Altech Chemicals establish its R&D laboratory in Perth, Western Australia

Altech Chemicals Limited, the Australian Securities Exchange-listed company has notified that is it has established its own research and development laboratory in Perth, Western Australia. The establishment was smoothly transformed to Altech’s R&D laboratory, as it was previously occupied by an environmental consulting business.

Since, May 2021, the laboratory has been in a commissioning phase and was close to finalization. Altech can now conduct a full range of research, development, and test work (including battery tests) to refine its graphite and silicon particle battery materials HPA coating technology, unhindered at its laboratory.

However, previously this work was being conducted at Curtin University (WA) and needed to be scheduled around laboratory availability, which did not always fit with Altech's requirements.

Altech staff and a part-time consultant that was previously located at its Subiaco office in Perth are operating the laboratory, plus a casual laboratory assistant has been engaged.

The first samples of battery materials have now arrived at the laboratory and various rounds of development tests are commencing. Another round of half-cell battery performance tests is also planned - to further test the performance of graphite and silicon particles that have been coated with alumina, using Altech's proprietary technology.

Altech Chemicals is aiming to become one of the world's leading suppliers of 99.99% (4N) high purity alumina (Al2O3) through the construction and operation of a 4,500tpa high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant at Johor, Malaysia, while the feedstock for the plant will be sourced from the Company's 100%-owned kaolin deposit at Meckering, Western Australia and shipped to Malaysia.