Intr oduction T he ALS Inspec tion Division inspec ts w eighs s amples analyses and r epor ts on the quan tit y and qualit y o f c ommodities t o pr oduc e fndings tha t can be used f or fnal c ommer cial se ttlemen t purposes Pr o viding ac cur a t e global Inspec tion Analysis servic es f or me t als miner als or es pr ecious me t als f err o al lo ys and solid fuels ALS Inspec tion is one o f the f or emos t umpir e and par t y analysis labor a t ories in the w orld Al l s ampling and s ample pr epar a tion oper a tions ar e under t ak en t o the highes t o f in t erna tional s t andar ds and al l labor a t ories ar e ISO 170252005 ac cr edit ed T e ams o f surv e y ors ar e s tr a t egical ly loca t ed in ma jor por ts smelt ers r e fneries and s t eelw orks and w ar ehouses ar ound the w orld t o under t ak e pr ecise inspec tion and s ampling o f c ommodities S amples ar e dispa t ched t o primary analy tical labor a t ories in UK Hol land and South A frica with analy tical r esults being used f or c ommer cial e x change purposes be tw een buy er and sel ler Quality ALS unders t ands the v alue o f da t a qualit y and in t egrit y t o e xplor a tion and mining c ompanies Our pr oc es ses ar e designed t o ensur e clien ts r ec eiv e the bes t qualit y as s a y da t a t o as sis t in f ormed decision making Health S afety and En vir onment Being an emplo y ee o f ALS is about putting s a f e t y frs t Global ly ALS is c ommitt ed t o a s a f e w ork cultur e S afet y Mana ge M ent A s par t o f this global appr oach ALS has de v eloped an indus try le ading s t andar d f or managing he alth s a f e t y and en vir onmen t al is sues Pr o te ction of the e nvir on M ent ALS has Ext ensiv e pr oc edur es and policies t o ensur e Pr o t ec tion o f the En vir onmen t Specifc pr oc edur es and policies addr es s the f ol lo wing is sues W as t e M anagemen t Monit oring and M ain t enanc e Dis as t er M anagemen t plans f or spil ls M anagemen t o f Solid w as t e with r ec y cling wher e pos sible ALS Inspec tion 2