remains the only operating laboratory in the world in the mining industry, in which the determination of gold in geological samples is based on the method of activating gold nuclei.

The Press service of "NMMC" JSC.