Stockpile Verification

Understanding your mineral and metal stockpiles is vital for making high level business decisions and ensuring regulatory and contractual compliance and accuracy in inventories for financial reports, excise duty, etc.

We provide the full range of state-of-the-art evaluation services for mineral and metal stockpiles. Wherever you operate in the world, our experts are available to accurately measure your stored commodities using a variety of different technologies, including Total Station, Lidar and drones.

Piles of Materials at a Recycling Station

Whether your stockpile is irregular following dumping or a more controlled stockpile formed by conveyor, our solutions ensure transparency and accuracy. We use dedicated software and laser and photogrammetric methods to generate a data point cloud and 3D model. This data enables us to calculate stockpile volume and can be used to generate a contour map using Civil CAD software.

Our services are fully adaptable, depending on the needs of the customer, regulation, and physical characteristics of the stockpile.

Why choose SGS for stockpile verification?

The benefits of using our solutions include:

Transparent evaluation of the inventory for financial reports, excise duty, loans
Compliance with national and other regulatory requirements
Accurate data for planning and managing purchasing and stock administration
Rapid calculations of inventory, including daily provisional reports

We are recognized as the benchmark for quality and integrity in the mineral and metal commodities sector. Our independent stockpile verification solutions provide you with accurate data for business decisions and generate trust in your supply chain.