Oil sands project will yield chemicals
Journal Article
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· Chemical Week
OSTI ID:494176
Mining technology company Solv-Ex (Albuquerque, NM) is planning a $35-million project to extract by-product chemicals from Suncor`s oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, AB, Beginning next year, Solv-Ex plans to treat tailings from the mine with sulfuric acid to produce 240,000 m.t./year of silica, 80,000 m.t./year of alumina, 30,000 m.t./year of ferrous sulfate, and 20,000 m.t./year of potassium sulfate. Financing is contingent on the company`s securing contracts for its output, and negotiations are under way, says v.p. Steve Lane. Ferrous sulfate, usually obtained as a by-product of steel production, is used primarily in animal food.
- OSTI ID:
- 494176
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Week, Vol. 156, Issue 20; Other Information: PBD: 24 May 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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