1 / 12

Synthetic Materials - Synmat History

Synthetic Materials - Synmat History. Founded 1994 Mission: Acquire and develop sources of synthetic gypsum. Synmat. Dewater, transport and market in excess of 2.5 million tons of synthetic gypsum in 2006 Greater than 20% of all synthetic gypsum that is consumed in the U.S.

lobo
Download Presentation

Synthetic Materials - Synmat History

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Synthetic Materials - SynmatHistory • Founded 1994 • Mission: Acquire and develop sources of synthetic gypsum

  2. Synmat • Dewater, transport and market in excess of 2.5 million tons of synthetic gypsum in 2006 • Greater than 20% of all synthetic gypsum that is consumed in the U.S. • 5.0 million tons of synthetic gypsum under contract 2010

  3. Facility Description • Receive scrubber bleed from scrubber • Return effluent to scrubber • Produce treated discharge stream • Horizontal vacuum belt filter system • Wallboard Grade Gypsum • Product – 8% moisture max • Reserve recovery from Gypsum Stack

  4. Transport • Conveyor • On site wallboard • Barge • 400 TPH Loading Rate • 350 Barge Loadings Annually • Rail • Truck • Cake • Dried

  5. Synmat - Design

  6. Synmat – Design

  7. Truck Loading

  8. Barge LoadingCumberland

  9. Agricultural SalesSynmat Experience • Truck load – local • Soybeans • Golf Courses • Aquaculture • Barge load – river • Through Distributor • Agricultural product • Fertilizer Filler

  10. Distribution Hurdles • Economic Transport Distance • OTR, $0.10 - $0.12 per ton mile (+ fuel) • Seasonal Variations • Two peak seasons • Stockpiling near usage point • Handling Issues • Modifications to broadcast systems

  11. Business Hurdles • Large Industrial Sales Typical • Gypsum Wallboard • 350,000 – 900,000 tons • Portland Cement • 35,000 – 200,000 tons • Cooperative Approach • Pool Local Users Through Cooperative

  12. Targets for Future Sales • Utility must see economic benefit to sales • Direct and Indirect Investment in Research • EPRI • University Grants • Aggressively develop local market • 50 to 100 mile radius around utility • End-user must see long-term value to gypsum • Investment in gypsum must generate positive ROI

More Related