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Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:10 AM

Subject: Re: [LeadWorkers] Seeking advice re safety of Doe Run or other Engitec Pb battery recyclers

Thanks Michael,

in my websearch I found Gulf Coast Recycling in Tampa Florida is one of three lead recyclers owned by Metalico Inc - www.metalico.com - (the others are Metalico Rochester and Lake Erie Recycling both in New York state) so I have written to them seeking comment on Engitec CX System being the "best available" system.

Did you ever manage to locate the details of the Florida company you mentioned in "Subject: Re: [LeadWorkers] Which company mines lead shot from trap shooting ranges in Canada? I can put you in touch with a comp. in Florida who may be of some help."

Is it indeed the same company - Gulf Coast Recycling - that you were referring to?

If anyone knows a company that mines lead shot in Canada, I'd still like to get the details.

Regards

Liz

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: michael circle

To: LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:43 AM

Subject: Re: [LeadWorkers] Seeking advice re safety of Doe Run or other Engitec Pb battery recyclers

Liz.

 

There is a large battery recycler in Tampa, Florida- USA called Gulfcoast recycling.

 

I understand that they are a part of a larger corporation with many branches

 

in the USA.  Maybe they can offer more info.  FYI, this is the only battery recycler

 

In Florida.

 

 

                                         Mike Circle

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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:15 AM

Subject: [LeadWorkers] Seeking advice re safety of Doe Run or other Engitec Pb battery recyclers

Dear Lead Network,

 

I have had an enquiry as to whether lead acid battery recycling plants throughout the world (there are 24 of them) which operate on the CX System (see CX pdf at www.engitec.com/OUTLINE.htm) by Engitec Technologies SpA, Italy, are actually "state of the art" or "best available", as claimed in the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) by Kellogg Brown and Root P/L?

 

The EIS states: [p7-28] "The most important of the heavy metals (excluding lead) anticipated to be emitted from the plant in terms of quantity is Antimony, which is present as 1.5% to 5% of the lead." 

 

[p7-31] "The battery recycling process aims to be a zero-waste activity, as all slag waste to be used as an additive to concrete products.....The slag [from the smelting operation] is the only potential waste product that may require disposal if not on sold to a concrete contractor."

 

[p7-34] "The analysis undertaken [on slags from other Engitec plants], demonstrates that the slag produced... may be disposed to the Gregardoo Waste Management Centre [local tip] with Council approval."

 

The annual slag production (some 700 - 980 tonnes) is estimated to contain around 50 tonnes of lead.

 

Specifically, the enquirer would like to know whether the community (near a wool-combing factory in a rural town surrounded by grazing and wine-growing areas) should be concerned about the proposal and what issues should they raise in their submission to the consent authority (Wagga City Council).

 

I wonder whether anyone knows anything about the proponent - Ian Davies of Renewed Metal Technologies (RMT) Asia Pacific of Sydney, whose newly set-up company is not listed in the phone book and who appears less than a dozen times on the web and only in relation to this proposal. Wouldn't you have to have a track record of some kind to set up a AU$17.5million plant?

 

Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

The 24 Engitec plants are in Austria, Brazil, Canada (at Tonilli), Cuba, Estonia, France (2 plants), Germany (2), Italy (2), Korea, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK, USA (3 plants) and Yugoslavia.

Of the 24 plants, the following two apparently exemplary plants are described at www.engitec.com/HIGHLIGHTS.htm :

 

METALLUM AG SCRAP BATTERY COMPONENTS RECOVERY PLANT Location: Pratteln - Switzerland since July 1991

 

THE DOE RUN COMPANY SCRAP BATTERY COMPONENTS RECOVERY PLANT Location: Boss – Missouri - USA since March 1989.

 

Yours Sincerely

Elizabeth O'Brien, Manager, Global Lead Advice & Support Service (GLASS) run by The LEAD Group Inc.
PO Box 161 Summer Hill NSW 2130 Australia
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