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BioteQ plant wins China mining environmental protection award
BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc said its water treatment operation in Dexing, China, has won the 2008 China Mining Environmental Protection Award. It is operating the plant as Jiangxi Copper Co’s technology partner.
BioteQ chief executive Brad Merchant said: "The award recognizes Jiangxi Copper's leadership in protecting and preserving the environment by applying innovative technologies that deliver sustainable water treatment for acid mine drainage produced at the Dexing mine site.”
The Dexing water treatment plant recovers dissolved copper from the mine wastewater, producing a saleable copper product that pays for the cost of water treatment, and treated water that is re-used at the mine site. The plant was commissioned in April 2008, and has already delivered significant environmental benefits. In its first 6 months of operations the plant treated 3 billion litres of wastewater and recovered more than 700,000 pounds of copper, BioteQ said.
BioteQ builds, owns and operates industrial water treatment plants, reducing environmental liabilities while generating revenue from waste water. The company's commercially proven technology treats acid mine drainage and other metal-laden waste water by sequentially removing metals and sulphate, producing saleable metal products and clean water that can be discharged safely to the environment.
BioteQ has built 8 plants at sites in Canada, the US, China, Australia and Mexico, with 7 more projects in design and construction. BioteQ is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and trades on the TSX under the symbol BQE.
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