The Montreal Gazette
Orbite Aluminae awards feasibility study
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Montreal-based Orbite Aluminae Inc., developer of the Grande Vallée aluminous clay mining project in Quebec’s Gaspé region, has awarded the full feasibility study for the companion alumina processing plant to a consortium of Montreal engineers Genivar Inc. and Johnston-Vermette after an international competitive tender.
The aluminous clay has already been converted into alumina, the intermediate material for smelting primary aluminum, at Orbite’s Cap Chat pilot plant, using the company’s patented process technology. The full feasibility study covers future commercial production of metallurgical-grade alumina and is due for completion in the first half of 2012.
It will review everything from process validation to capital and operating costs, detailed plant engineering, marketing, environmental and health and safety issues.
“We’re taking another big step towards commercializing our unique extraction and processing technology to produce top-grade metallurgical alumina for the aluminum industry,” CEO Richard Boudreault said.
The aluminous clay has already been converted into alumina, the intermediate material for smelting primary aluminum, at Orbite’s Cap Chat pilot plant, using the company’s patented process technology. The full feasibility study covers future commercial production of metallurgical-grade alumina and is due for completion in the first half of 2012.
It will review everything from process validation to capital and operating costs, detailed plant engineering, marketing, environmental and health and safety issues.
“We’re taking another big step towards commercializing our unique extraction and processing technology to produce top-grade metallurgical alumina for the aluminum industry,” CEO Richard Boudreault said.
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