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I want to give it couple of years.
I too have been in this for years my bag holding is extremely far behind me.
So...... what's the chance of this to have anything to do with Pyro Genesis?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/two-of-world-s-biggest-mining-companies-join-forces-to-make-unprecedented-change-in-steel-production-we-must-find-better-ways/ar-BB1lypLV?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=cbb521355b5345278e595d2295f72d7c&ei=30
This could be the next bump up! https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hpq-signs-nda-industrial-group-123000185.html
The reason I'm invested in this is I knew someone who improved greatly from psychedelics. Here's an article that confirms such a thing.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/psychedelics-are-outperforming-trauma-researchers-expectations-but-why/ar-BB1hqoIz?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=29da92a81acf4ea18727fb9d194b95d5&ei=281
I've been in this one over 5 years and even when it got up to the sixty cent range there wasn't this much volume. You got to love the under the radarness of it all.
A litlle protection from copy cats.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/HPQFF/pressreleases/22106897/
Here we go with the real deal. https://hpqsilicon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HPQ-FSR_NOV_8_2023_VER_CL9.pdf
PyroGenesis Confirms Receipt of $826,000 Down Payment for 4.5MW High Power Plasma Torch System
https://stkt.co/DkqIGo8p
Let's see, I used to have 100,000 shares and now I have 1. Can it go any lower than that?
It was BMIX.
This is certainly one of the rare instances where a reverse split has not caused a catastrophic decline in the stock price.
This has been quite the market maker football so a pull back but at least staying over a buck.
Moving forward with the 3d powder. https://ir.pyrogenesis.com/node/9806/pdf
We're almost there.
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HPQ Silicon GEN3 PUREVAP™ QRR Successfully Powered Up
October 06, 2022 13:00 ET | Source: HPQ Silicon Inc.
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MONTREAL, Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HPQ Silicon Inc. (“HPQ” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: HPQ) (OTCQX: HPQFF) (FRA: O08), an innovative silicon solutions and technology development company, would like to inform shareholders that a significant milestone has been reached in the ongoing GEN3 PUREVAP™ Quartz Reduction Reactor (QRR) Pilot Plant testing program.
REACTOR HAS BEEN POWERED UP
Technology provider PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (TSX: PYR) (NASDAQ: PYR) (FRA: 8PY) has informed HPQ that the GEN3 PUREVAP™(QRR) Pilot Plant has been successfully powered up.
HPQ GEN3 PUREVAP™ QRR PILOT PLANT R&D TESTING MOVING FORWARD
The GEN3 PUREVAP™ QRR Pilot plant is a first-of-its-kind, state of the art prototype comprised of multiple systems that must operate under harsh conditions, extremely high temperatures and under vacuum. During upcoming two weeks, the system will be tested under real operational conditions. Once PYR is satisfied that the pilot plant is operating within expected parameters, materials will be introduced in the hot reactor and the first process improvement tests will have started.
Once the four (4) process improvement tests completed, the GEN3 QRR will be operated for a few months, on a continuously, non-stop production mode.
As with all R&D projects, particularly with new process technology, timelines are subject to change. Yet, with process improvement tests about to start, HPQ is very close to producing silicon material and commencing:
Using the Si produced for downstream testing and production of HPQ high-value-add products,
Providing samples to potential off-takers to allow for product customization,
Working with Novacium to develop new innovative silicon base applications, and
Planning the deployment of commercial – scale production systems (PUREVAP™ QRR 4.0) capable of producing 2,500 tonnes per year of high purity silicon material.
“Starting up the reactor, on this “first-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art prototype,” is finally upon us. We are one step closer to reaching our goal of disrupting Silicon manufacturing; an industry that still relies on a conventional process developed back in the 1890s. Following our methodical approach, we are on the right path to validate our disruptive potential,” said Mr. Bernard Tourillon, President and CEO of HPQ Silicon Inc. “HPQ is the only company that will bring to market a new process for manufacturing Silicon that is perfectly suited to the new demands and realities of today’s Silicon market. With ESG principles playing an active role in materials sourcing and with recent geopolitical unrest emphasizing the need for stable trade partners and supply security, global corporations are becoming more aware of the difficulties in securing the ESG-compliant Silicon needed to meet their renewable energy agenda. The reality of chronic underinvestment in new technologies combined with the offshoring of Silicon production capacity, is creating massive opportunities for HPQ and its PUREVAP™ QRR patented process.”
About PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a high-tech company, is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and are economically attractive alternatives to conventional “dirty” processes. PyroGenesis has created proprietary, patented, and advanced plasma technologies that are being vetted and adopted by multiple multibillion dollar industry leaders in three massive markets: iron ore pelletization, aluminum, waste management, and additive manufacturing. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of its Montreal office, and its 3,800 m2 and 2,940 m2 R&D and manufacturing facilities, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. The operations are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified, having been ISO certified since 1997. For more information, please visit: www.pyrogenesis.com
About HPQ Silicon
HPQ Silicon Inc. (TSX-V: HPQ), is a Quebec-based innovative silicon solutions company that offers silica (SiO2) and silicon (Si) based solutions and is developing a unique portfolio of high value-added silicon (Si) products sought after by battery and electric vehicle manufacturers, among other industries. On July 21, 2022, HPQ started trading as a Tier 1 Industrial Issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Silicon (Si), also known as silicon metal, is one of today’s key strategic materials needed for the decarbonization of the economy and the Renewable Energy Revolution (“RER”). However, silicon does not exist in its pure state and must be extracted from quartz (SiO2) in what has historically been a capital and energy-intensive process.
With PyroGenesis Canada Inc.(TSX: PYR) (NASDAQ: PYR), HPQ is developing:
the PUREVAP™ “Quartz Reduction Reactors” (QRR), an innovative process (patent granted in the United States and pending in other jurisdictions), which will permit the one-step transformation of quartz (SiO2) into high purity silicon (Si) at reduced costs, energy input, and carbon footprint that will propagate its considerable renewable energy potential.
Through its 100% owned subsidiary, HPQ NANO Silicon Powders Inc., the PUREVAP™ Nano Silicon Reactor (NSiR) is a new proprietary process that can use material produced by the QRR as feedstock, to make a wide range of nano/micro spherical powders and nanowires of different sizes.
Through its second 100% owned subsidiary, HPQ Silica POLVERE Inc., HPQ is developing a new plasma-based process that allows a direct Quartz to Fumed silica transformation, removing the usage of hazardous chemicals in the making of Fumed silica and eliminating the Hydrogen Chloride Gas (HCI) associated with its manufacturing.
HPQ is also a technology development company interested in developing hydrogen-based ventures, that could be complementary to the QRR efforts. Currently, HPQ is working with Novacium developing processes for making hydrogen via hydrolysis of silicon and other materials.
For more information, please visit HPQ Silicon web site.
More to the story:
Chief Medical Officer. Arun Upadhyay, PhD, previously Senior Vice President, Research & Development, will now serve as the Company's Chief Scientific Officer, overseeing the development and manufacturing of Ocugen's clinical and commercial product portfolio and evaluating new technologies.PyroGenesis Canada (PYR) provided an update further to its press release dated September 27th, which announced that the Company had signed a joint venture and license agreement with a leading residue processor to ultimately build and operate plants around the globe to transform dross residues (a by-product of the Company's DROSRITE process) into high value chemical and metallurgical products. The Company is proud to announce today that the JV Partner has completed primary testing of residues from an operational DROSRITE facility. The results confirm that the residues are of such high quality as to be able to be processed into highly marketable products.
An excellent read relating to the need for the Pur Vap process.
https://www.enseccoe.org/data/public/uploads/2021/04/nato-ensec-coe-the-hidden-costs-of-solar-photovoltaic-power-thomas-a.troszak.pdf
The fuse has been lit!!
PyroGenesis Announces Project to Introduce Plasma Torches into the Upstream Anode Baking Process
June 02, 2022 07:30 ET | Source: PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
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MONTREAL, June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX: PYR) (NASDAQ: PYR) (FRA: 8PY), a high-tech company (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “PyroGenesis”), that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which are geared to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG), is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated April 20th, which provided an update on its Aluminum Business offerings, the Company has undertaken a joint initiative (the “Agreement”) with a premier applied engineering and process optimization firm (the “Client”) in the global aluminum industry. This Agreement is focused on utilizing PyroGenesis’ zero-emission plasma torches in carbon anode baking – a vital upstream step in the aluminum production process. The name of the Client remains anonymous for confidentiality reasons.
PyroGenesis’ 150KW plasma torch will be placed inside a pilot system at the Client’s renowned research center. This pilot system has been used to conduct optimization tests for many of the world’s top aluminum producers.
The Client is one of the world’s leading consulting engineering firms specifically focused on the optimization and improvement of furnace and furnace combustion processes at aluminum plants. In particular, the Client is focused on improving processes, lowering costs, and improving the quality of carbon anodes – the conductive material used in the electrolytic production of primary aluminum.
In aluminum production, a smelter needs approximately 425 kg of carbon anode – which is consumed during the smelting process – to produce one ton of primary aluminum. The demand for anodes is so significant that several stand-alone manufacturers of high-grade anodes, as well as anode baking systems, are on-site at major aluminum producers and in constant operation – baking new anodes, of up to 6 feet in length and weighing 1.2 tons each1,2. As a result, improving and optimizing this anode baking process is a key objective in the industry, and the Client considers PyroGenesis’ plasma torches as part of that solution set.
“Once again, we have yet another Agreement underscoring the applicability, and timing, of PyroGenesis ’offerings within the aluminum industry,” said Mr. P. Peter Pascali, CEO and Chair of PyroGenesis. “Global aluminum producers face increasing metal demand, rising energy costs, higher market prices for high-quality aluminum, and new restrictions to meet carbon emissions targets. This agreement is a direct result of our increased sales efforts and R&D, targeting innovative new uses of our ultra-high heat expertise and plasma-based solutions. As stated in our aluminum business line update release of April 20th, the upstream opportunities are numerous and continue to provide additional opportunities for PyroGenesis’ plasma processes. In this particular case, the Client has informed us that a typical anode baking furnace of 3 fires requires 144 gas burners of 200kw each, with the largest anode baking plants operating up to 7 furnaces with 4 fires each. This clearly illustrates the magnitude of this opportunity.”
Under the scope of this agreement, the performance of PyroGenesis’ plasma torches will be analyzed, and the temperature distributions and flame characteristics will be determined. The results will provide third-party validation of the potential in replacing conventional oil and gas burners in carbon anode baking facilities with PyroGenesis’ plasma torches.
“The potential to replace, at a single plant, more than 1000 gas burners with our clean plasma torches, is significant both in terms of (i) productivity and (ii) emission reduction,” continued Mr. Pascali. “As such, we look forward to undertaking this project together with our Client – a neutral, independent highly regarded engineering and technology firm, who has been recommending improvements to the aluminum industry for almost half a century.”
About PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a high-tech company, is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which reduce greenhouse gases (GHG), and are economically attractive alternatives to conventional “dirty” processes. PyroGenesis has created proprietary, patented and advanced plasm a technologies that are being vetted and adopted by multiple multibillion dollar industry leaders in four massive markets: iron ore pelletization, aluminum, waste management, and additive manufacturing. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of its Montreal office, and its 3,800 m2 and 2,940 m2 manufacturing facilities, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. The operations are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified, having been ISO certified since 1997. For more information, please visit: www.pyrogenesis.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words "may", "plan", "will", "estimate", "continue", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "in the process" and other similar expressions which constitute "forward- looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect the Corporation's current expectation and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, our expectations regarding the acceptance of our products by the market, our strategy to develop new products and enhance the capabilities of existing products, our strategy with respect to research and development, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new product development, and uncertainties related to the regulatory approval process. Such statements reflect the current views of the Corporation with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the Corporation's ongoing filings with the securities regulatory authorities, which filings can be found at www.sedar.com, or at www.sec.gov. Actual results, events, and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking statements either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange, its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) nor the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
SOURCE PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
For further information please contact:
Rodayna Kafal, Vice President, IR/Comms. and Strategic BD
Phone: (514) 937-0002, E-mail: ir@pyrogenesis.com
I'm sure at least we can agree LRDC' s website looks 100 percent better than it did say 2 years ago, they really didn't have a website.
So true, but these are unusual times.
I'm thinking at least a buck and a quarter.
Well, I backed up the truck when it was below a nickel, so your condolence is nice but not apropos.
I've been here since the last run up over .50 and crude is much more expensive now.
PyroGenesis Confirms Successful Site Acceptance Testing of Additional Drosrite™ System in North America
7:30 AM ET, 04/28/2022 - GlobeNewswire
MONTREAL, Quebec, April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX: PYR) (NASDAQ: PYR) (FRA: 8PY), a high-tech company (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “PyroGenesis”), that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions which are geared to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG), is pleased to confirm that, further to the press releases dated April 20th, 2022, and April 25th, 2022, the Company’s DROSRITE™ technology has once again been successfully commissioned, this time at an existing North American automobile parts manufacturer client (the “Client”), and completed Site Acceptance Testing (SAT). The name of the Client remains anonymous for confidentiality reasons.
This system, which was part of a two-system order, originally intended for delivery to an Asian client and discussed in a previous press release, was subsequently fully paid for. Due to significant delays in the Asian client's ability to expand their facility, PyroGenesis sold the two units to an existing Client who assumed the contract. The contract was for two (2) DROSRITE™ systems, each with a capacity of 5,000 tons/year. Both systems were completed and delivered to the Client’s facility.
PyroGenesis' Client now has three (3) DROSRITE™ systems in operation. The fourth system will be commissioned upon an expected increase in production demand for the Client's offerings. Although these systems have been installed at the Client's facility for some time, the Client has chosen to commission them based on a predetermined production schedule.
“This is the fourth Drosrite™ system to pass a SAT in as many days,” said Mr. P. Peter Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis. “This further strengthens our position, not only in primary aluminum production, but also in the downstream production process, especially in the aluminum-intensive automotive sector. Being selected as a solution provider in some of the largest dross recovery projects internationally, and with our proven technology, we strongly believe that PyroGenesis has now become one of the largest aluminum dross recovery solutions in the world while playing a major role in reducing industry emissions. I cannot overstate the recent increase in interest in our DROSRITE™ systems in light of the significant rise in aluminum prices.”
As previously disclosed, the Company once again confirms that it has 14 Drosrite™ systems either installed/in shipping or new ordered/requested, of which eleven (11) have been completed and are either on-site at the clients’ facilities or in the process of being shipped.
Ah, eternal hopefullness.
AS LITHIUM PRICES SKYROCKET, TESLA PONDERS GETTING INTO THE MINING BUSINESS
Prices for lithium have risen massively in the last 10 years, throwing a huge wrench in the viability of electric vehicle ambitions. Even Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that his company might have to mine and refine its own material if prices don’t settle back down. And we’re left wondering if General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Stellantis, Rivian and others are thinking the same thing.
AS LITHIUM PRICES SKYROCKET, TESLA PONDERS GETTING INTO THE MINING BUSINESS
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“Price of lithium has gone to insane levels,” Musk said. “There is no shortage of the element itself, as lithium is almost everywhere on Earth, but pace of extraction/refinement is slow.”
Lithium is the lightest and least dense metal on the periodic table, which makes it perfect for electric vehicles as a lower power to weight ratio makes for a more efficient vehicle. Even so, battery electric vehicles are considerably heavier than their gasoline-powered counterparts.
Tesla applied for a patent on a new kind of lithium mining process last year, which would “extract lithium from a clay mineral and compositions”. The process would be environmentally-friendly and economical according to Musk, and help to create the supply needed for new factories such as Gigafactory Texas and Berlin.
Like other automakers, Tesla has already been forced to raise the prices of almost all of its models, in some cases making them ineligible for government incentives. The price of batteries will have a ripple effect on the entire electric car industry, which will derail automakers’ (and the government’s) plans for widespread adoption.
As it sits currently, electric vehicles are still firmly in the luxury category of the car world, and if automakers can’t find a way to make prices go down they’re going to remain a commodity for the wealthy and not the planet-saving people movers that automakers are hoping for.
Tesla and its CEO have already taken a few steps to begin lithium mining, starting with buying lithium claims on 10,000 acres of land in the Nevada desert back in 2020. This is different than the recent news that Musk had purchased Nevada Lithium Corporation, which turned out to be a fake news story stemming from a seemingly genuine Newswire press release.
Many outlets reported the incorrect story about the purchase, causing stock prices of the lithium mine to rise by over 250%. It was only after Lithium Corp. released its own statement confirming the report as false that everything settled back down, and Tesla fans were forced to apologize.
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NEWRY, Maine (AP) — The race is on to produce more lithium in the United States.
The U.S. will need far more lithium to achieve its clean energy goals — and the industry that mines, extracts and processes the chemical element is poised to grow. But it also faces a host of challenges from environmentalists, Indigenous groups and government regulators.
Although lithium reserves are distributed widely across the globe, the U.S. is home to just one active lithium mine, in Nevada. The element is critical to development of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that are seen as key to reducing climate-changing carbon emissions created by cars and other forms of transportation.
Worldwide demand for lithium was about 350,000 tons (317,517 metric tons) in 2020, but industry estimates project demand will be up to six times greater by 2030. New and potential lithium mining and extracting projects are in various stages of development in states including Maine, North Carolina, California and Nevada.
Shortinus sqweezinus is the Latin term for today's buying craze or somebody knows something.
I had to buy more at these discount prices and it looks like PYR will be buying some more shares too.
PyroGenesis Canada has received acceptance from the Toronto Stock Exchange of its Notice of Intention to implement a Normal Course Issuer Bid
7:02 AM ET, 02/11/2022 - Briefing.com
Pursuant to the NCIB, PyroGenesis may purchase, from time to time, over a period of 12 months starting February 15, 2022 and ending February 14, 2023, up to 7,500,000 common shares (approx. 4.4% of its common shares issued and outstanding as of February 7, 2022). As of February 7, 2022, there were 170,125,795 common shares of PyroGenesis issued and outstanding. On any given day, during the NCIB, PyroGenesis may only purchase up to 78,089 common shares, which is equivalent to 25% of the Average Daily Trading Volume of 312,357 calculated based on the trading volumes on the TSX from August 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022.
This may be the first time a sub penny has ever done a forward split.
Reps. Daniel Pae (R) and Logan Phillips (R) from Oklahoma, filed bills meant to promote research into the therapeutic potential of psilocybin. The proposals are designed to give the legislature different options with similar scientific study objectives, but a key difference is that Pae’s would also decriminalize possession of up to one-and-a-half ounces of psilocybin by making it punishable by a fine, reported Marijuana Moment.
Rep. Pae’s proposal would explicitly authorize research institutes to obtain psilocybin and use it for investigations into treatment efficacy for 10 different conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), severe depression and opioid use disorder. Eligible institutes would need to obtain a license for the state Department of Health.
Seems like good news to me:
PyroGenesis Canada announces factory acceptance test for plasma torches scheduled with Client A
3:15 PM ET, 01/27/2022 - Briefing.com
PyroGenesis Canada announced that, further to its Q3 2021 financial results press release, a factory acceptance test ("FAT") for the use of its plasma torches in iron or pelletization has now been scheduled to be completed with Client A. This FAT is scheduled to be conducted between February 2 and February 14, 2022.As previously disclosed, Client A is a multi-billion-dollar international producer of iron ore pellets, whose name will remain confidential. The client, which has committed to reduce its GHG emissions, has over ten plants, each possibly requiring up to 50 plasma torches.
From The Daily Mail.
An active ingredient in magic mushrooms could help treat mental health disorders including PTSD, research suggests.
Scientists say that small doses of the psychedelic drug psilocybin, found in 'magic' mushrooms are not only good at easing disorders resistant to treatment but they also have no short or long-term side effects in healthy people.
Researchers in a study led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, found that the drug can be given safely in doses of either 10mg or 25mg to up to six patients.
From this morning's Wall Street Journal.
Lithium Prices Charged by Electric-Vehicle Demand, Scant Supply
Lithium prices are rising at their fastest pace in years, setting off a race to secure supplies and fueling worries about long-term shortages of a vital ingredient in the rechargeable batteries that power everything from electric vehicles to smartphones.23 min ago
I've been invested in Loredo for 5 years and I always had faith they'd have another big run. I bet this one will be twice as big as last time!
Over 2 billion on the bid side. Pretty gutsy, I like it.
Oh, 9.2 mil. contract.