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Nov 18, 2009
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ABN 25 001 150 849
Level 3 2 Elizabeth Plaza North Sydney NSW 2060 Australia PO Box 1507 North Sydney NSW 2059 Australia ASX code: INL
Phone: 02-9925-8170 Fax: 02-9925-8110 Email: [email protected] Website: www.intec.com.au ASX code: INL
Companies Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange
19 November 2009
Intec Presentation to Ai Group’s Environmental Forum
As part of ongoing marketing and industry communication, Intec Ltd (ASX: INL) has delivered the attached presentation to the Environmental Solutions Forum of the Australian Industry Group.
As noted by the Ai Group: “Ai Group’s environmental solutions forums help companies to solve their environmental challenges in the areas of water, energy and waste. The forums bring together companies facing environmental challenges with companies providing environmental solutions as well as providing networking opportunities.”
The Chairman’s Address and my powerpoint presentation for this afternoon’s 2009 Annual General Meeting of shareholders will be published after 4:15pm today.
Yours faithfully
Intec Ltd
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Philip R Wood Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
About Intec Ltd
Intec Ltd is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, the Deutsche Boerse in Germany and the OTCQX in the USA.
The Intec Process comprises a set of patented chloride-based hydrometallurgical processes that have been demonstrated to produce high purity base and precious metals from concentrates of sulphide and oxide ores, tailings and industrial wastes. The Intec Process has substantial environmental and cost advantages over both the widely used conventional smelting and refining processes and other known hydrometallurgical and inorganic waste treatment processes.
Intec has current deals and plans in place for the development of projects for the clean production of high grade products from secondary mineral resources, and for the recycling of metals from industrial wastes, both in Australia and China. In addition, there is significant potential for the international application of Intec’s intellectual property in a wide range of other international locations.
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Intec [Ltd]
Industrial Ecology: A New Look at Wastes
This presentation will discuss how Intec is recovering precious metals from industrial waste.
A presentation to the Ai Group Environmental Solutions Forum
18 November 2009
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Company Overview
Intec is an Australian company with patented hydrometallurgical
technology plus a range of know-how for the recovery of base and
precious metals from a wide range of mineral and industrial resources.
As a world leader in the field of chloride hydrometallurgy, Intec is
successfully applying its technology to the recycling of heavy metals
from industrial wastes in Australia.
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Industrial Ecology
Industrial Ecology promotes enhanced sustainability by stimulating innovations in the reuse of waste materials. The wastes or by-products of one industry are used as inputs in another industry, thereby closing the material loop of industrial systems and minimizing waste.
Intec is pleased to be part of the Industrial Ecology Network, an industry-driven initiative as part of the Waste Management Association of Australia:
“To promote & encourage the development of activities, processes and relationship between entities which convert surplus, spent or unwanted materials, energy and services into valuable resources.”
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Our Service
Intec recycles heavy metals and precious metals from industrial wastes – sludges, filter cakes, dusts or waste waters .
Instead of creating extra waste by trying to lock these metals up in cement then disposing of them to landfill, Intec extracts and recovers them as useful mineral products.
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The Intec Process
Metal-bearing waste
(in some cases) safe residue to
Leach
industry reuse or disposal
Recycle Purification
Recovery (in some cases)
By-products
Primary Mineral Product
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Research and Operations Facility: Intec Envirometals Burnie, Tasmania
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Current Operations: Surface Finishing Industry Wastes
- heavy metal sludges and filter cakes from surface finishing industry
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high levels of contamination
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no previous acceptable solution, not even allowable landfill
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Waste has been accumulating for 15 years
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Intec provides an economic and environmentally-superior recycling option
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Operations: Recycling Heavy Metals at Burnie, Tasmania
Metal-bearing
waste Reagents Alkali
Clear water
Leach Product Recovery pH Adjustment discharge
Mineral
Product
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Operations: Recycling Heavy Metals at Burnie, Tasmania
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| Element | Concentration in Waste Feedstock |
Average Recovery to Product |
Clear Discharge Concentration |
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| Lead | 43 wt% | >99% | <10 mg/l | ||||
| Iron | 1.6 wt% | >99% | <10 mg/l | ||||
| Copper | 2.4 wt% | >99% | <10 mg/l | ||||
| Tin | 7.5 wt% | >99% | <10 mg/l | ||||
| Nickel | 8 7 wt% . |
>99% | <10 mg/l | ||||
| Calcium | <1 wt% | n/a | 9-10 g/l | ||||
| pH | 10-11 | 6-9 | |||||
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Operations: Recycling Heavy Metals at Burnie, Tasmania
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2009 Australian Environmental Awards Runner - up , Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence Small Business Sustainability Category, June 2009 Finalist, Banksia Environmental Awards Eco Innovation Category, July 2009 “A publicly-listed Australian company, Intec Ltd has ‘cracked the nut’ of an industry problem that has waited decades for a viable technology and engineering solution. At its Burnie Research Facility, Intec developed a process to recycle heavy metal-contaminated inorganic waste materials, which are produced by industrial manufacturers globally.” www.banksiafdn.com.au
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Developing Projects and Opportunities: Industrial Wastes
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Near Opportunity: Surface Finishing Industry Wastes
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Intec has commenced discussions with the Australian Institute of Surface Finishing (Australia’s peak industry organisation for this sector)
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Chromium-contaminated wastes are common in surface finishing
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Intec is adapting know-how for the recovery or recycling of all metals in surface finishing wastes, including chromium
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Early results are promising, with >98% chromium extraction from the waste feedstock
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Current Project: Galvanising Industry Wastes
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Steel is dipped in hydrochloric acid prior to hot-dip galvanising
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Over time, the acid strength decreases, and the acid builds iron, zinc and other contaminants
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This ‘spent pickle liquor’ is conventionally disposed of as a waste, by first precipitating the metals with alkali, then dumping the h eavy me t a was l t e n an i l dfill
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Current Project: Galvanising Industry Wastes
- Intec has proposed a cleaner , cheaper alternative process to recycle the metals and acid back into useful products
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A $2.9 million project is expected to commence in Victoria shortly
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This project is expected to yield a full-scale recycling facility by 2010, for the recycling of a minimum of 1,000,000 litres per annum o f spen t p c i kl e quor li
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Waste Opportunities: Industry
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Industrial waste problems are common across like industry groups , both within Australia, China and elsewhere internationally.
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• Conventional technologies commonly rely on stabilisation of heavy metals prior to landfill disposal
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• This involves addition of large quantities of chemicals, increasing the total quantity of waste for landfill disposal
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• Intec’s technology recovers the metals as useful mineral products • Some proposed applications can operate on a zero-waste basis (no liquid effluents)
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Waste Opportunity: On-Site Application of the Intec Process
Existing Treatment On Site Treatment Paid Stabilisation Landfill disposal
Metal-bearingwaste water $ EquipmentReagentsLabour SludgeWaste $ EquipmentReagentsLabourProfit WasteSolid $ landfill leviesBulked-out Profit
Intec Alternative On Site Treatment
Intec Reagents
Metal-bearing Labour
waste water $ Equipment Mineral Product
License
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Potential Future Opportunities
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Metal sludges , solids , filter cakes and waste waters
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• Metal wastewaters (chlorides, fluorides, sulphates, ammonia, etc)
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Plating industry chromium wastes
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Timber industry ‘CCA’ (copper chrome arsenate) wastes
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Acid mine drainage and mineral residues (jarosites, pyrites, tailings)
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Battery chemical wastes
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Electronic wastes (lead from CRT monitors, precious metals from circuit boards)
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How much mineral product can be produced by Australian industry?
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Industrial Ecology in Practice
“ Intec ’ s technology is a win for the environment , and a win for industry.
It represents a much better environmental outcome than the alternative, at a lower cost than conventional technologies, while providing additional recycled metalliferous feedstock from the manufacturing to the metals industry.”
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Philip Wood, Managing Director & CEO, Intec Ltd
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Intec Ltd
Superior and Sustainable Metals Production
www.intec.com.au
Head Office Tasmanian Operations Level 3, 2 Elizabeth Plaza 10-12 River Road North Sydney, NSW 2060 Burnie, TAS 7320 ( p h) : + 61 2 9925 8170 ( p h) : + 61 3 6431 8170 (fax): +61 2 9925 8110 (fax): +61 3 9925 8110 (email): [email protected] (email): [email protected]
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