K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies
Department of Chemical and Physical Engineering
References
References
of
Engineering Department
K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies
Am Petersenschacht 7
99706 Sondershausen/Germany
Phone:
+49-3632-6100
Fax:
+49-3632-610105
eMail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://www.k-utec.de
Sondershausen, 2014
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References
The company K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies is the sole legal successor of the former German
Potash Research Institute. The Potash Research Institute was integrated in the management of
the “VEB KOMBINAT KALI”, the government owned corporate group for potash and salt production
in the former GDR. “VEB KOMBINAT KALI” was the third largest potash exporter of the world and
operated a large number of mining and processing facilities:
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11 Potash mines
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1 Rock salt mine
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3 Solution mining facilities
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3 Mining facilities for other minerals
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11 Potash processing plants
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1 Rock salt processing plant
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1 Dead burnt magnesia plant.
All these units were supervised by the engineers and scientists of the Potash Research Institute.
Scientific investigations, development of new technologies for mining and ore process as well as
development of potash typical equipment was the main task of this institute.
Proceeding from that background K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies can resort to more than 50 years
of experience in potash and salt industries.
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References:
Project:
“On-site Evaluation of SQM’s SOP Plant at
Salar de Atacama and suggestions to
increase the plant capacity”
Project site
Salar de Atacama / Chile
Name of client:
SQM / Chile
Year:
2004/2005
1.) On-site Plant Evaluation
2.) Bench Scale Test Work
3.) Site Inspection Report and Re-design
Scope of contract
Project name
“Production of NaCl and SOP from Mother
Liquor from Salt Production”
Project site
Ebensee / Austria
Name of client
Salinen Austria AG / Austria
Year
Basic Engineering in 2004
Plant Construction and Start-up in 2005
1.) Process Design
2.) Basic Engineering
3.) Consultancy Service for Tendering,
Bid
Evaluation,
Supervision
of
Construction and Start-up
Scope of contract
Project name
“Pre-feasibility Study to Produce MOP, SOP
and LiCl-Solution from Brine of Salar del
Rincon”
Project site
Salar de Rincon / Argentina
Name of client
Admirality Resources NL / Australia
Year
2006
Scope of contract
1.)
2.)
3.)
4.)
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Theoretic Considerations
Experimental Work
Process Design
CAPEX/OPEX estimation and
Economic Assessment
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Project name
“Evaluation
Thailand”
Project site
Bamnet Narong / Thailand
Name of client
Sinochem Fertilizer Company Ltd. / China
Year
06/2007 – 08/2007
Scope of contract
1.) Overview on the international potash
market.
2.) Evaluation of the deposit in concern of ore
quality, ore reserves and mine life time.
3.) Evaluation of the suggested processing
technology.
4.) Appraisal of the environmental impact of
the potash project.
5.) Estimation of the total investment costs
and economic feasibility of the project.
6.) Risk assessment of the project.
7.) General
project
evaluation
and
recommendation for investment.
Project name
“Solar Salt Washing & Upgrading Plant
Sarbandar/Iran”
Project capacity
2,000,000 t/a washed salt
Project site
Persian Gulf; Sarbandar / Iran
Name of client
Arvand Petrochemical Company / Iran
Year
Engineering in 2005/2006
Erection in 2008/2009
Commissioning in 2010
1.) Basic Engineering
2.) Tendering
3.) Bid Evaluation
4.) Supervision of Construction and Start-up
(K-UTEC worked as associate in an EPC
contract)
Scope of contract
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of
a
Potash
Project
in
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Project name
“Optimised process for recovery of K2SO4
and Langbeinite from Polyhalite salt rock”
Project site
Yorkshire / UK
Capacity
K2SO4
Langbeinite
Gypsum
Name of investor
Cleveland Potash Ltd. / UK
Year
2007/2008, update in 2009
Scope of contract
1.)
2.)
3.)
4.)
5.)
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65,500 t/a
200,600 t/a
310,000 t/a
Feasibility Study
Test Work
Process Design
Cost Estimation (CAPEX/OPEX)
Technical
and
Economic
Evaluation
Project
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Project name
“Technical Project Evaluation” (Feasibility
Study)
Project site
Thangone Deposit Vientiane / Laos
Name of investor
Sinohydro Mining Co. (LAO), Ltd. / China
Capacity
KCl
NaCl
Year
2008
Scope of contract
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
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12)
13)
14)
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150,000 t/a
40,000 t/a
Evaluation of the raw ore quality, based
on results of drilling core investigations.
Estimation of raw ore reserves and mine
life time.
Comparison of solution mining technology
with
conventional
mining
and
recommendation of a suitable mining
technology for that deposit.
Influences of recommended mining
technology on reserves, mine life time and
degree of exploitation.
General technologies for processing of
carnallite raw ore.
Recommendation of a suitable process
technology, proceeding from raw ore
composition and mining technology.
Description of the suggested process.
Block diagram and process flow diagram
for the suggested process technology.
Outline of mass balance for the ore
processing, based on given project
criteria.
Requirements on auxiliary materials,
energy and consumables.
Specification of process effluents.
Recommendations
for
waste
management.
Overview on process main equipment.
General risk assessment of the project.
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Project name
“Processing of Polymineral Potash Ore to
High Grade Potash Fertiliser” (Prefeasibility Study)
Project site
Stebnik / Ukraine
Name of investor
Agency of Investment Management / Ukraine
Capacity
KCl
NaCl
Na2SO4
Mg-Products
Year
2009
Value of consultancy service2
Approx. 90,000.00 € (project discontinued)
Scope of contract
1.) Investigation of Materials, Bench Scale
Test Work
2.) Process Design and Optimisation
3.) Equipment List and Evaluation
4.) Documentation and Report
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250,000 t/a
290,000 t/a
400,000 t/a
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Project name
“Pre-feasibility study for Production of
Fertiliser Grade Potash by solution Mining
and Brine Processing from Carnallite
Deposit Bamnet Narong”
Project site
Bamnet Narong / Thailand
Name of investor
Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Ltd. /
Thailand
Capacity
KCl
100,000 t/a
NaCl
36,000 t/a
Compared to:
KCl
1,000,000 t/a
NaCl
360,000 t/a
(as by-product)
Year
2009/2010
Scope of contract
1.) Comparison of Solution Mining and
Conventional Mining in Respect to Ore
Reserves
2.) Comparison of Investment, Operational
and Fixed Costs of Solution Mining and
Conventional Mining
3.) Comparison of Consumption Figures
(Water, Electricity Fuel) of Solution Mining
and Conventional Mining
4.) Comparison of two variants with different
capacities (100 kt/a to 1,000 kt/a)
5.) Generation of a 3-Dimensional Model
(Simulation) of the Bamnet Narong
Deposit
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Project name
“Evaluation of a Potash Company (due
diligence)”
Project site
Canada
Name of investor
Sinochem Corporation / China
Year
2010
Part 1:
Technological Assessment
1.) Data Basis
2.) Evaluation of the deposits and description
of the production processes
3.) Overview of the current international
market
4.) Description of the production processes of
the company’s fertilizer plants
5.) Determination of consumption figures of
the company’s mines
6.) Determination of the consumption figures
of the company’s fertilizer plants
7.) Comparison to existing other plant
Part 2:
Economic Assessment
8.) Estimation of OPEX for mining
9.) Estimation of OPEX for processing
10.) Estimation of CAPEX for mining
11.) Estimation of CAPEX for processing
12.) Estimation of the economic feasibility of
the investment
Scope of contract
Project name
“Technical
Assistance
in
Process
Development
for Production of KCl,
Bromine, MgO and Calcium Phosphate”
Project site
Chiclayo / Peru
Name of investor
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A./ Peru
Capacity
KCl
Bromine
MgO
DCP
Year
2009 – 2010
1.) Conceptual Work
(including test work and basic
calculations)
2.) Process Design
3.) Economical Project Evaluation
Scope of contract
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100,000 t/a
10,000 t/a
60,000 t/a
110,000 t/a
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Project name
“Sodium Sulphate Production from Natural
Brine of Sebkhat Oum El Khialate”
Project site
Sebkhat Oum El Khialate, Tataouine / Tunisia
Name of investor
Society Chimique Alkimia / Tunisia
Capacity
Na2SO4
Year
Basic Engineering in 2008
Since 2012 under construction
1.) Feasibility Study
2.) Test work and Final Process Design
3.) Basic Engineering
4.) Support in Tendering
5.) Consultation during Construction
and Start-up
Scope of contract
100,000 t/a
Project name
“Vientiane 120 ktpa Potash Project”
Project site
Thangone Deposit near Vientiane / Laos
Name of investor
Sinohydro Mining (Lao) Co. Ltd / China
Capacity
KCl
NaCl
Year
Basic Engineering in 2009/2010
Commissioning in 2013/2014
1.) Test Work
2.) Process Design
3.) Basic Engineering
4.) Consultancy Service
5.) Support for Project Implementation
Scope of contract
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120,000 t/a
40,000 t/a
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Project name
“Production of K2SO4 and MgSO4 ·7H2O
Based on Processing Sea Brine”
Project site
Rann of Kutch, Gujarat / India
Name of investor
Archean Chemical Industries / India
Capacity
K2SO4
100,000 t/a
MgSO4*7H2O 80,000 t/a
Year
Basic Engineering in 2009/2010
Since 2012 under construction
Commissioning in 2014
1.) Process Design
2.) Test work with original raw material
3.) Basic Engineering
4.) Assistance during Tendering Procedure
5.) Assistance in Commissioning, Training
and Know-how implementation
Scope of contract
Project name
“Pre-feasibility Study for Utilization of a
Polyhalite Ore Deposit in North Yorkshire /
UK”
Project site
Yorkshire / UK
Name of investor
York Potash Ltd. / UK (Sirius Minerals /
Australia)
Capacity
ROM: 2,000,000 t/a
Comparison of different variants based on 2
Mio t/a raw ore processing.
Year
2011/2012
1.) Market Overview for SOP and PotassiumMagnesium Sulphates
2.) Evaluation of 4 Different Technological
Process Concepts
3.) Required Key Test Work
4.) Cost Study and Variant Evaluation
Scope of contract
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Project name
“Basic Engineering for Production of
K2SO4, Bromine, MgO and Di-calcium
Phosphate
from Brine”
Project site
Cañamac area near Chiclayo / Peru
Name of investor
Salmueras Sudamericanas / Peru
Capacity
SOP
MgO
DCP
Bromine
Year
2011 – 2013
1.) Geological Reserve Calculation
2.) Updated Process Design and Execution
of Test Works for Basic Engineering,
Process Know How Transfer and
Economical Project Control for the
Beneficiation Plant
3.) Basic Engineering of Brine Winning
and Supply
4.) Basic
Engineering
of
Solar Evaporation System
5.) Basic Engineering of Beneficiation Plants
6.) Engineering of Utilities and Auxiliary
Plants
7.) Additional Services
8.) Assistance Services
Scope of contract
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100,000 t/a
60,000 t/a
110,000 t/a
10,000 t/a
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Project name
“Verwertung von Abwässern aus der
Kalidüngemittelproduktion
und
Aufbereitung der anfallenden Kristallisate”
(“Utilisation of Waste Brines from Potash
Production and Purification of Products“)
Project site
Werra region / Germany
Name of investor
K+S Kali GmbH / Germany
Capacity
Processing of 1.7 Mio. m³/a waste brines
Year
2011/2012
1.) Concept for recycling of percolating brine
coming from the dump
2.) Concept for evaporation of a waste brine
resulting from the processing
3.) Carrying out of test works including
Analyses and Evaluation of the Results
4.) Flow Sheet Development
Scope of contract
Project name
“Kapazitätssteigerung DEUSA”
(„Capacity Extension DEUSA“)
Project site
Bleicherode / Germany
Name of investor
DEUSA International GmbH / Germany
Capacity
KCl
Year
Basic Engineering in 2012
1.) Process Design
2.) Basic Engineering
3.) Additional Services
Consultancy Service for Tendering
Bid Evaluation
Supervision of Construction and Start-up
Scope of contract
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90,000 t/a
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Project name
“Conceptual Study Colluli Potash Project”
Project site
Danakil Depression / Eritrea
Name of investor
South Boulder Mines Ltd. / Australia
Capacity
1,000 kt/a; 2,000 kt/a; 4,000 kt/a ROM
Comparison of different scenarios, based on
different raw ore composition and different
capacities
Year
2013
Scope of contract
1)
Project name
“Feasibility Study Vinachem 196 km²”
Project site
Nonglom Area, South-East Sakhon-Nakhon
Basin / Lao P.D.R.
Name of investor
Vietnam National Chemical
(VINACHEM / Vietnam
Capacity
500,000 tpa KCl in fertiliser quality (MOP)
460,000 tpa NaCl (>98.5%)
Year
2013/2014
Feasibility study including:
- Resource estimation
- Mining method
- Processing method
Scope of contract
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Evaluation of 4 Different Technological
Process Concepts
2.) Cost Study of 4 different scenarios and
Variant Evaluation
Corporation
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