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Latrobe ash on the fly

LABORATORY-scale tests at Monash University on coal ash from the Yallourn power station have shown 25% higher magnesium grades in the feed stock from Yallourn fly ash to be processed through Latrobe Magnesium’s fast cycle retorts.

The Yallourn power station in Victoria's LaTrobe Valley

The Yallourn power station in Victoria's LaTrobe Valley

Latrobe plans to extract and sell magnesium metal and cementitious material from the industrial fly ash, which is a waste stream from brown coal power generation. The test results show that the Monash...

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