magnesium.com TRU Magnesium Metal Examples Ed Anderson Timminco Fern Timpano Bernard Closset Tom Timmins Zuliani  

TRU has probably the world’s strongest capability in magnesium metal*and downstream products. One of the reasons for this is that TRU president and our other consultants have spent many years employed in the magnesium industry.*  There has not been a new commercial-scale magnesium plant built in the west for decades [despite attempts that were technical failures] and China dominates magnesium supply. Our team for years has been active in China, providing technical and marketing advice to several operations as well as in the west, providing application expertise to users in Europe, North America and Middle East. For example, TRU in the last twelve months was engaged on –

Project Due Diligence Magnatherm silicothermic Pechiney and Alcoa Magnatherm process
Magnesium Electrolytic Smelter and Alloy Plant

Investor Due Diligence on behalf of potential investors for the $600 million Egyptian Magnesium Company electrolytic magnesium smelter and alloy plant. In particular TRU conducted a technical evaluation of what was stated to be the DOW smelter process and assessed the plans for production of magnesium alloys. TRU also evaluated the marketing and financial plan, and modified the financial model.

Bankable Feasibility Study Magnesium Metal Complex
Magnesium Pidgeon Process Smelter, Mag Alloy Plant, Downstream Mg Components CAPIVEST Bahrain new middle east magnesium smelter jobs TRU

TRU conducted a detailed bankable feasibility study involving all aspects technical, engineering, business and financing of a completely new magnesium metal, alloy and downstream plant [powder, granules, extrusions, parts]. Recommended equipment and plant design, marketing & distribution, financial viability and assisted in implementation.

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Taiyuan China Magnesium Smelter

[Picture shows typical Magnesium Metal Retort Dolomite Reduction Furnace set up in China]

Gulf magnesium smelter Oman Dolomite

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 magnesium smelter Gulf Magnesium

For a number of clients TRU has provided custom magnesium price forecasts through 2013. This TRU forecast took into account production cost differences between China and the west, import and dumping duties in the United States, and several other determining factors such as global magnesium supply-demand. TRU monitors the magnesium market and is especially in touch with the magnesium industry in China through our strong China Beijing presence.

Plant Bankable Feasibility
Magnesium Extrusion and High Pressure Die Casting Plant

TRU undertook a bankable feasibility study of a magnesium Extrusion and High Pressure Die Casting Plant as part of a magnesium metal smelting and alloy smelter.  This involved the TRU technical and business team designing and specifying all aspects of the plant. A full business plan requiring bankable feasibility accuracy was prepared.

Feasibility and Other Magnesium Related
Dolomite Mining, Coke-oven-gas, Ferrosilicon

TRU has also undertaken several magnesium related assignments for example, dolomite mining and other magnesium minerals, dolime [intermediate dolomite calcining kiln product],  ferrosilicon [required in Pidgeon process magnesium smelting process], retort manufacturing plant design, coal coke-oven-gas / coal gasifier [used extensively in China as the fuel in the retort furnaces], magnesium applications [including lithium-magnesium cells].

* TRU has probably the Worlds Most Qualified Magnesium Team -

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 ¨  Edward R. Anderson, B.Sc. (Eng)., Dpl (Marketing Research)., MBA., FCIArb

Project Director, Edward R. Anderson, B.Sc. (Eng)., Dpl (Marketing Research)., MBA., FCIArb., spent ten years as Director Corporate Planning at Timminco Ltd, the west’s only commercial scale Pidgeon process magnesium producer. He is an expert on business, marketing, financial, and the technical aspects of magnesium

¨  Technical Lead, M.Sc. [Chemistry/Physics], PhD [Metallurgy] Bernard Closset

Our Technical Lead spent twenty years at Timminco in process and application engineering management and is a world renown expert in all aspects of magnesium technology

¨  Project Management & Team Members Fernando Timpano

Our Project Management & Team Members include more than five top engineering professionals with twenty-five years Pidgeon Process and electrolytic magnesium smelting. Several other niche magnesium experts. These professionals are in Canada, United States and China.

. . . consult TRU on your magnesium project !

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