Course: metallurgical accounting
Every mineral processing plant ranging from concentrators to hydrometallurgical refineries, and smelters has production reporting obligations. Among them, metal accounting requires to get a complete picture on plant performance. Learn in this metallurgical accounting course how to implement an accurate accounting system complying with the AMIRA P754 code. Discover how to better manage the risks involved in your production. Time to investigate options to replace your current Excel based metal accounting system with a more robust database?
Achieve operational excellence by performing metallurgical calculations
A metallurgical accounting system is the key tool for determining the real performance of concentrators, smelters and hydrometallurgical refineries. Such a system covers the full production process from the mine to the final product.
Learn in this course the main principles of a metal accounting system and the best practice recommended by the AMIRA P754 code. Discover a practical approach for the implementation of a complete metallurgical technical and financing system from the data acquisition and the determination of measurement errors to the different options for stocks determination.
Introduction
What is metallurgical accounting
- Importance of metal accounting
- The AMIRA P754 code
- Life cycle of a metallurgical accounting system
Data generation and management
- Introduction to measurement error
- Sampling error
- Data storage and information systeml
Data reconciliation for mineral and metallurgical processes
- Data reconciliation by material balance: case study
- Data reconciliation by material balance: theory
- Granularity increase – Flowsheet
- Granularity increase – Material model
Inventory tracking
- Stock management and inventory estimation
- Accounting constraints and inventory periodicity
Data validation
- Data workflow and validation
Implementation in a metal accounting solution
- Integration in the information system
- Demonstration with a gold plant in our INVENTEO solution
- Tips: main feedback from previous projects
Bonus
- Resources and further readings
Intended audience
- Process and production engineers
- Financial managers
- Laboratory managers
- Quality controllers
Prerequisites
- Be involved/interested in material balance and metal accounting
- Discover the main features of a metal accounting system through practical examples
- Review all the steps required for implementing a full system
- Training is based on documents given to the trainees
Advantages of CASPEO metal accounting course
- Approach based on real cases
- Training in French or English
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| Also available self-paced online |
1,5 days
English or French
2430 € (excl. taxes) / team
(max 5 people)
On demand, at your preferred
date (subject to confirmation)
Face-to-face
CASPEO center – Orléans (France)
CASPEO certification
Training a team to metallurgical accounting?
The metallurgical accounting course is also available in an intra-company format, allowing it to be conducted at a location most convenient for your team. This training can be customized to address your company’s specific objectives and operational needs.
Prefer flexibility? Your metallurgists and process engineers can also upskill anytime, anywhere through our self-paced online course.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on metallurgical accounting course
What is metallurgical accounting?
Metal Accounting is defined in the AMIRA P754 code as “the system whereby selected process data (pertaining to metals of economic interest), including mass measurement and analysis are collected from various sources and transformed into a coherent report format that is delivered in a timely fashion in order to meet specified reporting requirements.”
Why should you learn metallurgical accounting?
This course equips you to implement best practices in metallurgical accounting in line with the AMIRA P754 Code, widely recognized in the mining industry:
- Track and reconcile mass and metal flows across concentrators, hydrometallurgical circuits, and smelters
- Detect, quantify, and report metal losses systematically, improving recovery and operational efficiency
- Perform reliable mass balances and sampling validation
Why choose CASPEO for metallurgical accounting training?
CASPEO is not just a training provider. Our instructors are experienced process engineers who implement metallurgical accounting systems in real industrial plants. This course introduces the principles of the AMIRA P754 Code of Practice for Metal Accounting, providing a framework to ensure robust and reliable metal accounting practices.
You will gain a solid understanding of the techniques and methodologies used to accurately, reliably, and efficiently track metal flows from ore feed to saleable product. CASPEO training leverages instructors’ real-world expertise, blending hands-on practice with mastery of sampling, data reconciliation, mass balancing, and process optimization.
You will acquire the foundation to generate more accurate metal accounting reports and actionable data outputs, reinforced with real-world examples and CASPEO INVENTEO metal accounting software demonstration.
What certification will you receive?
All participants receive a CASPEO training certificate, validating their competence in metallurgical accounting.
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