Altech selects Johor Bahru for high purity alumina (HPA) plant site

Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that it has selected the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Park in Johor Bahru (JB), the capital city of Johor state, Malaysia, as the preferred location for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant.

The Company recently concluded an evaluation of the south-east Asia Pacific region, with a number of possible site locations for the construction of a HPA processing plant identified and considered, including Kwinana, Western Australia.

The final selection of a preferred site in Malaysia was based on significant economic and developmental benefits of the construction and operation of a HPA plant in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Park, Including the ready availability of required consumables such as hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, power and natural gas–all at highly competitive prices. The availability of skilled labour, proximity to an international container sea-port and an international airport (Singapore),and various investment incentives are also on offer.

It is envisaged that the beneficiated aluminous clay feedstock for the HPA processing plant (approximately 21,000tpa), will be shipped in “bulka bags” from the Company’s Meckering deposit in Western Australia via Fremantle Port to the Tanjung Landsat international sea container port, which is adjacent to the Tanjung Landsat Industrial Park. Also, the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Park is approximately 40 minutes by road from Singapore.

Operating costs for a HPA plant located in Malaysia were estimated to be in the region of 40% lower compared to an equivalent plant operated in Western Australia. In addition, the shipping of the Company’s final HPA product from the Tanjung Langsat international sea container port to nearby Asian markets will provide both cost and delivery time advantages.

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