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11/01/2026

Halloween is over. Lupe kept the fangs. 🧛 Meet her on Tuesday.

10/31/2026

Night shift. 🎃 Someone has to keep an eye on the samples. Happy Halloween from the OnLIMS lab. Meet Lupe on Tuesday.

10/29/2026

Boo. 🎃 Something's brewing in our lab. Meet her on Tuesday.

10/27/2026

New from OnLIMS: OnSight, the lab on screen.

Open work per group, turnaround against target and QC control charts on the laboratory's TVs, live from the data OnLIMS already holds. Read-only, and it only counts published results.

Now running in production at its first mining laboratory.

Backlog, turnaround, shift output and QC control charts on the laboratory's TVs, live from the data OnLIMS already holds. Read-only, no login on the TV.

09/24/2026

Our CMO, Esteban Timmermann, wrote for Lab Manager about the instrument every lab has and few plan for: the one you can't replace. Three lessons from integrating instruments in mining labs, and the day a mine paved its entrance with gold.

https://www.labmanager.com/how-to-integrate-lab-data-from-instruments-you-can-t-replace-35990

09/09/2026

Completing a corrective action does not prove that it worked.

A laboratory may revise a procedure, service equipment or retrain personnel. Those records show that the action was implemented. Before closing the CAPA, the laboratory still needs evidence that the action achieved its intended result and that the problem did not recur under the conditions evaluated.

Using a failed pulverised-sample screen check as the example, our latest article follows the evidence chain from the original finding and NCR through root cause, corrective action, effectiveness verification and authorised closure.

Read the article:
https://onlims.com/news/capa-effectiveness-mining-laboratories.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onlims_news&utm_content=page

08/26/2026

A mine-water result is only as strong as the evidence behind it.

From monitoring-point identity and custody to sample receipt, analysis, QA/QC, technical review and authorised reporting, every step needs to remain connected and traceable.

Our latest article explains where the laboratory evidence chain begins, what a LIMS can preserve, and where the responsibilities of field teams, environmental specialists and regulators remain separate.

Read the article: https://onlims.com/news/mine-water-monitoring-analytical-evidence.html

08/19/2026

Two laboratories may report matching copper concentrate assays while keeping very different evidence records.

When a result supports settlement or arbitration, the lab needs to reconstruct the full chain: sampling, preparation, instrument output, review, approval, reporting and controlled corrections.

This article explains the LIMS controls behind that record.

https://onlims.com/news/copper-concentrate-assay-commercial-evidence.html

08/11/2026

Mine production reconciliation is about explaining variance, not forcing every number to match.

Grade control, stockpiles, plant feed, final product and tailings describe different points in the production chain. Their values may use different sampling periods, moisture bases and approval states.

OnLIMS preserves the laboratory context behind each assay result, including its sample identity, analytical method, QA/QC status and revision history. That evidence helps production teams separate analytical variance from operational variance.

Read the full article:
https://onlims.com/news/mine-production-reconciliation-grade-control-laboratory-data.html



https://onlims.com/news/mine-production-reconciliation-grade-control-laboratory-data.html

08/06/2026

A precise result is only useful when it still belongs to the right shipment.

Between the mine and the port, a mineral sample may pass through collection, preparation, transport, laboratory testing and independent inspection. At every transfer, the operation must preserve its identity, seals, custody history and connection to the original lot.

ISO/IEC 17025 controls how the laboratory produces and reviews the result. ISO/IEC 17020 controls how the inspection body performs and documents its work. Representative sampling and chain of custody connect both processes to the physical shipment.

Our new article explains why these controls are different, how they work together, and how OnLIMS preserves the laboratory record through sample registration, preparation, QA/QC, approval and reporting.

Read the full article:
https://onlims.com/news/from-mine-sample-to-port-inspection.html



https://onlims.com/news/from-mine-sample-to-port-inspection.html