Orbite HPA plant progressing well towards production start

<p>Orbite Technologies today provided an update on the start-up of its high purity alumina ("HPA") plant. Activities continue to progress towards start of production in Q3.<br /><br />As previously reported, the initial heat up of the decomposer and calciner ovens commenced over the Labour Day long weekend. Ovens have since been running with all the required service and support systems.&nbsp; The ovens are now being cooled for final preproduction inspection and preparation.<br /><br />Upon reheating of the ovens, the Company will inject and circulate Smelter Grade Alumina for a calibration run and then follow with Aluminum Chloride Hexahydrate (ACH) crystal decomposition and calcination to produce HPA.<br /><br />{googleAdsense}<br /><br />Commissioning of the digestion and crystallisation circuits is underway with both circuits to be started up in the coming week.<br /><br />Commissioning activities will then be materially complete and with more than 90% of the plant started-up. Essentially the entire production process will be operational. The only remaining minor sections of the plant to be started up will be product treatment (milling/pulverization for certain customer requirements only) and packaging.<br /><br />Accordingly, activities continue to progress towards the start of production with the digestion and crystallization of ACH for calcination, prior to the end of Q3, as planned.</p> <p><br />Commenting on the progress, Glenn Kelly, CEO of Orbite said, "We continue to progress well towards commencement of production before the end of Q3." "The production of ACH crystals, the precursor of HPA, will mark the official start-up of our plant. Subsequent to calcination of the ACH, we will be running extensive tests on the HPA produced to ensure production criteria are met. We are pleased with our progress and are looking forward to entering into commercial production," he added.</p>