In November 2016, at the Talnah concentrating mil of the Polar Division of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel completed commissioning of the automated system of analytical monitoring of pulp products of ore processing consisting of five X-ray wavelength dispersive flowstream pulp analyzers AP-31-NM manufactured by Bourevestnik Inc. The instruments will be installed within the frames of reconstruction and technical refurbishment, which will enable to increase its capacity up to 10 mil. Tonnes of ore per annum. As per the concluded contract Bourevestnik, Inc. will supplied turnkey solution, including start-up works, installation supervision, training and maintenance.

Bourevestnik, Inc. – is the CIS’s largest enterprise for research, development and manufacture of X-ray equipment for industrial and scientific purposes, the company is the subsidiary of PJSC ALROSA.

Analyzer AR-31-NM represents a fully-automated analytical complex intended for continuous X-ray fluorescence on-stream chemical analysis of pulps and solutions. The instrument allows simultaneous determination of concentrations up to 7 chemical element (from ²⁰Ca to ⁹²U) in 15 technological products with a discreteness of 1 every 15 minutes, while measurement time does not exceed 40 seconds.

Public Joint-Stock Company Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel is a diversified mining and metallurgical company, the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium and a leading producer of platinum group metals.