Virotec Global Solutions Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that the ten-year technical report of Virotec written by Dr Lee Fergusson for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has been featured on the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate web site.

Dr Fergusson, Virotec’s chief executive officer, commented that “the document forms part of the ATF-06-3 project on the ‘Management of Bauxite Residues’ for the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (DRET) of the Commonwealth Government of Australia, and represents partial completion of Item 11 in the Schedule of Contract for the Provision of Services No. 2490. As such it also represents part of the overall commitment of the Australian Government towards the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate as it relates to the management and reuse of caustic alumina refinery residues.”

The purpose of the report was twofold: firstly, to present a technical and operational overview of the technologies of Virotec, including commercial development pathways and case examples of applications; and secondly, to provide an overview of environmental and waste treatment problems in the Asia-Pacific region. Since 2000, Virotec has researched, developed and commercialised a range of technically engineered environmental and industrial waste solutions.

In order to chronicle the ten-year commercial trajectory of Virotec, the report explores the operational, commercial, and technical origins of the company, highlighting early successes and research. The document charts the steps Virotec has taken to move beyond R&D into successful business operations. At the heart of the document, a number of intractable environmental problems and case studies have been examined, which together summarise the various industrial and municipal applications of Virotec’s four main technologies. A summary of other industrial areas of developmental interest to Virotec have also been explored, along with the main types and volumes of waste generated by or currently stockpiled in Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, South Korea and the United States of America (members of the Asia-Pacific Partnership), and projects the volumes of chemical reagents that would be required to effectively treat the vast quantities of waste in those countries.

Dr Fergusson concluded that “this document affords a technical and operational insight into a successful environmental technology company. At a time when governments and industry are seeking ways to both reduce and reuse solid industrial waste for environmental and social benefit, this document provides valuable information on how this can be effectively achieved.”