Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) Corporate Presentation at International Metals Conference

Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Corporate Presentation at International Metals Conference.

What is HPA?

- Purified alumina (Al2O3)

- 99.99% (4N) purity or greater

- Smelter Grade Alumina (SGA) ~ 99.5% (5,000ppm impurities, mainly sodium)

- Bayer Process uses sodium hydroxide (NaOH)

- Sodium impurity is problem for electronics industry

Altech HPA Process

- Established HCl leach process

- Developed in 1980's by alumina industry

- Couldn't compete with Bayer SGA costs

- But great at producing HPA (no sodium-ions)

- However little demand for HPA in 1980s

- Demand for HPA is here today

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About Altech Batteries Ltd

Altech Batteries Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is a specialty battery technology company that has a joint venture agreement with world leading German battery institute Fraunhofer IKTS ("Fraunhofer") to commercialise the revolutionary CERENERGY(R) Sodium Alumina Solid State (SAS) Battery. CERENERGY(R) batteries are the game-changing alternative to lithium-ion batteries. CERENERGY(R) batteries are fire and explosion-proof; have a life span of more than 15 years and operate in extreme cold and desert climates. The battery technology uses table salt and is lithium-free; cobalt-free; graphite-free; and copper-free, eliminating exposure to critical metal price rises and supply chain concerns.

The joint venture is commercialising its CERENERGY(R) battery, with plans to construct a 100MWh production facility on Altech's land in Saxony, Germany. The facility intends to produce CERENERGY(R) battery modules to provide grid storage solutions to the market.

    

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