Tiegel Talk to a metallurgist

Metallurgy from the first sample to the plant floor.

Tiegel is a Perth metallurgy company. Process design and engineering, testwork and reporting, plant optimisation, toll-milling and prospector support, plus the software that ties the numbers together.

What we do See the software

One metallurgist across the whole flowsheet.

Testwork, design, procurement, commissioning and reporting are often split between different firms. At Tiegel they stay with one metallurgist, so nothing is lost in the handover.

01

Process design & engineering

From testwork results to a plant that works

We develop flowsheets and process designs that turn testwork results into a plant that works. We cover early concepts and design packages, and we also select and procure equipment, so you have one point of contact from design through to supply.

  • Flowsheet development
  • Mass and water balances
  • Equipment sizing
  • Simulation
  • Equipment procurement
02

Metallurgical testwork & reporting

Programs that answer the design question

We scope, manage and interpret testwork programs at the laboratory that best suits your ore and budget. You get clear, decision-ready reports that tell you how your ore behaves and what that means for your project.

  • Comminution
  • Gravity
  • Leach and CIL
  • Flotation
  • Heap leach columns
  • Decision-ready reports
03

Plant optimisation & process solutions

Root causes found, practical fixes in place

For operating plants, we investigate performance problems, find their root causes and put practical fixes in place. This covers recovery losses, reagent consumption and circuit bottlenecks. We support operations through targeted investigations, ongoing consultation or hands-on time on site.

  • Recovery losses
  • Reagent consumption
  • Circuit bottlenecks
  • Investigations
  • Time on site
04

Toll milling & prospector support

From the ground to a payable result

We help ore owners and prospectors take their material from the ground to a payable result. We plan toll-milling campaigns, work with the mill on your behalf, and oversee the campaign and its reconciliation. For prospectors, we provide early metallurgical guidance so you know what you have before you commit capital.

  • Campaign planning
  • Working with the mill
  • Campaign reconciliation
  • Early metallurgical guidance

The Tiegel Suite

Software built by metallurgists, for the plant's real numbers.

Three programs that work together. Saldora keeps the daily numbers and the month-end, Ajax simulates the circuit, and Theseus is an AI that reasons over them. Saldora and Theseus each run online, hosted by Tiegel, or offline on your own server.

Saldora dashboard with daily plant numbers

Saldora

Metal accounting portal

Met balance, mineral inventory, downtime from SCADA, quality control, reports and dashboards, plus a flowsheet of your plant that shows live SCADA readings. End-of-day sign-off and a full change history.

Ajax flowsheet of a grinding and gold recovery circuit

Ajax

Steady-state process simulation

Build a circuit from 36 unit models, from crushers, mills and cyclones to flotation, leach, carbon and electrowinning. Ajax balances solids by mineral and size, water and dissolved metal, audits the balance and exports every stream to Excel. Saldora's flowsheet has the same units, so the plant you watch live there is the one you simulate here.

Theseus investigation report with ranked hypotheses

Theseus

Investigation AI, online or on your own server

Investigation reports with ranked causes, the evidence for and against each, and the first test to run. It also explains Ajax results, and every figure it quotes is checked against the source. Use it online, hosted by Tiegel on a private AI service that does not train on your data, or on your own server's graphics card, where nothing leaves site.

SALDORA

Metal accounting software by Tiegel

Every tonne and every ounce, accounted for.

Saldora brings the plant's numbers into one portal, so every figure in the month-end report can be traced back to its source.

Met balanceCheck-in against check-out, with precision on every figure
Mineral inventoryStockpiles and stock in process, reconciled
Downtime from SCADAStops logged by rule and signed off each day
Quality controlStandards, duplicates and blanks, with lab bias flagged
ReportsMonth-end close and a full change history
DashboardsLive plant status and trends against target
Live flowsheetYour plant drawn once, with running, stopped and the latest readings on every unit
Measurement setsReagent, gold-in-circuit and tonnes reconciliations
Book a demo Client login

Screens show a demo site with invented data. The investigation assistant is an optional add-on.

THESEUS

Investigation AI by Tiegel

From a plant problem to the first test to run.

Describe what changed in plain English. Theseus returns an investigation report with ranked causes, the evidence for and against each, and what to check first.

Ranked causesMost likely first, each with a confidence rating
Evidence both waysWhat supports a cause and what argues against it
Checked figuresEvery figure it quotes is checked against the source
Explains AjaxPlain-English reading of simulation results
OnlineHosted by Tiegel on a private service that does not train on your data
On your own serverRuns on your graphics card, so nothing leaves site
Book a demo

Screens show an example investigation with invented data.

Ways to run it

Online

Hosted by Tiegel

Saldora and Theseus in your browser. We run the server, the backups and the updates. Theseus runs on a private AI service that does not train on your data.

Licensed per company

On your own server

For sites that keep data in-house

The same Saldora and Theseus, offline. They install on your Windows server as services, including air-gapped sites. Ajax and the Excel workbooks install on your engineers' computers. Updates arrive as signed installers that you apply yourself.

Licensed per company, checked weekly. An air-gapped server renews with a file carried on a company laptop.

Desktop

One computer

Saldora, Ajax and Theseus on a single Windows computer, for one metallurgist or a study. Theseus needs a suitable NVIDIA graphics card.

Single-computer licence

All options are paid. The software is not a public download: we set it up with you and send it once your licence is issued. Client documentation, including the setup guide and operating procedures, is inside Saldora after you sign in. Screens show demonstration data.

Ask about the software Client login Renew a server licence
Crucibles glowing inside an assay furnace

About Tiegel

A Perth metallurgy company

We work across the whole flowsheet: process design and engineering, testwork and reporting, plant optimisation, and toll-milling and prospector support. The Tiegel Suite puts the same discipline into software: Saldora for metal accounting, Ajax for process simulation and Theseus, an investigation AI that runs online or on your own server.

Working with one metallurgist from the first sample to the month-end report means nothing is lost between firms, and every figure can be traced back to its source.

Circuits
CIL, flotation, gravity, heap leach
Commodities
Gold, copper, lithium, nickel, zinc, lead, manganese, iron ore
Tools
METSIM, JKSimMet, Aspen HYSYS and our own Tiegel Suite
Company
Tiegel Pty Ltd
ACN 703 199 259
ABN 80 703 199 259

Have a plant, a project or a month-end that won't close?

Tell us what you're working on. You'll hear back from the metallurgist who will do the work.

Email info@tiegel.com.au

Based in Perth, Western Australia.