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What is Latrobe Valley Next Generation?

Latrobe Valley Next Generation (LV-NG) is a group of world renowned, blue chip companies who have formed a consortium for the purpose of developing a $1bn plus coal export business based in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley and Mornington Peninsula.

In a carbon constrained world, the de-watering process will provide a pathway to a secure future for Victoria’s vast brown coal reserves - ensuring the state’s continued economic growth for years to come in an environmentally responsible way.


The consortium members include:

Exergen

Tata

Theiss

Sedgman

Itochu


Don't underestimate the importance of some of the following points from recent Mantle ann't -


Mantle Mining Corporation Limited (ASX: MNM) is pleased to provide the following update on activities in relation to clean coal technology group, and Bacchus Marsh Joint Venture partner, commercialisation pathway and large scale demonstration project.


Highlights:


-Thermal Dewatering (CHTD) technology transforms low grade, high moisture coals into cleaner burning products with lower carbon dioxide emissions. CHTD also provides a long distance transportation solution for upgraded coal, via use of slurry pipelines.


Pre-Commercial Demonstration Project PCDP, to be located in the Latrobe Valley.(Energy Brix - Morwell)


Exergen's cornerstone investors have already committed substantial funding (under certain conditions
precedent) towards the PCDP and the company has obtained an Advance Finding certificate from AusIndustry that confirms that the PCDP activities are eligible for R&D Tax rebates.


While Exergen can bring value to a number of downstream uses for upgraded brown coal, collaborations with other proponents in the brown coal upgrading sector are being sought to reduce process risk and development costs and expand product market potential for all parties.

Exergen is generating a high level of interest in this strategy due to its unique position as a low cost solution to front-end dewatering, coal upgrading and overland transportation.


The PCDP will be hosted by EnergyBrix Australia (EBAC) at the Morwell Power Station site in the Latrobe Valley where Exergen has executed Site Lease and Site Services agreements with EBAC.


An Alliance Contract between Exergen, Thiess and Sedgman for the PCDP has been drafted. A draft contract for the design and construction of the PCDP has been completed by Thiess, and Sedgman has provided a MOU for operation of the PCDP.
Exergen is developing a plan to export coal products from the Latrobe Valley pending on success of the PCDP.


For this commercial project, Exergen CHTD slurry will be pumped through a pipeline to a processing facility adjacent to a port location, where it will be dewatered and further processed into valuable export products including thermal coal products, char, fertilisers, pyrolysis oils and liquid
fuels.


Such liquid fuels can be used to feed Direct Injection Coal Engines (DICE).


A preferred pipeline route from the Latrobe Valley to Crib Point (at the Port of Hastings) has been
defined and landholder consultation is expected to start within months (Figure 1).


http://www.mantlemining.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Exergen-Progresses-Large-Scale-Demonstration-MNM3.pdf


The whole ann't is gold IMO but this bit particularly given Kawasaki also being at Energy Brix -

"While Exergen can bring value to a number of downstream uses for upgraded brown coal, collaborations with other proponents in the brown coal upgrading sector are being sought to reduce process risk and development costs and expand product market potential for all parties.

Exergen is generating a high level of interest in this strategy due to its unique position as a low cost solution to front-end dewatering, coal upgrading and overland transportation."


hmmmm - deferred discussions


All IMO so DYOR

B Rubes