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ALCORE Pilot Plant Construction Accelerates

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ALCORE Pilot Plant Construction Accelerates

  • Hydrogen fluoride is essential for producing fluorine chemicals, which are used for critical applications such as lithium-ion batteries. Australia has no domestic production of hydrogen fluoride.

  • ALCORE is currently constructing a continuous pilot plant in the ALCORE Technology Centre (ATC) in Bell Bay, Tasmania. This is an existing industrial facility leased from Rio Tinto, adjacent to their Bell Bay aluminium smelter.

  • The building permit application has been approved, so civil works have commenced, involving foundations, bunded covered process areas, and supporting infrastructure

  • Equipment for the pilot plant is being regularly delivered to the ATC. Equipment already received includes a process water treatment plant, a demineralised water generator, air compressors, chemical storage containers, laboratory equipment and a forklift

  • Major process modules are being manufactured

  • ALCORE has recently responded to requests for further information from EPA Tasmania and continues to work closely with regulators to facilitate timely completion of the environmental assessment

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