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Veolia partners with Consol Energy to treat mine water
MARKET PROSPECTS rural communities. The unit will be based on the design and construction of traditional fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units, and thus KiOR will benefit from KBR’s breadth of FCC know-how and broad ranging portfolio of technology scale-ups.
Metso to convert Polish coal fired boiler to biomass
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etso is converting a coal-fired CFB boiler to a biomass fired boiler for Elektrocieplownia Tychy SA in southern Poland under a E20 million order. EC Tychy SA is a subsidiary of Tauron Group, one of the largest energy companies in Poland. The new mill will produce 1.5 million tonnes of bleached eucalyptus market pulp per year. Start-up is scheduled for the first half of 2013.
MINING
Veolia partners with Consol Energy to treat mine water
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eolia Water Solutions & Technologies and Consol Energy Inc are to design and build a state-of-the-art Zero Liquid Waste Discharge system near Mannington, West Virginia, to treat mine water from Consol’s Blacksville #2, Loveridge and Robinson Run mines. Final design of the facility will be completed within the next few months, with construction scheduled to begin in July and full operation to start by May 2013.
Wastewater treatment plant for silver and gold mine
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rown Solutions, a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, will supply the initial equipment for a new water treatment plant (WTP) based in a silver and gold mine in Mexico. 4
Pump Industry Analyst
The Palmarejo Mine is based in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains of northwestern Mexico and is owned by Coeur D’Alene Mines, Idaho USA. The owners want to improve internal water balance so that water can be recycled from the tailings pond back to the mill. The treatment plant will include two trains of Crown Solution’s ACTIFLO clarifier and Hydrotech Discfilters. The process also includes chemical feed systems and mixing/reaction tanks. The treatment solution is designed to get rid of residual cyanide and remove total suspended solids and metals and filter the water that is recycled back to the mill. The Palmarejo Mine will also use the services of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Mexico for operational support. The new WTP is scheduled to be commissioned in mid-2011.
HPD Systems wins mining contract
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Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, HPD Systems, has been chosen by mining conglomerate Vale to provide the engineering design for evaporation and crystallisation equipment for a potash project. HPD Systems is a specialist in evaporation and crystallisation technology and has been awarded the contract as part of the first phase of development for the initial 1.2 million metric tons per year (mtpy) production of potassium chloride expected to begin in 2015. This project, which takes place in the Carnalita potash project in the state of Sergipe, will be the largest potash extraction facility in Brazil. The evaporation and crystallisation equipment to be supplied by HPD will be used to purify natural deposits from solution mining operations of carnalite to produce potassium chloride, which will then be sold as chemical fertilizer in the Brazilian market. The major process equipment is comprised of a multiple-effect evaporation system followed by a multiple-stage crystallisation system. The equipment will also provide condensate for reuse in solution mining operations. The scope of this first phase of development will include both basic and detailed engineering for the various portions of the evaporation plant towards a full project release. HPD will also conduct pilot-testing at its research and development centre in the United States.
FOOD & DRINK
Philippines drink supplier calls on Siemens
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iemens has been commissioned to provide on-demand wastewater treatment management for a global soft drink producer’s bottling plant in the Philippines. Beverage manufacturing is governed by batch processing and involves a number of intermittent flows during the course of a day. Siemens says that its system will allow the soft drinks maker to add further beverage products to its portfolio without a major change in the wastewater treatment philosophy. This multi-million dollar project will feature the company’s Omniflo Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) system for biological treatment which will help reduce chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and can treat more than 1000 m3/day. The SBR uses the Siemens Vari-Cant jet aeration system which has an ‘on-demand’ design, making it possible for the jet aeration to be used only when needed for the particular batch of wastewater generated, thus potentially resulting in a significant reduction in power consumption. The system can also recycle parts of the flow for alternate uses, helping reducing the water footprint. It includes a nutrient removal provision to assist the soft drink provider in meeting future anticipated stringent wastewater-discharge regulations in the Philippines.
PULP & PAPER
Metso provides pulp mill technology to Brazil’s Suzano
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etso is to supply all main technology for the 1.5 million tonnes greenfield pulp mill that Suzano Papel e Celulose SA is building in Maranhão, Brazil. Metso’s scope of supply covers the main parts of a green field pulp mill comprising wood handling, cooking plant and fiberline, pulp drying and baling, evaporation, power boiler, recovery boiler, causticizing and lime kiln.
April 2011
Metso to convert Polish coal fired boiler to biomass
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etso is converting a coal-fired CFB boiler to a biomass fired boiler for Elektrocieplownia Tychy SA in southern Poland under a E20 million order. EC Tychy SA is a subsidiary of Tauron Group, one of the largest energy companies in Poland. The new mill will produce 1.5 million tonnes of bleached eucalyptus market pulp per year. Start-up is scheduled for the first half of 2013.
MINING
Veolia partners with Consol Energy to treat mine water
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eolia Water Solutions & Technologies and Consol Energy Inc are to design and build a state-of-the-art Zero Liquid Waste Discharge system near Mannington, West Virginia, to treat mine water from Consol’s Blacksville #2, Loveridge and Robinson Run mines. Final design of the facility will be completed within the next few months, with construction scheduled to begin in July and full operation to start by May 2013.
Wastewater treatment plant for silver and gold mine
C
rown Solutions, a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, will supply the initial equipment for a new water treatment plant (WTP) based in a silver and gold mine in Mexico. 4
Pump Industry Analyst
The Palmarejo Mine is based in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains of northwestern Mexico and is owned by Coeur D’Alene Mines, Idaho USA. The owners want to improve internal water balance so that water can be recycled from the tailings pond back to the mill. The treatment plant will include two trains of Crown Solution’s ACTIFLO clarifier and Hydrotech Discfilters. The process also includes chemical feed systems and mixing/reaction tanks. The treatment solution is designed to get rid of residual cyanide and remove total suspended solids and metals and filter the water that is recycled back to the mill. The Palmarejo Mine will also use the services of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Mexico for operational support. The new WTP is scheduled to be commissioned in mid-2011.
HPD Systems wins mining contract
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Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, HPD Systems, has been chosen by mining conglomerate Vale to provide the engineering design for evaporation and crystallisation equipment for a potash project. HPD Systems is a specialist in evaporation and crystallisation technology and has been awarded the contract as part of the first phase of development for the initial 1.2 million metric tons per year (mtpy) production of potassium chloride expected to begin in 2015. This project, which takes place in the Carnalita potash project in the state of Sergipe, will be the largest potash extraction facility in Brazil. The evaporation and crystallisation equipment to be supplied by HPD will be used to purify natural deposits from solution mining operations of carnalite to produce potassium chloride, which will then be sold as chemical fertilizer in the Brazilian market. The major process equipment is comprised of a multiple-effect evaporation system followed by a multiple-stage crystallisation system. The equipment will also provide condensate for reuse in solution mining operations. The scope of this first phase of development will include both basic and detailed engineering for the various portions of the evaporation plant towards a full project release. HPD will also conduct pilot-testing at its research and development centre in the United States.
FOOD & DRINK
Philippines drink supplier calls on Siemens
S
iemens has been commissioned to provide on-demand wastewater treatment management for a global soft drink producer’s bottling plant in the Philippines. Beverage manufacturing is governed by batch processing and involves a number of intermittent flows during the course of a day. Siemens says that its system will allow the soft drinks maker to add further beverage products to its portfolio without a major change in the wastewater treatment philosophy. This multi-million dollar project will feature the company’s Omniflo Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) system for biological treatment which will help reduce chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and can treat more than 1000 m3/day. The SBR uses the Siemens Vari-Cant jet aeration system which has an ‘on-demand’ design, making it possible for the jet aeration to be used only when needed for the particular batch of wastewater generated, thus potentially resulting in a significant reduction in power consumption. The system can also recycle parts of the flow for alternate uses, helping reducing the water footprint. It includes a nutrient removal provision to assist the soft drink provider in meeting future anticipated stringent wastewater-discharge regulations in the Philippines.
PULP & PAPER
Metso provides pulp mill technology to Brazil’s Suzano
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etso is to supply all main technology for the 1.5 million tonnes greenfield pulp mill that Suzano Papel e Celulose SA is building in Maranhão, Brazil. Metso’s scope of supply covers the main parts of a green field pulp mill comprising wood handling, cooking plant and fiberline, pulp drying and baling, evaporation, power boiler, recovery boiler, causticizing and lime kiln.
April 2011