Alfred H Knight - World News

	Alfred H Knight Peru has achieved certification to ISO9001:2000 with scope of "Physical and chemical analysis of metals and minerals and supervision of concentrates" - "Análisis físico químico de metales y minerales y supervisión de concentrados."
	The Alfred H Knight Group is pleased to confirm that as of 1 August 2007 its' joint venture agreement with a branch of Jiangsu CIQ in China has commenced operations. The joint venture has been approved by the General Administration of Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the Peoples Republic of China. The joint venture company shall be known as AH Knight [Jin Ling] Company Limited. The General Manager will be Mr. Peter Butterworth who has lived and worked in China for 9 years. Contact numbers and personnel shall remain as previous and as per this web - site. Our commercial business license number is 008574. The company shall now be able to add the facility for RMB payment.
	Alfred H. Knight has established a geochemical laboratory in Fairbanks, Alaska through the acquisition of Alaska Assay Laboratories. The facility offers sample prepartion, precious metals by fire assay and ICP analysis for base metals and exploration geochemistry.
	Alfred H. Knight del Peru has established inspection and full sample preparation facilities in the Port of Matarani and the Port of Manzanillo.
	Alfred H. Knight has established inspection and full sample preparation facilities in the Port of Karachi (Pakistan).
	The Group now has a laboratory in the Rotterdam area dedicated to providing a competitive service for the analysis of ferro-alloys.
	Accreditation : ISO 17025 is currently held by the Group's main laboratory in the UK. its UK coal laboratory, its laboratory in Zambia and at the Pelambres minesite laboratory for which it holds the administration contract. ISO 17080 is curretnly held by AHK Chile and ISO 9001 is currently held by our operations in UK, Turkey, Spain, Holland and Chile.
	Alfred H. Knight is now offering coal analytical serives in the Kuzbass region in Siberia, to supplement the exiting sampling and sample preparation services.
	A new representative office has been established in Vietnam with initial coverage in the ports of Haiphong and Ho Chi Minh City.
	Alfred H. Knight has opened in Tanazania at the port of Dar-Es Salaam to focus on the sampling or inspection of goods in transit there, also covering the port of Mombassa in Kenya.
	It is with regret that Alfred H. Knight has decided to suspend services in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	Alfred H. Knight is now offering coal analytical services in the Port of Murmansk (Russia) to supplement our current draught survey, sampling and sample preparation services.
	The minerals laboratory in Zambia has moved to a new site in Kitwe, and has also successfully renewed its ISO 17025 accreditation for analysis of minerals and metals as well as for engineering and metallurgical services.
	Alfred H. Knight has opened in Rwanda to focus on sampling of minerals in the Great Lakes region. Samples are sent to the UK for analysis.
	Alfred H. Knight Chile is pleased to advise that it has been reawarded NCh - ISO 17025-2000 accreditation at the Pelambres mine site laboratory for which it holds the administration contract.
	The Laboratory at our Group Head Office in England has been reawarded ISO/IEC 17025 and BS EN ISO 9001 - 2001 internationally recognised accreditation standards. The laboratory has also recently completed the implementation of a computerized Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).