Nickel Refinery Supplying By-Product Sulphur to Nickel Processing Plant

Summary

Kwinana Nickel Refinery (Nickel West) is sending its by-product sulphur to Murrin Murrin nickel plant for reuse in its production process. Although the two companies are competitors, this synergy was a win-win situation for both companies. The sulphur is transported by truck to the nickel processing plant.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
mining and minerals sector	nickel refinery nickel processing plant

Region

Kwinana Industrial Area, Kwinana, Western Australia

Applied Technologies

Not known.

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	increased company income costs for transporting the sulphur to the nickel processing plant
Environmental	less wastes being stockpiled or going to landfill air emissions from transporting sulphur to the nickel processing plant
Social	increased employee and community satisfaction due to improved environmental performance of two nickel companies

Additional Comments

None.

References

• van Beers, D, Bossilkov, A and van Berkel, R (2005) “Capturing Regional Synergies in the Kwinana Industrial Area – 2005 Status Report”, CSRP Report (for Project 3B1), August 2005

Last Update

23 November 2005