The technology we have developed here in Australia is to manufacture coal briquettes from washery rejects, coal fines and coal tailings which have been successfully used in Thermal Power Stations in Australia and one that we as a company are promoting.

We are currently in the process of negotiation with prospective companies both in China and India to take this technology to these countries.

Briquetting of coal is not something new it has been going on for a long time. However our method of briquetting is different.

Our briquetting process leads to a cleaner environment as it utilises the waste coal fines, which dot the landscape. Imagine the benefits that this technology will bring to the quality of life of people living in close proximity to coal mines and power stations.

The project represents an innovative example of the implementation of the principles of Cleaner Production and Ecologically Sustainable Development in the coal mining industry.

The quality of any major city's water supply can be affected in two ways by the means of creating that city's electricity source by generating power through coal-fired power stations.

The first is by sulphur emissions coming from the boilers as the coal is burned. This is a "free chemical" which will condensate, at a distance from the generator, and which is governed by local atmospheric and climatic conditions and falls as "acid rain".

The second way is also a sulphur problem, and emanates from the "fines" or "ultra fines” which are the residue from coal washing plants and is collected in tailings, dams or ponds.

As time passes, this material oxidizes and as a result when rain falls it produces sulphur. This sulphur is then carried into local waterways, which are part of the city catchments areas.

The technology is extremely cost competitive and can compete very effectively against all imported coals. Briquettes are manufactured from waste coal fines of which there is an enormous quantity all around the world simply there for the taking. The briquetting machines are mobile and can be positioned where required.