RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Rio Tinto And a great post from @cusam (on ceo) regarding Client B (Rio Tinto/IOC)'s plasma burner trials:
@cusam Mention of IOC plasma trials in a presentation from a few days ago: https://lnkd.in/gJ54YVyp 
And from PyroGenesis' Q2 Business Update:
Iron Ore Pelletization Torch Trials: As mentioned in previous Outlooks, the commissioning of the plasma torch systems – for use in the pelletization furnaces of a client previously identified as Client B – was underway, with the Company’s engineers onsite at Client B’s iron ore facility. The commissioning process includes installation, start-up, and site acceptance testing (SAT). The Company previously announced that it had shipped four 1 MW plasma torch systems for use in Client B’s iron ore pelletization furnaces, for trials toward potentially replacing fossil-fuel burners with plasma torches in Client B’s furnaces. As mentioned in previous Outlooks, this project continues to move forward, however the commissioning suffered a series of unforeseeable delays caused by, among other things, damaging regional torrential rainstorms that flooded and damaged the facility’s electrical system and furnace components, and intermittent power outages that led to damage of the plasma burners cooling system. Client B remains committed to the trials and additional process steps are being designed to account for the client’s particular mechanical and environmental risk variables. BCONTVentures wrote: Worth a repost:
BCONTVentures wrote: Great comment from ceo:
@ordos As usual those looking from outside think that they know better how the company should be run, having minimal knowledge about all the work behind the scenes. The recently posted Rio presentation demonstrated just how much is involved just to test the torches. A lot of supporting equipment, such as torch handling rails, power supplies, cooling systems, staff training, etc, etc. It can take months and months. Do we know how much is involved in powder qualification, locking down a process for production, etc? Rhetoric question. @Namazon It's nice to finally see a different picture of the induration torch in context and to see the actual size of it in comparison to the guy putting it in... Quite the flamethrower. 
BCONTVentures wrote: @Namazon Finally some definitive proof that we would have killed for a couple of years ago… these 2 names on the same page. Plus, it’s amazing to see all the work, at clearly some large expense, that has been put into making this “trial” happen. Makes me wonder what kind of company would go to these lengths… to only “try” this technology. ~3 to 6 more months… Meh! 
Gives you an idea the size of how big the equipment (and PYR's torches) are ^^.