X-ray Mineral Services was founded in 1997 to provide specialised mineralogical and element data for the oil industry. The company has since diversified and serves the geo-technical, mineral extraction, construction and geoscience research sectors. In 2019, X-ray Mineral Services joined the Hafren Group broadening its analytical services, capacity and consultancy capability and is a comprehensive geological, materials and recycling assessment centre. We have a fully equipped laboratory in the UK and offer clients research quality data, bespoke analytical workflows, laboratory, and onsite capability at cost effective rates and in commercial timeframes. We have a dedicated team in Finland (X-ray Mineral Services Finland OY) to focus on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), battery mineral science and the entire battery eco-system and value chain (from exploration to recycling).

We have developed an innovative analytical workflow (META) that represents an optimised methodology for the multidisciplinary characterisation of rocks, minerals, metals, materials. META assesses the suitability of range of analytical technologies for specific applications and culminates in the establishment optimised multidisciplinary cross validational data for innovative characterisation applications across all industrial and research sectors. META workflows can be high resolution lab-based analysis (META1) or used for onsite / exploration applications (META2) utilising portable equipment.