Turnkey Body Scanning Solutions for Precious Metal Mines & Refineries

Unaccounted for, the potential loss of precious metals through employee theft should worry producers as, cumulatively, it could represents a considerable loss of revenue. Xscann Technologies says the surefire way for producers to mitigate this risk is employing its X-ray full-body scanning solution, which has excelled in different mine sites. 

XScann Technologies views the 2024 Investing in African Mining Indaba as the perfect platform for raising awareness among mining companies about the importance of safeguarding their invaluable assets. The company is particularly concerned about the situation in the precious stones and metals sectors, where producers may be oblivious to the increased risk of theft they face.   

Rudzani Ramovha, the Managing Director of Xscann Technologies, offers a candid view on the situation: “Save for fleeting fluctuations, truth be told, prices of precious metals have been generally favourable in the past years. Of course, producers are doing their utmost to make the most of glorious opportunities to increase revenue. But the main concern is that, in a quest to increase output, they may overlook the need to protect their precious stones and metals from theft. Stolen metals or precious stones represent an irretrievable loss of revenue, these would deter mines from truly benefitting from favourable prices.“

Need to beef up security 

Lamenting security lapses at precious metal mines & refineries, Xscan Technologies urges producers to beef up security systems to safeguard their assets. Based on experience from recent projects, the company has noticed that traditional techniques of security, which involve body searching of employees, fall short in deterring theft.

The shortcomings of traditional technique (body searching) 

Usually, the traditional techniques of body searching have many security disadvantages and loopholes. Some examples include: collusion between security personnel and the workforce, limitations in places to reach for search, privacy intrusions, time-consuming, uncomfortable working environment for security personnel, etc.

Clearly, this necessitates precious metal producers to adopt alternative techniques to safeguard their precious stones and metals.

Rudzani emphasises that the company is not being alarmist by urging mines to enhance their security systems.“The traditional approach cannot cope with the increasing sophistication of theft. Syndicates at mines are always a step ahead of systems.” 

Xscann Body scanning technology 

Rudzani guarantees that, as an alternative, Xscann’s X-ray full-body scanning technology has proved effective in challenging conditions in both precious metal mines and refineries. He attributes this to main features that ease deployment and management, such as a body scanner inside a mobile container for easy movement to different locations, office space for operators, integrated access control, holding rooms, air conditioning, and backup power options.

Without a doubt, the most effective is Xscann body scanner‘s ability to deter theft in the following ways:

• High-resolution head-to-toe whole-body image of a person under review in a single pass;
• Operators image enhancement tools to accurately and quickly evaluate the image, using specifically adapted software that provides security checks of unequalled quality; and
• Uses state-of-the-art safety systems to monitor the dose, every transaction is recorded and timestamped for future auditing; and
• Remote operation of the body scanner unit.

Advantages of Xscann Technology’s body scanner

There is no question about the Xscann body scanner’s efficiency.  The technology offers many advantages, including: the detection of even internally concealed items, adequate safeguarding of companies’ precious assets, a safe working environment for the security personnel, a quicker search process, archiving of every transaction for future auditing, access control integration, technological solution that can be upgraded for future detection requirements, full maintenance support after installations.

Customised Turnkey Solutions

There is more value clients can derive from engaging Xscann Technologies for their requirements. Instead of merely supplying clients with a product, going an extra mile, the company delivers Turnkey Body scanning solutions.“Our scanners are also delivered in a mobile version built in a shipping container and are fully customisable to the customers’ requirements.“

Customisation of solutions has proved effective in solving specific challenges that clients face in theft mitigation. In particular, the typical approach entails customer consultations prior to and during the design phases to build a customer-fit solution. Consultations also continue during implementation until the commission to adapt to any changes along the way.

On why Xscan has taken this route, Rudzani expounds: “We strive to implement products as per customer specifications, we understand that customers are different and we strive to manage the customer diversity with our product offerings.”

Moreover, what is worth mentioning is that Backup power systems are part of Xscann‘s new turnkey offerings. This could either be in the form of a generator (petrol/diesel) or solar system, depending on the customer preferences or environmentally conducive solution.

A trusted partner

Rudzani warrants metal and precious stone producers that Xscann Technologies, South African-based and Africa-focused, is the reliable partner when it comes to protecting their invaluable assets.“We have successfully distributed, installed and maintained Body scanner solutions for mining companies for over 10 years. Our track record speaks for itself.”