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With an investment to date of over $30 million on research and development, over 20 years of rigorous peer testing and unparalleled legislative approvals, Virotec’s patented BaseconTM 2.0 and BauxsolTM world leading environmental technologies provide solutions, not only for solving intractable problems and transforming waste into resources but are also world leading, enabling, sustainable, able to be licensed, cost effective and applicable to a wide range of industries.

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What we're all about

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Circular Economy
Circular Economy
Virotec's patented technology transforms large-scale industrial waste streams into a beneficial re-use product and remediation medium with many cost-effective applications.
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Reduce Carbon Footprint
Reduce Carbon Footprint
Virotec's technology has allowed its customers to reuse onsite the treated soils and water, reducing significantly the transport of waste products and therefore reducing their carbon footprint.
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Treatment Guarantee
Treatment Guarantee
Virotec has extensive experience in soil, water and solid treatment. We are so confident in our technology that we guarantee our results.
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EPA Licenced
Treatment Guarantee
Virotec is licenced by the EPA for the on-site treatment and transport of regulated waste.
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End to End Solution
End to End Solution
Virotec offers its customers a complete solution, from material characterisation to treatment and disposal including managing all interactions with relevant authorities.
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20 Years Experience
20 Years Experience
Virotec's senior management and operational staff have built a tremendous amount of experience in complex waste and remediation projects over the last 20 years always achieving a positive outcome.
Testimonials
"Rio Tinto has worked with Virotec since the early 2000’s and most recently over the last two and a half years directly with Rio Tinto Aluminium Bauxite and Alumina Pacific Operations (RTA) to understand and evaluate the potential capacity of its Bauxsol Technology to treat red mud produced by Rio Tinto’s Gladstone alumina refineries. This has led to a Stage 1 processing facility located at the Queensland Alumina Refinery (QAL) in Gladstone. With this facility in place RTA are working with Virotec to increase the volume of material created and used for beneficial reuse in a variety of remediation and other uses.”
Rod Endicott
Rod EndicottProgramme Lead - Engineering and Growth | Rio Tinto Aluminium - Bauxite and Alumina
"Virotec’s solution was to treat the water so that the mercury formed in an inert sludge layer at the tank bottom. Concrete was then poured onto this sludge layer to encapsulate it with the water discharged to the environment at well below discharge limits. Holes were then drilled into the tank base so that when it rains, the tank does not fill up. For 10 years we had wrestled with this problem but Virotec’s unique thinking and technology that works made it happen. And all at a price that we could afford. They are the “go to” guys. ”
Karen Pascoe
Karen Pascoe Environmental Co-ordinator | Australian Paper - Tasmanian Mills
“Our Wesley Vale paper mill had accumulated about 80 tonnes of mercury contaminated water in a storage vessel that was corroding badly, with a risk to human and aquatic life. We could not find any economically viable method to treat and release the contaminated water…”
Ian Diver
Ian DiverOperations Manager | Birdsall Leather and Crafts
"Virotec put our project back on its’ time track at a lower than expected cost. They also treated components that cause significant health issues which cannot be remediated by traditional methods. All the boxes were ticked and we are very happy. “
Rod Woodrow
Rod WoodrowProject Manager | Civil, Mining and Construction Pty Ltd, Queensland
“Virotec optimised the performance of our wastewater treatment process including reagents, technical support and liaison with regulatory authorities. Our wish list was exceeded and our trade waste discharge is well below EPA limits. There are better than expected cost savings for factory process flows. These guys know their stuff. “
Pat Aughterson
Pat AughtersonManaging Director | Excellent Plating Works Pty Ltd
“ We are a well known Australian large-scale copper, chrome, and arsenate (CCA) treatment plant. Our leachate ponds had CCA contaminated water and we were not complying with our discharge limits. We had no one to turn to but we knew that Virotec had successfully treated cyanide contaminated water in Romania which also contained arsenic. After successful testing, Virotec treated our leachate ponds and the CCA metal levels dramatically reduced to well below our licence limits – we would not be shut down! Virotec are unusual in that they will work with you, no matter how hard the environmental problem is, to solve your issues, improve your current practices and save you money. “
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Industrial Services

Nada Dairy Farm, Saudi Arabia

Location Saudi Arabia
Client Nada Dairy Farm
Product ViroBlend™

NADA Dairy Farm (“NADA”) commissioned Virotec to assist with the odour control of the manure and utilise our technologies to value-add and find beneficial uses for their waste organic residues,...

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On-Site Water Treatment

Queensland Rail

Location Queensland
Client Queensland Rail
Product ViroFlow™

Queensland Rail is committed to ensuring that rail remains Australia’s most environmentally sound method of large-scale transportation. The lead-contaminated water produced from Queensland Rail’s railway bridge maintenance was being released...

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Environmental Technologies

Gladstone Port Authority

Location Gladestone
Client Gladestone Port Authority
Product ViroSoil™

Gladstone Port Authority in Queensland, Australia, was experiencing problems with sulphidic marine clays (acid sulphate soils) resulting from its past dredging and land reclamation operations. Due to a planned change in a...

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Tailings Dam Treatment

Tailings Dam Revegetation Mt Carrington

Location Mt Carrington, Northern NSW
Client Mt Carrington Mines
Product ViroMine™

The Mt Carrington mine site in northern NSW, Australia, carries a legacy of more than 150 years of gold and silver mining (some copper, zinc and antimony were also recovered),...

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Tailings Dam Treatment

Mt Carrington Tailings Dam Treatment

Location Mt Carrington, Northern NSW
Client Mt Carrington Mines
Product ViroMine™

“Following treatment using Virotec’s technology, the treated water was 100 times cleaner than drinking water”. Following the closure of Mt Carrington Gold and Silver mine in the early 1990’s, a...

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Site Remediation

Tasmanian Paper – Site Remediation Project

Location Burnie, TAS
Client Tasmanian Paper
Product ViroSoil™

Australian Paper is one Australia’s largest pulp and paper mills had ceased production. The company wanted to sell or re-use the site but the local and state regulators would not...

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On-Site Regulated Waste Treatment

Mercury Contaminated Waste Treatment

Location Hobart, TAS
Client Nyrstar
Product ViroFlow™

Virotec implemented the patented ViroFlow™ Technology to treat mercury contaminated filter cake waste at Nyrstar, Hobart Smelter. The waste being treated was generated primarily from Nyrstar’s mercury plant. The key...

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On-Site Regulated Waste Treatment

Contaminated Filter Cake Treatment,Transport and Disposal

Location Port Kembla, NSW
Client PKC
Product Regulated Waste Treatment,Transport and Disposal

Port Kembla Copper engaged with Virotec for the treatment, transport and Disposal of Heavy Metal Contaminated filter cake. Virotec provided a complete regulated waste treatment service for this project, the...

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Industrial Services

Contaminated Sludge Treatment

Location Ashmore, Queensland
Client Omega Chemicals
Product ViroLock™

The key objective of this project was to clean a sludge tank containing heavy metal contaminated sludge. The sludge had then to be transported to the designated EPA licenced facility...

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