Suvo currently draws its raw product from its Pittong and Lal Lal deposits which, along with a third deposit at Trawalla, occupy three approved mining licences in Victoria.
Run-of-mine feed is processed into four separate products to meet specific end-user requirements. The products comprise 10 per cent moisture lump, high solids slurry, 1 per cent moisture powder and 1 per cent moisture pulverised powder.
The solids slurry is used in paper and board manufacturing, while the other products are used in paper, coatings, paint and specialist industries, including rubber and pharmaceutical applications.
Suvo is also set to launch kaolin as a supplementary cementitious material, with the ultimate aim of displacing the traditional concrete binder, ordinary Portland cement, to create a lower-carbon cement alternative.
Ordinary Portland cement is almost universally used to manufacture concrete in a carbon-intense process that uses vast amounts of energy. Global cement manufacture represents about 8 per cent of the planet’s carbon dioxide emissions due to the significant input energy required for most stages of its production.
Suvo is developing and progressing the commercialisation of its “Murdoch Technology”, developed under licence with Western Australia’s Murdoch University.
The intellectual property licence relates to technologies used in the design of a geopolymer concrete batching plant and the production of Suvo’s low-carbon geopolymer concrete formulation, called Colliecrete.
Geopolymer concrete is a low-carbon concrete made by reacting aluminate and silicate-bearing materials with a caustic activator, such as metakaolin, fly-ash, ground blast furnace slag or other waste-derived materials.
The company’s new style of geopolymer concrete is considered a suitable replacement for concrete made using the traditional ordinary Portland cement binder.
Suvo has entered into a binding joint development agreement with WA’s leading pre-cast concrete supplier PERMAcast and has incorporated a joint venture special purpose vehicle to develop and commercialise low carbon geopolymer concrete products.
Under the joint venture, Suvo and PERMAcast will prepare and test various formulations and assess their suitability for varying applications, before settling on the best pathway to commercialise one or more formulations.
Suvo is a highly innovative company putting its unique kaolin and other alternative products – including industrial waste residues – to a broad range of applications while reducing or eliminating significant sources of carbon dioxide emissions.
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