CyPlus and Inco Launch New Cyanide Detoxification Process

06-Mar-2003

CyPlus, a wholly-owned company of Degussa AG, Germany, and Inco Technical services Limited, Mississauga, Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inco Limited, have announced the product launch of their newly developed cyanide destruction process. CombinOx is a process that takes advantage of synergies between Inco's SO2/AIR process and Degussa's peroxygen technologies. The technology is available exclusively through CyPlus.

The venue for the market entry of the new technology was the INDABA 2003 Investing in African Mining Conference. In his presentation, Dr. Eric Devuyst, Vice President of Inco Tech, described the key advantage of the new process as: "It's flexibility to accommodate changes in feed chemistry, by offering Process Balancing". Depending on site-specific conditions, the process offers capital savings over traditional Inco plants and operating savings over both Inco and Caros technology.

The year 2002 marked the "testing and confirmation period" of the new process. To date, various mining companies have shown interest in the process, and several laboratory test programs have been completed. The tests confirm the ability of the process to deliver low endpoint residuals for both cyanide and heavy metal chemistry. "The debut of the new CombinOx process," says Frank Harenburg, Managing Director of CyPlus, "highlights the innovation and performance potential of the just emerged CyPlus company. The state-of-the-art process allows Inco Tech and us to make a major contribution to sustainable development in the mining industry." CyPlus offers a complete range of technical services in support the new CombinOx process.

CyPlus is a worldwide leading company in cyanides. The new, wholly-owned subsidiary of Degussa AG, supplies products to customers in the mining, chemical, pharmaceutical and surface treatment industries. Some 100 employees worldwide, production sites in Europe and North America, and sales and distribution offices on all continents provide customers swift and reliable service. CyPlus regards itself as the pacesetter of progress and sustainability of the industries utilizing its products.

Inco Limited is one of the world's premier mining and metals companies and the world's second largest producer of nickel. The company is an important producer of copper, precious metals and cobalt and also a producer of value-added specialty nickel products. Inco has one of the largest reserve and resource positions in the global nickel industry.

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