Enpar tests DesEL-24K unit at Bafokeng platinum mine
2006-11-08 10:47 ET - News Release
Dr. Gene Shelp reports
BAFOKENG PLATINUM MINE REQUESTS PROPOSAL FOR ONE MILLION LITRE PER DAY FULL-SCALE WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL ON-SITE TESTING OF DESEL-24K SYSTEM
Enpar Technologies Inc.'s subsidiary, Blue Print Technologies Pty., and the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research's (CSIR) on-site testing of the DesEL-24K unit at the Bafokeng platinum mine in South Africa has been extremely successful.
The Bafokeng platinum mine has now requested a proposal for a full-scale DesEL treatment plant with a capacity of treating one million litres of water per day. In the design under consideration, the waste stream would be eliminated and an ammonium nitrate fertilizer generated for sale.
Dr. Gene Shelp, president of Enpar, stated, "This would be the first commercial DesEL installation for Enpar and should lead to numerous mine-related water treatment opportunities, especially given the ever-increasing stringency of water quality discharge guidelines."
Enpar's DesEL system is designed to remove dissolved inorganic substances such as arsenic, ammonia, nitrate, fluoride, cyanide, perchlorate, metals and hardness from drinking water and waste waters.
The system has been successfully tested in the CSIR laboratory on several industrial effluents provided by the Majuba power station, Vaal River gold mine, Grootvlei gold mine, navigation section of Landau colliery, Namakwa sands (heavy minerals) and Bafokeng platinum mine.
Enpar will keep its investors informed on a timely basis as to the status of the Bafokeng platinum mine proposal.
