Kaolin is an ore composed of hydrated aluminium silicates, such as kaolinite and halloysite. Used in ceramics, paint, plastics and many other products. <\/p>\n
Andromeda Metals has upgraded its Streaky Bay pilot plant at the Great White project in South Australia as the company eyes its first commercial production of halloysite-kaolin.<\/p>\n
The pilot plant was upgraded to replicate the proposed Great White wet processing plant and includes new screening and hydro-cyclones.<\/p>\n
It comes as Andromeda commences a bulk sample drilling program at Great White, to provide material for multiple projects in the halloysite market.<\/p>\n
The drilling will provide approximately 1.5 tonnes of high-purity halloysite-kaolin to Andromeda and joint venture company Minotaur Explorations collectively-owned Natural Nanotech.<\/p>\n
In partnership with University of Newcastles Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN), Natural Nanotech will undertake research and development into new technology applications of halloysite nanotubes.<\/p>\n
Great White halloysite-kaolin has previously been successfully synthesised by GICAN to create advanced nanomaterials to specifically adsorb CO2 from a mixture of gases.<\/p>\n
Up to 1.1 tonne of CO2 per tonne of material has been achieved and work is ongoing to target the capture of two tonnes of CO2 per tonne of material.<\/p>\n
This is in addition to Andromedas current definitive feasibility studies for its Great White CRM (ceramics) and Great White PRM (coatings) products.<\/p>\n
Andromeda has already produced 70 kilograms of ultrabright, high-purity Great White PRM product as marketing samples for its offtake partners.<\/p>\n
Halloysites have also shown potential to benefit applications in technology, medicine, agriculture, cosmetics and environmental remediation.<\/p>\n
Andromeda will also aim to improve the purity of its halloysites with the installation of a new pilot-scale kaolin processing centrifuge at Streaky Bay.<\/p>\n
In June, Andromeda signed an offtake agreement for 70,000 tonnes per annum of high-purity kaolin from Great White.<\/p>\n
Large commodity trading house, Chinese-based Jiangsu Mineral Sources International Trading (MSI), locked in with Andromeda for an initial five-year term.<\/p>\n
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