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Coal & Coke Sampling & Preparation PROTOCOLS V4-1 16 March 2015.xls

MANUAL SAMPLING & PREPARATION PROTOCOLS - SHIPMENTS OF COAL - BF COKE - ANTHRACITE - PETROLEUM COKE
MANUAL SAMPLING procedures for material of less than 75 mm Nominal Top Size
NOTE: For material greater than 75mm NTS refer to +75mm TAB and SGS +75mm Sampling Protocols dated 04 01 2010
Refer to Minerals Global procedures on SGS Sharepoint Portal for sampling coal & coke

Principal:
NOTE: After entering all sampling consignment details, go to TAB 3. MANUAL Gross Sample prep SGS Reference:
for recommended sample preparation instructions. Vessel or ID:
Refer to TAB 7. for minimum sample preparation equipment requirements. Location (Port):
Cargo:

Sampling Calculations based on Sampling Standard Bill of Lading / Discharge Date:

Note: Calcined Petroleum Coke - If the NTS is greater than 25mm ,
select ASTM and relevant NTS from BF Coke selection.
ASTM D2234 Date Prepared:

< ADDITIONAL INFORMATION >

Select Place of Sampling 1. Vessels & Barges; 2. Rail Wagons / Trucks

1. Vessel / Barge Sampling - from Grabs, "moving" Stockpiles, Stopped Belt, Falling Streams Selection: ASTM D2234 Coal 50mm N.T.S

SELECT PRODUCT & NTS (for Calcined Pet Coke greater than 25mm NTS use Coal SELECT
Options)

Coal 50mm N.T.S SEPARATE GENERAL ANALYSIS SAMPLE ONLY

Consignment Type & N.T.S (nominal top size) TYPE OF SAMPLE

- Protocol for sampling VESSEL / BARGES. Coal 50mm N.T.S - ASTM D2234 - Refer to Note 2.
NOTE: 1. RECOMMENDED SHIPMENT SUBLOT SIZE (TONS)
SEPARATE GENERAL ANALYSIS SAMPLE ONLY - Protocol for following are the recommended default number of Sublots for a shipments of coal / coke ect.
<ENTER Nominated Shipment
sampling VESSEL / BARGES. Coal 50mm N.T.S - ASTM D2234 - Ash%(db) into Cell C25 or [Default
--------- To increase Precision and reduce Variance: increase the number of Sub-lots, and increase total number
Refer to Note 2. Ash% DB value = 15% used in
Precision calculation.] of increments per Lot

Shipment Size Primary Sublot Size (tons)

ISO 18283:2006 Theoretical Sampling Precision Value - Reference: - Annex A. page 87 - 2,500 1 Sublot
Number of increments (n) = 4VI / [ Nn x PL2 - 4VPT ] . The calculated Sub-lot sample << Enter Number of (Sub 2,501 to 10,000 2 Sublots
mass is equivalent to, or greater than, minimum sample mass for the nominated NTS as 1.50 Samples) per Sublot, or leave 10,001 to 15,000 3 Sublots
per ISO 18283 Table 3. Refer to Note: 2. Selected Theoretical Precision Value (PL) = 10% Blank 15,001 to 30,001 5 Sublots
of Shipment Ash(db) 30,001 to 40,001 6 Sublots
40,001 to 60,000 8 Sublots
<<<ENTER <Required> Consignment size +60,000 10,000 ton maximum
ENTER Vessel / BARGE size in tons >> 32,000 Sublot tons or select from 5000
Drop List NOTE: 2.
ALL SHIPMENTS ARE CONSIDERED AS BLENDED "RAW / UNCLEANED COAL" FOR CALCULATING
Primary Sublot (t) / No. of Sublots / No. of Increments per Sublot / Mass of Primary THE NUMBER SAMPLING INCREMENTS FOR MANUAL SAMPLING
Sub-lot (kg) 5,000 6 78 247
NOTE: DEFAULT MINIMUM SAMPLE MASS FOR A GROSS / SUBLOT SAMPLE - 35kg, irrespective of the
NTS.
Additional Sublot (t) / No. of Sublots / No. of Increments per Additional Sublot, Mass
of Additional Sublot (kg) 2,000 1 71 225 Calculating the Number of Increments.
ASTM 2234
Min. Mass of Selected Increment NTS (kg) / NTS (mm) / Sampling Interval (tons) Coal 50mm N.T.S 3.15 Collect and Increment every 64 tons The number of increments is calculated using the square root formula stipulated in ASTM 2234 Part 8.1.1.5a, utilizing
the minimum number of increments per 1000 ton stipulated in Table 2, for unwashed coal (K=35).
Total No. of (sub) Samples / Primary Sublots / Additional Sublot - 0 0 Number of increment per Sub Lot = ( mass of Sub Lot / 1000) x K V
where KV = 35
No. of (sub) sample increments / Primary / Additional -------- 0 0
MINIMUM GROSS SAMPLE MASS:
Mass. of (sub) Samples (kg) / Primary / Additional -------- 0 0 ASTM D2234 does not stipulate a minimum samples mass for the General Analysis Sample. To calculcate the
minimum number of sample increments for a given Lot size we have used 50% of the sample masses
Gross PRIMARY Sample Mass for Total Shipment (kg) = 1,479 stipulated in ASTM D4749.

Gross ADDITIONAL Sample Mass for Total Shipment (kg) = 225 ISO 18283 - Example from Annex A page 87
The calculated number of increments is based on :-
Number of increments(Nn) = [ minimum mass of test sample / increment mass ] or ASTM square root formula, which
ever is the greater
* Calculated Mass of Sublot Sample(kg) = [ 4V1 / N x PL2 - 4VPT] X Minimum mass of Increment
Typical shipping Sub-lot samples for Partical Size determination are based on 2% precision, reference ISO * Number of increments n = 4VI / [ N x PL2 - 4VPT ]
SEPERATE PARTICLE SIZING SAMPLE - protocol for sampling
18283 Table 3. Total mass of combined Sub-lot sizing samples must be greater than, or equal to, the minimum * Precision of Sampling PL = SQRT(4 / N) x VI / (n + VPT)
VESSELS / BARGES. GROSS sample mass for selected Nominal Top Size to achieve a precision of 1% * Sample Preparation & Testing Variance VPT)= (PL / 4) - VI / Nn

V1 = Default primary increment variance (unwashed coal) = 20 (Ref ISO 18283: 4.4.5)
ADDITIONAL sublot sizing Mass of Total PL = Precision of Sampling (Ref ISO 18283 4.4.1 Default value = 10% of shipment Ash(db) )
SINGLE TOTAL SHIPMENT PRIMARY Sublot Sizing sample - 40% mass Shipment Sizing VPT = preparation and testing variance (Ref ISO 18283 4.4.7 Default value = 0.2 )
Coal 50mm N.T.S - 3.15kg min. mass of and increment Sample [Primary Sub- N = number of sublots
Sizing Sample Sample proportional to PRIMARY
lots + Additional n = number increments
SUB-LOT
Sublot]
Theroretical Precision of Sampling
Total Shipment(t) / PRIMARY Sub-lots(t) / ADDITIONAL Sublots(t) 32,000 5,000 2,000 32,000 i) if the calculated theoritical VPT is negative, then the default value 0.2 shall prevail.

Number of Sublots 1 6 1 7 ii) if the calculated manual sampling theoritical PL is less than the value based on 10% of shipment Ash(db), the
greater value shall prevail. e.g. Ash(db) = 10.0%; theoritical PL = 1.00

Number of Increments 22 22 9 ---- The number of increments calculated in this spreadsheet is equal to, or exceeds, the minimum number of
increments as per ISO 13909 / ISO 18283 / ASTM D2234 / ASTM D6683 / ASTM D346 / ASTM D6883
Increments collected every (x) ton 1440 225 225 ----- Note: If the calculated number of increments generates a sample mass less than the recommended minimum
mass for the NTS of the shipment then the minimum mass shall apply. Number of increments is then
calculated based on minimum mass divided by mass of an increment
Total Mass of Sizing Sample (kg) 70 70 28 448
VARIANCE: the greater the known or suspected ash variance the greater the number of Sub-lots and
Min. Mass of Selected Increment NTS (kg) / NTS (mm) / Sampling Interval (tons) 3.15 3.15 3.15 ---- increments required to reduce sample variance.

Minimum Mass of an Increment.

Refer to ASTM 2234 Table 2 / ISO 18283 Part 4.4.9 Table 2.
Grabs, "moving" Stockpiles, Stopped Belt, Falling Streams Rail Wagons, Trucks, & Barges (equal to or great Minimum Mass of a Sample.
than 1000 tons) Minimum Mass of each Sub-lot sample is based on ISO 18283 Part 4.4.10 Table 3.
ASTM D2234
Cleaned coal / coke / Sampling From Rail Wagons.
Cleaned coal / coke / anthracite Uncleaned coal anthracite Uncleaned coal The minimum number of increments specified in ISO 18283 Table 6. should be distributed uniformly over the
whole consignment and, as a minimum, one increment should be taken every wagon even when the number
Minimum No. of increments per of increments specified is less than the number of wagons. When the number of increments specified is
15 35 15 35 greater than the number of wagons in the consignment, the number of increments taken from each wagon
1000 ton
should be determined by dividing the total number of increments by the number of wagons.

Sizing Samples
THEORETICAL Refer to ISO 18283 / ASTM D4749 / ASTM D346 for minimum mass of sample required for size analysis.
ASTM D2234 ISO 18283
SAMPLING PRECISION COMPARISON TABLE
BASED ON NUMBER OF SUBLOTS e.g. ASTM D346 Table 1.: Minimum mass of gross Sub-lot sample (coke) - 182kg (400 lbs)
The lower the calculated Precision value, the more accurate the sampling. e.g. ASTM D4749 Table 1.: Minimum mass of gross consignment sample (coal 50mm NTS) - 450kg (1000
Selected NTS Coal 50mm N.T.S Coal 50mm N.T.S lbs)
To increase Precision and reduce Variance - increase no. of increments, and increase no. of sublots
e.g. ISO 18283 Table 3 : Minimum mass of gross sample 280kg for 1% precision and 70kg for 2% precision
Selected Min
6.60 Increment Mass (kg) 3.15 3.15

Selected no. of increments per 1000t 35 Refer to Note: 2.

Selected minumum mass of PRIMARY General Analysis Sub-lot Sample (kg) 170 170

p
R minimum mass of Sizing Lot Sample at 1% Precision (kg)
Selected 70 70
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Selected minumum mass of Sizing Sub-lot Sample at 2% Precision (kg) 70 70
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ISO 18283:2006 Theoretical Sampling Precision Value - Reference: - Annex A. page 87 - Number of increments (n) = 4VI / [ Nn x PL2 - 4VPT ] . The
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calculated Sub-lot sample mass is equivalent to, or greater than, minimum sample mass for the nominated NTS as per ISO 18283 Table 3. Refer to
Note: 2.O Selected Theoretical Precision Value (PL) = 10% of Shipment Ash(db)
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The lower the calculated Precision value, the more accurate the sampling. To
increase Precision and reduce Variance - increase number of increments, and No. of Sublots / Lots Calculated Precision of
increase number of sublots. Sampling
Theoretical Sampling Precision based on selected No.of Primary Sublots 6 1.50 SAMPLING PRECISION COMPARISION TABLE - BASED ON NUMBER OF SUBLOTS
Theoretical
0.00Sampling Precision - 1 Sampling Lot 1 1.50 Calculated Precision comparision based no. sub-lots selected====> Number of sub-lots 1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Theoretical Sampling Precision - 2 Sampling Lots 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
2 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
1.06 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Precision 95% of the time (PL ) 1.50 1.06 0.87 0.75
Theoretical Sampling Precision - 3 Sampling Lots 3 0.87
Number of Sublots
Theoretical Sampling Precision - 4 Sampling Lots 4 0.75
Theoretical Sampling Precision - 5 Sampling Lots 5 0.67

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REVISED Coal and Coke Sampling and Preparation PROTOCOLS V4-1 16 Mar 2015.xls