Ecolomondo announced that its main offtake client for recovered carbon black has approved the quality of rCB produced at its Hawkesbury TDP facility
Ecolomondo recently completed the commissioning of its new milling equipment and rCB processing line, showing positive results which led the way to the beginning of production ramp-up. Using its new equipment, Ecolomondo performed various tests during rCB production, aiming to ensure all quality parameters met the thresholds of the rCB offtake clients.
After confirming the quality thresholds of humidity, pellet size, pellet hardness, ash content and particle size, the company shipped sample orders of the freshly produced rCB to offtake clients for testing. After that, the clients performed tests of their own on the samples they received, and the results were positive and similar to those coming from Ecolomondo’s own test results.
After receiving the client’s positive test results, Ecolomondo’s main offtake client for rCB issued an initial order for one truckload of 23 metric tons of rCB to be shipped immediately, and Ecolomondo expects to ship the order this week.
“The commercial acceptance of our rCB by offtake clients reflects the achievement of many years of technology development and commitment. It is a major achievement for the Company and we are confident that additional orders should come because of the quality of our rCB”, said Jean-François Labbé, Interim CEO of Ecolomondo.
The Hawkesbury TDP facility is expected to process approximately 1.3 million to 1.5 million tyres per year and produce on average approximately 4,000 metric tonnes of rCB, 5,000 metric tonnes of pyrolysis oil, 2,000 metric tonnes of still and 1,200 metric tonnes of process gas.
