Orbite Appoints RHI Canada Inc for Refractory Installation
(firmenpresse) - MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 03/12/15 -- Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX: ORT)(OTCQX: EORBF) ("Orbite" or the "Company") today announced that, the Company has appointed RHI Canada Inc. as its contractor for the installation of the refractory system for the decomposer and calcination units at its HPA production facility in Cap-Chat, Quebec.
Following certain preparatory activities, refractory installation will commence on March 30, 2015, in line with the previously communicated schedule. Installation is anticipated to take approximatively 8 weeks.
"RHI is the undisputed leader in the refractory systems market," stated Denis Arguin, Orbite's Vice President Engineering & Operations. "Based on the breadth and depth of their experience and skill set, we are confident RHI is the right partner for us to help complete our calcination system, a key step towards completion of our plant."
About RHI
RHI Canada Inc. is a subsidiary of global refractory market leader RHI AG. RHI is a supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and services, with roughly 8,000 employees, 33 production facilities and more than 70 sales offices, serving more than 10,000 customers from the steel, cement, nonferrous metals, glass, energy and chemical industries in nearly all countries of the world. RHI solutions are employed in a wide variety of plants for environmental and energy technologies, the chemical and petrochemical industries. RHI's services range from the concept and planning of units, consulting and selection of the appropriate refractory products to the delivery, lining, logistics and after-sales service.
About Orbite
Orbite Aluminae Inc. is a Canadian cleantech company whose innovative and proprietary processes are expected to produce alumina and other high-value products, such as rare earth and rare metal oxides, at one of the lowest costs in the industry, and in a sustainable fashion, using feedstocks that include aluminous clay, kaolin, nepheline, bauxite, red mud, fly ash as well as serpentine residues from chrysotile processing sites. Orbite is currently in the process of finalizing its first commercial high-purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec and has completed the basic engineering for a proposed smelter-grade alumina (SGA) production plant, which would use clay mined from its Grande-Vallee deposit. The Company's portfolio contains 15 intellectual property families, including 15 patents and 98 pending patent applications in 11 different countries and regions. The first intellectual property family is patented in Canada, USA, Australia, China, Japan and Russia. The Company also operates a state of the art technology development center in Laval, Quebec, where its technologies are developed and validated.
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The Company does not intend, nor does it undertake, any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information or statements contained in this document to reflect subsequent information, events or circumstances or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.
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