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Laboratory Chemicals for Mining in Namibia

Every Namibian mine runs on numbers produced by its assay and process labs — and those labs run on reagents Swachem stocks through the ACE agency. CP-grade acids and solvents, fluxes and borax, permanganate, dichromate and thiocyanate for gold work, pH buffers and conductivity standards: the working shelf of a mine laboratory, held in Windhoek and Walvis Bay instead of a cross-border courier pipeline.

The local problems this range solves

  • Assay backlogs when a single reagent runs out mid-campaign
  • Buffers and standards expiring in transit or hot storage before use
  • Cross-border procurement admin for small-value, high-urgency reagent orders
  • Method consistency demanding the same reagent grade every reorder

Compliance & documentation

Chromates, cyanide-adjacent reagents and concentrated acids ship with full SDS and segregation-compliant packing; COAs accompany accredited-method reagents on request.

Local tip

Uranium-province labs order via Walvis Bay — the B2 run means a Tuesday order is on the bench Thursday, which inland couriers from South Africa simply cannot match.

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Nitric Acid 55% CP pack

Nitric Acid 55% CP

CP

CP-grade nitric acid for laboratory and assay work.

Pack sizes on request

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Potassium Thiocyanate (Au)

Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.

Borax Granular Tech Dek pack

Taxidermies use this to get the fat off from the skin.

Available in25 kg

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Potassium Permanganate CP 500G pack

Purple crystal used in labs for product testing and experiments.

Available in500 g25 kg

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Sodium Dichromate CP pack

Sodium Dichromate CP

ACECP

CP-grade sodium dichromate reagent.

Pack sizes on request

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Go Bio pH Buffers & Conductivity Standards

Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.

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Laboratory Chemicals for mining: asked and answered

Do you stock the reagents specific to gold assay work?

Yes — the fire-assay and wet-chemistry staples are shelf lines: borax for flux, nitric and hydrochloric CP for digestion and parting, potassium thiocyanate for gold titrations, plus the general reagent bench behind them. Anything deeper in the ACE catalogue comes in on the regular consignment, typically weeks rather than the months of a one-off import.

How do we keep our lab’s calibration standards fresh at a remote site?

Buy small and often rather than big and stale — pH buffers and conductivity standards are dated consumables that suffer in a 40 °C store. Because we hold them locally, your standing monthly order can include fresh bottles at the rate you actually calibrate, and they ride to site with the plant chemical delivery instead of as separate freight.

Can lab reagents ship on the same manifest as our plant chemicals?

That consolidation is precisely the value: one hazardous-goods manifest, one vehicle, one receiving event for lab, plant and workshop chemistry. Your SHEQ team processes a single documented delivery, and small reagent lines stop paying standalone freight. Most of our mine accounts run exactly this way on a monthly cycle.

What happens when our method needs a reagent you do not hold?

The ACE catalogue behind our agency runs far deeper than our shelf, and our import desk covers the rest. Give us the exact name, grade and CAS number — precision prevents wrong-grade deliveries — and we quote landed cost and lead time. For method-critical reagents we recommend ordering a quarter ahead and letting us hold the buffer.

Serving Mining from our Windhoek branch

Swachem Windhoek · 2-8 Walter Street, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek · Tel 061 235 051 · Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00

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Served primarily from Swachem Windhoek — 061 235 051. SDS, grades and delivery scheduling included in the quote.