plants in Europe are processing 80% thermal displacement from waste sources. Renewed Metal Rotary kiln 42,000 tpa Lead acid Mostly running at Each new furnace is is the potential to expand Technologies, and from four batteries, full capacity. Can approximately 45,000 tonnes the facility for the treatment of Bomen, NSW rotary processes. Australia wide potentially treat and the waste treatment lead acid batteries and furnace other waste demand and volume would potentially other hazardous streams if an need to support the cost of an waste streams. The existing expansion is expansion. Evaluating options facility/operation is able to undertaken. for expansion with NSW increase the volume of waste Government. for thermal treatment, thereby avoiding the requirements for a greenfield site in NSW. Regain Services Rotary kiln 45,000 Spent pot lining Both facilities have Expansion or modification may opportunity for treatment – Spent Pot Lining operating at 50,000 tpa (SPL) from host capacity for be challenging as facilities of similar industrial waste 600-700 °C. Reprocessing facilities. Host approximately an operate on host sites under streams at the two sites. Facility plants include additional host licence. Potential to Changes required to licence – Tomago, NSW Tomago, NSW tpa. explore other waste streams would generally be avoided. and Point Henry, and Point including additional volumes of There is potential to treat SPL VIC Henry, Victoria. SPL and other streams from other aluminium smelting suitable for the process that do sites that would involve not require any significant interstate transport. handling/storage constraints.
plants in Europe are processing thermal displacement from waste sources. Renewed Metal Technologies, Bomen, NSW Rotary kiln and rotary furnace 42,000 tpa from four processes. Lead acid batteries, Australia wide Mostly running at full capacity. Can potentially treat other waste streams if an expansion is undertaken. Each new furnace is approximately 45,000 tonnes and the waste treatment demand and volume would need to support the cost of an expansion. Evaluating options for expansion with NSW Government. is the potential to expand the facility for the treatment of lead acid batteries and potentially other hazardous waste streams. The existing facility/operation is able to increase the volume of waste for thermal treatment, thereby avoiding the requirements for a greenfield site in NSW. Regain Services Spent Pot Lining Reprocessing Facility – Tomago, NSW and Point Henry, VIC Rotary kiln operating at 600-700 °C. 45,000 – 50,000 tpa Spent pot lining (SPL) from host facilities. Host plants include Tomago, NSW and Point Henry, Victoria. Both facilities have capacity for approximately an additional tpa. Expansion or modification may be challenging as facilities operate on host sites under host licence. Potential to explore other waste streams including additional volumes of SPL and other streams suitable for the process that do not require any significant handling/storage constraints. opportunity for treatment of similar industrial waste streams at the two sites. Changes required to licence would generally be avoided. There is potential to treat SPL from other aluminium smelting sites that would involve interstate transport. 80%
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