Minerals Quality Control Services

Minerals Quality Inspection & Vendor Audit Services

Minerals Specificities impacting Quality Control Service and Product Inspection

Quality control is crucial in the minerals industry, benefiting manufacturers and importers in several ways. It ensures consistent and reliable product quality, compliance with regulations, and cost reduction by preventing rework and waste.

Quality control also enhances reputation, mitigates risks, and provides a competitive advantage. It improves operational efficiency, identifies areas for optimisation, and ultimately leads to customer satisfaction through the delivery of high-quality minerals.

Usual Norms and Standard related to Minerals Quality Assurance

  • HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)
  • ASTM International Certification
  • API Certification
  • UL Certification
  • RoHS Compliance
  • REACH Compliance
  • Kosher Certification
  • Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) Certification
  • Organic Certification
  • USP-NF Certification

Items related to Minerals subject to Quality Control and Quality Inspection

Numerous critical facets undergo meticulous examination, encompassing, but not restricted to:

  • Iron Ore
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Copper
  • Aluminium
  • Coal
  • Rare Earth Elements (REEs)
  • Lithium
  • Phosphates
  • Quartz
  • Limestone
  • Tungsten
  • Nickel
  • Titanium
  • Potash

How we can help you with Minerals Quality Control

Worldwide Quality Control is strategically located overseas to help importers, buyers, traders, retailers and startups with quality control, quality inspection and factory audit operations.

Quality Inspector skills required to perform inspection of Minerals

  • Technical Knowledge
  • Knowledge of Testing Methods
  • Quality Control Procedures
  • Ethical Conduct
  • Sampling Techniques
  • Instrumentation and Equipment
  • Documentation and Record-Keeping
  • Health and Safety Awareness
  • Industry Regulations and Standards
  • Problem Identification and Resolution
  • Industry Knowledge

Our quality inspectors located overseas can help you with quality control related to minerals.

Most common type of defects related to Minerals quality control

  • Impurities
  • Inclusions
  • Color Variation
  • Mineralogical Composition
  • Particle Size Distribution
  • Density Deviations
  • Luster Variation
  • Transparency or Opacity Issues
  • Hardness Discrepancies
  • Chemical Composition
  • Streak and Powder Color
  • Size and Shape Irregularities
  • Solubility
  • Magnetic or Electrical Properties
  • Surface Roughness
  • Radioactivity
  • Cracks and Fractures
  • Environmental Sensitivity
  • Crystal Form Distortions

Our quality inspection team can help you to identify those defects and to prevent you importing improper and defective products related to minerals overseas.

Quality Check Service related to Minerals

When our quality inspector and quality controller located inspect and check products related to minerals, they usually perform the following checking:

  • Chemical Composition Analysis
  • Physical Properties Testing
  • Mineralogical Analysis
  • Moisture Content Analysis
  • Impurity Analysis
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Solubility Testing
  • Microbiological Testing
  • Heavy Metal Analysis
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Abrasion and Wear Testing
  • Specific Surface Area Analysis
  • Sieve Analysis
  • Acid/Base Reactivity Testing
  • Magnetic Susceptibility Testing
  • Electrical Conductivity Testing
  • Radio-graphic Testing

Our quality consultant can also help and assist you in establishing custom checklists tailor made for your product.

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Performing Factory Audit related to Minerals

Performing a Factory Audit or a Vendor Assessment overseas before starting an engaging fund to buy goods related to minerals can be a good strategy to avoid buying improper goods.

Buying from reliable, reputable and properly business minded vendors can prevent you experiencing disappointments when receiving your goods.

Leverage our full sets of Vendor Audit Services to secure your import and business when procuring minerals related items.

Out of quality assurance related, you may also want to check your vendor against other standards such as:

  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 14001
  • OHSAS 18001 / ISO 45001
  • Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) Certification
  • Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
  • Fairtrade Certification
  • MSC Certification

Ask for a Quality Control report related to Minerals