the industrial minerals sector, an indispensable partner in innovation, by john van put
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John van Put is Director Group Strategic Development at SibelcoTRANSCRIPT
By John van PutDirector Group Strategic Development at Sibelco
IMAGINE Society in 2050:The Industrial Minerals sector, an indispensable partner in Innovation
Brussels, 24 September 2014
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Trends 2050 – A Growing Population
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Trends 2050 – Rising Living Standards & Urbanisation
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We need to Decouple Resource Use from Population Growth
ENERGY
WATER
LANDFOOD
MATERIALS
USE LESS & MAKE BETTER USE PER
CAPITA
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Finding solutions to use less and make better use of our resources
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Sibelco – Choosing the path of innovation towards a sustainable future
Our operations
• Reducing our global footprint • Sell “the whole pig”• Energy Efficiency• GHG reduction• Water usage• Land usage• …
Our products and their applications
USE LESS & MAKE BETTER USE
• Focus on mining products for high value applications
• Finding solutions to help to reduce society’s global footprint
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Raw material (Silicon)Metallurgical grade quartz feedstock
Ingot Molten Si held in fused silica crucibles
(HPQ)
Ingot squaring using silicon carbide slurry
wiresaws
Wafer sawing Using SiC slurry wiresaws
WaferCells using minerals for glass, filler minerals for EVA
polymer encapsulation, fluoropolymers
Module
System
Silica sand HPQ fluorspar Filler minerals
Our products and their applications – Sustainable energy: Solar
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Our products and their applications – Sustainable energy: Wind
a single 3MW turbine needs 1,2 Kt of concrete (cement and aggregates)
Fiberglass – Kaolin, borates, alumina, lime, silica sand, soda ash
Epoxy resins – filler minerals such as calcium carbonate, talc, wollastonite
Rare earths (magnets, a single 3MW turbine needs 2 tons of REE)
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Other OECD
Share of renewable in power, %
End-of-life blades can be used as a raw material to the cement industry – the blades ash forms part of the clinker matrix of cement
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Our products and their applications: Support innovation through High-Value, New or Better performing mineral products
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Lower iron raw materials for higher transmission glasses
Anti-sticking of minerals in plastic films and food packaging
DNA technology in Resign Coated Sand –to monitor well productivity
EXAMPLS
Development of flame retardants and filler minerals for plastics
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Our products and their applications: High Value, Recyclable & with Zero-Waste
2014
Low Value Applications From downcyclingend-of-lifeHigh Value Applications
2050
High Value Applications
Recyclable Applications
Consumption
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Our products and their applications: Zero-waste through Recycling
1 Ton of Glass
= 1 Ton of
Cullet
glass collection logistics
glass treatment
CulletGlass production
Glass selling
Sibelco High 5 – Antwerp
Sibelco High 5 – Antwerp
Example: Bottle Glass Recycling
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Sibelco – Choosing the path of innovation towards a sustainable future
Our operations
• Reducing our global footprint • Sell “the whole pig”• Use of Renewable Energy• Energy Efficiency & GHG
Emission Reduction• Minimize Water Usage• We are a Temporary Guest• …
Our products and their applications
USE LESS & MAKE BETTER USE
• Need to move towards a circulareconomy with a focus on miningproducts for high valueapplications
• Finding solutions to reducesociety’s global footprint
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Selling the “whole pig” – Balancing the quarry
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Layer C2Construction
Layer C1Sports &Leisure
Layer C3.3Crystal Glass
Overburden
Layer C3.2Flat Glass
Layer C3.1Foundry
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Our operations - Use of Renewable Energy
Maasmechelen Dessel
Lommel
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Our operations - Energy Efficiency & GHG Emission Reduction
• Co-generation (CHP) in several plants
• Re-use of process heat, e.g. to heat offices
Air-to –Air Heat ExchangerCHP generator
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Our operations - Energy Efficiency & GHG Emission Reduction Recovery of potential energy (Robilante)
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Our operations - Energy Efficiency & GHG Emission Reduction
• Optimized mining
• Slope inclination optimization
• Seasonal mining
• Transportation:
• Mobile fleet energy management
• Moving material internally & externally
• Site energy management
• Monitor energy consumption
• Avoid energy-peaks and running of installation/equipment in
idle-time
• Switch towards LED-lighting
• Replace primary raw materials (minerals) by secondary raw
materials (recycled IMs & byproducts ) that are less humid
• With customers
• The “Seamless Customer-Supplier Organization”: a truly open
cooperation and collaboration, to share knowledge to solve
problems and eliminate waste across the entire supply chain
• ...
Variable Frequency Drives – Control pump motors to reduce energy by control flow via the motor vs fixed motor and control flow via a valve.
Conveyor belt extensions (Minnesota)
Screen efficiency
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• Closed water circuits
• Replace flotation by dry physical separation processes
• Modelling ground-water levels: predicting effects and actively taking counter-measures (a/o changing shape of the quarry)
Our operations – Minimize the use of Water
De-watering belt (tunnel City, Wisconsin, USA)
Fossanova
Physical separation process, replacing flotation
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Our operations – We are a temporary Guest
• Introduction of Biodiversity indicators
• Introduction of floating islands in water-filled quarries. Serves both to reduce the size of the visual impact of the quarry and
they lure birds as well
• Re-routing the “Witte Nete” creek, using cane and slush from original creek, resulting in the same biodiversity but with
increased .and more stable population (prof. De Vocht, Congres Watersysteemkennis)
• ….
Maasmechelen Dessel - beehotel Maasmechelen Peregrines Mol
Lommel - RestorationLommel - Restoration
Witte Nete
Maasmechelen
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On the road to 2050: The Industrial Minerals sector, an indispensable partner in Innovation
ECOLOGICAL
LOCAL PRODUCTION
ETHICAL
TRANSPARENT
SUSTAINABLE