A coal seam gas company Metgasco has disposed of over one million litres of dirty salty water to a sewerage treatment plant at Casino that is not licensed to take such a waste. Large volumes of water are drawn up from under ground in most coal seam gas sites as a by-product of the gas extraction process.
Mined gypsum in Australia can come in many forms with varying quality. The most pure gypsum is generally mined near Ceduna in South Australia and Dampier in WA. Other regional gypsum mines can produce sub standard gypsum, so when comparing any gypsum products including recycled gypsum, you must look at the purity and the sulphur
REGYP helps building material manufacturers recycle up to 95% of their manufacturing waste by either re-using it back into the production process or into the agricultural applications. REGYP also supports and provides waste plasterboard collection services from building and demolition sites in the major residential building markets of Australia helping to close the recycling loop.
Beneficial uses of treated CSG water can include: • aquaculture and human consumption of aquatic foods • coal washing • dust suppression • industrial use • irrigation • livestock watering Treatment technologies CSG water varies widely in its water quality characteristics and beneficial use of the resource is unlikely without some form of treatment (an
REGYP supplies numerous high quality mined and recycled gypsum products throughout NSW, VIC and QLD for industrial, agricultural and civil applications. Some of the applications that REGYP gypsum products have been used for are: Agriculture – canola, potatoes, lettuce, pasture, mushrooms, cotton, grapes, sugar cane, wheat, dairy, grapes, sorghum and golf courses; Industrial – Plasterboard
Lafarge has signed an agreement with Knauf for the sale of the Australian Plasterboard division. The completion of this deal is expected to be in the third quarter of 2011. Lafarge's Australian Gypsum business has two plants at Matraville NSW & Altona VIC for plasterboard manufacture and other compounds along with a national network
On top of the current sale process for Lafarge’s gypsum business in Australia, Lafarge has launched the sale of its European gypsum business in a move that could raise at least €1bn ($1.45bn) as the indebted cement group tries to slash its €16bn debt burden through asset disposals. The French building materials producer, the world’s
Building materials supplier Boral Ltd says it will acquire certain assets and operations of Queensland-based Wagners Group for $173 million. Boral says it will buy Wagners' quarry, concrete and related assets in the Darling Downs, South East Queensland and Townsville regions and several land parcels with future development potential. Wagners would continue to own and
REGYP now offers plasterboard waste recycling services in Queensland. REGYP now accepts "clean" plasterboard and gyprock waste from new construction sites and interior fitout projects in the greater Brisbane area. REGYP offers skip bins and truck pickups services for the collection of CLEAN plasterboard waste for recycling. REGYP QLD diverts waste plasterboard from landfill by
Lafarge Plasterboard Australia, apparently one of the few plasterboard divisions in Lafarge making money, is up for sale. Industry rumours suggest that Uk company Knauf has a hand shake deal to purchase the Altona VIC and Matraville NSW plasterboard plants, subject to due diligence. Lafarge is also exiting the joint venture between Boral and Lafarge
