Coldry "opposition" forums continually suggest Coldry pellets will "break up" during transport. Their "reasoning" seems to stem from their suggestion that Exergen "plan" to export a slurry to India and then briquette there, as their briquette may not survive the transporting rigour.
What! Are they serious? Exporting a slurry largely means exporting lots of water to India! And the cost is...? The "reasoning" also says cheaper labour in India helps the briquetting economics.
What will Coldry "critics" think of next! The Exergen prospectus is way over due (June 26 was the date) - it will be great reading. My guess is - going by the Independent report - that Exergen are no where near advanced as the BM folks reason. "Construction ready end Aug" - I doubt Exergen are any where near that. I will be interested to read of Exergens water treatment statements. Fact is Exergen have to clean up their water whilst Coldry don't.
The Coldry/JCS pellet "integrity" is absolutely crucial. How can massive potential off takers like K-Coal Tata etc consider Coldry unless its proven to be "transportable"...ie - the pellet "integrity".
The picture below is pre JC Steele:
The above pic is similar to the pic on the original ABC Govt allocation ann Mar 2012. Many here noted how the ABC quickly changed the leading pic from a Coldry extruder/pellets to something more generally brown coal orientated. It highlighted to many here that Coldry was indeed on the ABC'/Govt's mindset when they published the original allocation Pilbara ann. Nice.
I remember the Coldry extruder pic with squiggly pellets that looked like they could break easily. But look how things have changed below via JCS:
The picture below from April 2012 are the pellets after JC Steele...
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