Environmentally efficient processing of complex and hazardous wastes.
minergy processes high volume, complex/ hazarous waste in a highly efficient and environmentally sensitive manner
patented, award winning, proven vitrification technology for treatment of multiple waste streams
2. MINERGY
CORPORATION
Contents:
3-4 Background
5-6 Minergy Vitrification Technology
7-8 Minergy Waste Processing Experience
9-10 Minergy Technologies and Applications
11-12 Minergy Technology Application Range
13-14 Technology Deployments
15-16 Technology Deployments, continued
17-18 Business Objectives
19-20 Minergy Opportunities Examples
21-22 Minergy Opportunity Case Studies
23-24 MSWI Bottom Ash, ASR and Minergy Status
25-26 Minergy Bottom Ash and ASR Opportunity in Europe
27-28 MSWI Fly Ash, APC and Minergy Status
29-30 Minergy Fly Ash and APC Opportunity in Europe
31-32 Spent Pot Lining and Minergy Status
33-34 Minergy SPL Opportunity
35-36 Summary
37-38 Contact Us
01. 02.
3. BACKGROUND
Minergy processes high volume, complex/
hazarous waste in a highly efficient and
environmentally sensitive manner
Patented, award winning, proven vitrification
technology for treatment of multiple waste
streams
Founded in1993, originally as a subsidiary of
Wisconsin Energy
Constructed four fully functional plants
Minergy plants are compact, have low
emissions, and the only by-product is inert
glass aggregate
Three versions of Minergy technology
developed to address a wide range of
waste streams
Over €75M(US$100M) in aggregate R&D
investment to date
Technology has been endorsed by the US EPA
and 3 of the largest environmental services
companies in the world
Minergy has developed a number of unique
solutions for specific industries
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4. Minergy vitrification technology
Vitrification is a process that melts materials with
heat and fusion
Feedstocks may include inorganic and organic
materials
Organic fraction is a renewable fuel source
Inorganic fraction transforms into inert,
beneficially reusale glass aggregate.
Glass aggregate byproduct approved for use in:
Asphalt pavements
Pozzolan substitute (cement extender)
Floor tiles
Utility trench fill
Roofing shingles
Blasting grit
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5. Minergy waste processing
experience
Over the past 17 years, Minergy has successfully tested and processed in ex-
cess of 4.5 million tons of 50 different waste streams including:
Chemical plant processed biosolids
Paper mill sludge
Gas plant remediation waste
Paint sludge
Contaminated river/harbour/lake sediment
Wastewater sludge
Auto shredder residuals (ASR)
Fly ash/bottom ash
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6. Minergy technologies
and applications
Glass Furnace
Processes low organic waste streams such as fly ash
Successfully processed;
Fly ash and Bottom ash from European Municipal
Solid incineration company
Auto Shredder Residuals (ASR) from major
European processor
Hazardous river bed sediment in a project with
the EPA in the US
Glass Aggregate
Medium organic waste streams such as deinking mill
sludge
Plant has been operational in USA since 1998 processing
more than 250,000 tonnes of waste per year
Glass Pack
High organic waste streams such as municipal biosolids
Demonstrated expertise in processing waste from more
than 15 municipal solid waste businesses
Built a US plant to process municipal solid waste in 2007
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8. Technology deployments
Fox Valley Glass Aggregate Plant
Operational from 1998 –present
Processes paper mill sludge and produced
glass aggregate and steam
Plant sold by Minergy in 2003
Currently processes more than 250,000 tonnes
of paper mill sludge per year
Oak Creek Minergy Plant
Operational from 1994 –2000 at Wisconsin
Energy Oak Creek coal powered power plant
Processed fly ash from coal and municipal
biosolids
Produced 100,000 tonnes of light weight
aggregate per year
Ceased operation due to change in coal source
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9. Technology deployments
Winneconne Vitrification R&D Facility
Waste to energy plant
Processed fly ash, chemical plant processed
biosolids, biomass fuels, manufactured gas
plant remediation wastes, contaminated river
sediments, auto shredder residuals, paper mill
sludge, wastewater sludge and paint sludge
Operational from 2000 – 2008
Closed prior to sale of business
North Shore Sanitary District Sludge
Recycling Center
Processed municipal biosolids to produce
glass aggregate
Ceased operation due to change in process and
landfilling policy
Operational from 2007 –2009
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10. business objectives
In conjunction with partners, pursue opportunities for the
processing of high volume waste where:
Regulatory environment is currently, or is becoming,
favourable
Conventional disposal methods do not represent a
viable long term solution
Continuous supply of 30,000 – 200,000+ tonnes per
year of a specific waste stream
In conjunction with partners, build/own/operate waste
processing centres (or license technology in special
circumstances):
Minergy has design and construction expertis
Minergy has an operational team with more than 10
years experience in managing and operating Minergy
facilities
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11. Minergy opportunities
EXAMPLES
Market Opportunity Minergy Experience
Large scale international Successfully operated fly ash -
opportunities to process aggregate waste plant for 7 years;
municipal solid waste experience in processing incinerator
Fly ash/bottom ash
incinerator (MSWI) fly/bottom fly ash /bottom ash; Minergy
ash & coal fly ash (potential for technology endorsed by multiple large
more than 50 plants worldwide) MSWI processors in Europe
In 2015, 95% of all end-of-life
Minergy technology endorsed by the
vehicles must be recycled in
Auto Shredder Netherlands Government mandated
Europe; Minergy technology
Residuals (ASR) organization responsible for all ASR
can process ASR mineral
processing
fraction
The US EPA endorsed Minergy,
Significant opportunity successfully concluding a multi-year
Hazardous waste
worldwide study processing PCB's from river bed
sediment
Minergy has unique patent pending
Mining and mining Opportunity for 20+ Minergy
technology to process Spent Pot
refining waste plants world wide
Lining (SPL) waste
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12. Minergy opportunity
case studies
On the following slides are high level reviews of 3
opportunity case studies, which collectively represent a
potential for 50 Minergy plants in the next 10 – 15 years:
European Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI)
bottom ash and ASR
European MSWI fly ash and Air Pollution Control (APC)
residue
Spent Pot Linings (SPL) from alumina processing
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13. MSWI bottom ash
and ASR
More than 60M tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is
incinerated in Europe each year, producing about
15M tonnes of bottom ash
Currently certain fractions of bottom ash can be re-pro-
Minergy status
cessed.
Traditional means of processing remaining bottom ash
fractions – through stabilisation and back filling of mines –
are not a sustainable as regulations are changing In 2006/2007, Minergy successfully processed:
Bottom ash from one of the largest European
Minergy technology represents an economical and envi- MSWI operators
ronmentally sensitive long term solution
Complex mineral fraction from the leading ASR
reprocessing company in Europe
Not further progressed at that time due to lack of scale at
each facility
Re-engaged clients in 2010/11 and updated conceptual
designs
Secured interest from multiple new parties in 2011
Have received Letter Of Intent (LOI) from ASR reprocessing
company
Minergy’s technology has been endorsed by a number of
leading MSWI companies in Europe
Active discussions underway with MWSI companies
representing more than 35% of the total Europe market
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14. Minergy bottom ash and ASR
opportunity in Europe
Investment opportunity is greater than
€1B (US$1.4B)
Aggregate annual revenue opportunity is more
than €600M (US$800M)
Substantial additional bottom ash opportuni-
ties in other geographies
Potential
Revenue per
Segment number of Cost per plant
plant per year
plants
€30M – 40M €20M
Bottom ash 20 - 40
US$40M – 55M US$30M
€30M – 40M €20M
ASR 3–5
US$40M – 55M US$30M
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15. MSWI fly ash/APC
residue in Europe
Approximately 3M tonnes of MSWI fly ash/APC residue
produced each year in Europe
Additional large volume of fly ash produced by a wide
range of other industries
Fly ash treatment process has a number of similarities to
treatment process for bottom ash
Minergy represents a superior long term solution to other
approaches
Minergy status
Minergy has successfully processed fly ash from one of the
largest MSWI companies in Europe at its test facility in the
USA
A unique aspect of the Minergy proprietary design is the
ability to process waste streams with a high salt content
(5–50%+) as this is critical when processing some APC
residues
Minergy’s technology has been endorsed by a number of
leading MSWI companies in Europe who have need for an
alternative means of processing fly ash/APC residue
Active discussions underway with MWSI companies
representing more than 20% of the total Europe market
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16. Minergy fly ash/APC residue
opportunity in Europe
Typical plants will treat 100,000 – 200,000 tonnes per year
Market opportunity is for 5 – 10 plants
Plant investment should be similar to comparably sized fly ash plants:
€30M – 40M
US$40M – 55M
Yearly revenue per plant:
€20M
US$30M
Total market opportunity:
€250M (US$350M) of capital investment
€150M (US$200M) of revenue per year
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17. SPENT POT LINING Minergy status
Aluminum production is a continuous process where different materials are In 2011 Minergy developed a patent pending system for the treatment of SPL
molted within a refractory lined ‘pot’
The Minergy design is highly innovative and combines a number of proven tech-
SPL is produced as a waste stream from this process nologies (including Minergy’s Glass Furnace technology) into a single integrated
plant
Approximately 500,000 tonnes of SPL produced each year, and volumes are
steadily increasing Multiple by-products are produced by the treatment process, which can be resold
commercially – some at a significantly value
SPL is expensive to treat, with no sustainable solution to-date
The Minergy design has been reviewed in detail by one of the largest environ-
mental services companies in the world
Much SPL is being stockpiled around the world in hope that a viable long term
solution will be developed in the future
Substantial R&D has been invested over the years to develop a long term solu-
tion by numerous governmental and industry parties, without success
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18. Minergy
SPL opportunity
Regulatory conditions globally continue to evolve to support de-
ployment of Minergy technology for the treatment of SPL.
Currently about 50% of world-wide SPL producers (i.e. 250,000
tonne) can justify a Minergy solution
Typical plants will treat 25,000 – 75,000+ tonnes of SPL per year
Plant investment:
€35M – 50M
US$50M – 70M
Yearly revenue per plant will typically be:
€20M
US$30M
Total market opportunity is
€200M (US$275M) of capital investment
€150M (US$200M) of revenue per year
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19. summarY
Minergy technology is patented, award winning, proven vitrifica-
tion technology for treatment of a wide range of waste streams
Minergy solutions are:
Cost effective
Environmentally sensitive
Compact in size with low emissions
Built upon Minergy’s 18 years of industry experience
Over €75M(US$100M) R&D investment in Minergy technology
Minergy has developed a number of unique solutions for specific
industries and waste streams such as SPL, ASR, Fly ash & Bottom ash
Minergy technology has been endorsed by governmental agencies
and global environmental services companies
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