HISTORY

Virotec began operations in 2000. Prior to that time, Virotec was a mining company, Tin Australia Pty Ltd, with mining and lease interests in Queensland and New South Wales. Following the successful treatment of one of its tailings dams using newly trialled technology derived fro ARR in 1999-2000, Virotec focused its efforts on researching, developing and commercializing the technology, which initially centred on the treatment of mining wastewater.

Until 2008, the Virotec business was operated through a group of companies which was headed by a London-based, publicly listed company on the London Stock Exchange trading under the symbol “VTI”. As a result of a corporate takeover the company’s parent, Virotec International plc, by the Hydrodec Group plc in June 2008, Virotec became a management owned company with offices in Mobile, Alabama (USA), Gold Coast and Newcastle (UK).

Virotec has since become a leader in providing effective, sustainable solutions which deal with intractable environmental remediation and waste treatment problems.

The proven, patented, state-of-the-art technologies developed by Virotec enable companies and public utilities to meet government regulatory waste treatment standards, reduce future liabilities, and help safeguard the environment.

Virotec’s capability in developing processes to remediate harmful wastes, solve soil and water contamination, and reduce environmental degradation successfully has lead us to expand our portfolio of services to include “Value Added Services” such as contaminated land auditing and environmental and site assessment.

Virotec’s business activities include the following elements: a) research and development into the more than 20 different sources of ARR from around the world; b) a global initiative to reduce the levels and volumes of industrial waste generated from alumina refining; c) sustainability models and programs; d) international publications in refereed, scientific journals and technical papers and presentations; e) regulatory approvals to implements its technologies; f) patent protection for technology innovations; g) development and commercial deployment of discrete environmental remediation and waste treatment technologies organised by market type; and h) the commercial sales and marketing of a range of safe, chemical reagents used in implementing the technologies.

Virotec’s technologies benefit many different industries, including mining and metals processing, the oil and gas sector, metals finishing and other manufacturing industries, municipal sewage treatment, property development and marine dredging, and timber preservation. Virotec’s products and services have gained regulatory approval in the USA, Korea, UK, Italy, Portugal, Laos, the Philippines, New Zealand and Australia.

Virotec is now a privately owned company based in Queensland, Australia. Virotec’s head office is located on the Gold Coast and its laboratory is based in Lismore. New South Wales. Through our strategic alliance partners, clients can now access a range of technical services in North America, Europe, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.