Green Options » activated carbon http://greenoptions.com/tag/activated-carbon Posts tagged 'activated carbon' Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:44:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Canada’s First Activated Carbon Plant Built in British Columbia http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/05/canadas-first-activated-carbon-plant-built-in-british-columbia/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/05/canadas-first-activated-carbon-plant-built-in-british-columbia/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:44:42 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/05/canadas-first-activated-carbon-plant-built-in-british-columbia/ Coal and a power plantAccording to an article in the latest bulletin from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Prairie Mines & Royalty, Ltd. (PMRL) and Norit Canada are building Canada’s first activated carbon plant. This plant will manufacture activated carbon for a mainly Canadian audience of coal-fired power utilities.

PMRL is a subsidiary company of Sherrit International, the largest producer of thermal coal in Canada (about 90% of total Canadian coal production volume). Additionally, 90% of Sherrit’s coal is sold to nearby power plants located at what are called the “mine-mouth”. Norit on the other hand, is the world’s largest manufacturer of activated carbon and has been in the industry for over 80 years.

It’s fairly obvious why it makes sense for a joint venture building an activated carbon production plant between these two companies, but why build an this type of plant now?

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