{"id":11545,"date":"2018-01-03T16:49:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.asminternational.org\/hts3-new\/alliance-magnesium-extracts-magnesium-from-asbestos-tailings-by-electrolysis-process\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T22:47:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:47:02","slug":"alliance-magnesium-extracts-magnesium-from-asbestos-tailings-by-electrolysis-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/ims-new\/results\/-\/journal_content\/56\/10192\/31081397\/NEWS\/","title":{"rendered":"Alliance Magnesium extracts magnesium from asbestos tailings by electrolysis process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>Alliance Magnesium, Brossard, Quebec, has developed a hydrometallurgical process combined with an electrolytic process to extract magnesium from asbestos tailings, which contain 25% magnesium. Serpentine rock (chrysotile-asbestos mine tailings) is the source of raw material. Chrysotile is a fibrous mineral with chemical formula Mg<sub>3<\/sub>Si<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>5<\/sub>(OH)<sub>4<\/sub>.&nbsp; About 96% of the magnesium in serpentine is extracted through this process. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Three provisional patents have been filed and two others are in preparation. The first and second patents refer to the overall process, while the third is specific to anode design.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Other advantages: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span>Serpentine feedstock does not generate carbon dioxide emissions when processed through the hydrometallurgical reactions to produce magnesium.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>The magnesium produced is of very high quality and is certified by very demanding customers, such as Tier One OEMs and aluminum producers.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span>The process is based on electrolysis, the cleanest magnesium production process available.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span>Alliance has acquired all the shares of Magnola Metallurgy Inc. and Magnola Mining Inc., giving AMI full ownership of Magnola&rsquo;s industrial and mining sites in Danville, Quebec. The acquisition of Magnola provides AMI with the infrastructure needed to deploy the construction and operation of a 50,000-metric ton magnesium plant by 2021. Alliance plans to invest a total of $535 million to build a full-scale magnesium metal production plant with a production capacity of 50,000 tons\/year. The plant will be zero-effluent, as treated materials are captured and all process effluents are re-utilized.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The site includes facilities and equipment from the former magnesium plant, whose value was recently estimated by an independent appraiser at more than CAD $85 million. The property also contains a valuable residue deposit estimated at more than 100 million tons of serpentine rock, which is made up of approximately 25% magnesium and is the raw material that AMI will use in its production process.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>&ldquo;It took five years of work, investment, and achievement to reach this crucial and defining milestone in AMI&rsquo;s development,&rdquo; said Dr. Jo&euml;l Fournier, Chief Executive Officer, AMI. &ldquo;The transaction marks the company&rsquo;s clear intention to play a dominant role in global magnesium production, and confirms its position as one of the largest manufacturing projects in Canada.&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alliancemagnesium.com\/\">www.alliancemagnesium.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alliance Magnesium, Brossard, Quebec, has developed a hydrometallurgical process combined with an electrolytic process to extract magnesium from asbestos tailings, which contain 25% magnesium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[440,441,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-news-articles","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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