EcoMag Ltd has developed a process to produce high purity Hydrated Magnesium Carbonate (HMC) from the waste streams – known as bitterns – leftover from sea-salt production, in which the initial downstream products will be High-Density Hydrated Magnesium Carbonate (HDHMC) and Caustic Calcined Magnesia (CCM).
EcoMag has already confirmed the process technology in a pilot plant with 100 tonnes per annum of production capacity and now plan to build an 80,000 tonne per annum (based on HMC) production facility located near Karratha in northern Western Australia where the bitterns’ stream resource availability offers the potential to produce 800,000 tonnes per year.
Lycopodium was engaged to further develop the overall plant design process through a Feasibility Study Report, including a Capital Cost Estimate, Operating Cost Estimate and Implementation Plan for the detailed design, construction and commissioning phase of the project.
