Eramet invests 34.5 million euros in Sandouville to modify its process
Metallurgist Eramet has invested € 34.5 million to adapt its plant in Sandouville (Seine-Maritime) to a new supplier of nickel matte, an intermediate raw material for producing nickel. The matte of nickel no longer comes from its subsidiary of New Caledonia SLN but from Finland. As the composition of this matte differs from the preceding, Eramet had to transform its processes.
After an investment of 34.5 million euros and one year in wich the adjustment of the industrial process is completed the Eramet plant in Sandouville near Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) is restarting its facilities. This factory of 165 employees is the only one of Eramet in France to treat nickel. It produces mainly pure nickel (99.99%) for industrial use, using a hydrometallurgical chemical process. The factory works from nickel "matte", a concentrate that results from the first melting of the ore composed of an assembly of metals (iron, copper, nickel, cobalt, gold, precious metals ...).
"The plant will be restarted gradually until the end of 2017. According to a spokesman for the Eramet Group , in 2018, the site will process 25,000 tons of matte to produce 13,000 tons of high purity nickel, 300 tons of nickel contained in the various salts and liquids, 400 tons of cobalt and 3,000 tons of iron. "
Related parks
Categories
Investments
2017-06-23
€ 35 mln at Port of Le Havre (FR)Chemical substances
Countries
Companies
Latest news
Clariant's MegaMax™ 900 catalyst: Powerful start at European Energy's e-methanol plant
European Energy successfully started up their e-methanol plant in Kasso, Denmark, using Clariant’s MegaMax 900 catalyst. The Power-to-X plant is one of the world’s first and currently largest comme...
Kazakhstan’s largest petrochemical project: first piles driven for polyethylene plant in Atyrau
The construction of the plant, which has a capacity of 1.25 million tons of polyethylene per year and an investment of approximately 7 billion US dollars, is expected to be completed by 2028, with ...
Vynova Alkoxides GmbH awards first basic engineering contract for new alcoholates plant at the Lülsdorf site in Germany.
Vynova starts the construction of a new alcoholates plant at the Chemiepark Lülsdorf. A contract for basic engineering has been awarded to an external engineering company for finalising the basic d...
Norway: TotalEnergies and partners launch the 2nd phase of Northern Lights CCS project
Northern Lights will increase its CO2 storage capacity to more than 5 Mt per year. Northern Lights signed a commercial agreement with Stockholm Exergi for transport and storage of 900 kt CO2/y, fro...