Ammtec Ltd (Australian Metallurgical & Mineral Testing Consultants) is one of the largest metallurgical and mineral testing consultancies in the world.

In 2003, Ammtec and Intec made a joint offer for the purchase of the Hellyer Metals Project from the receivers of the Western Metals group. This consortium was nominated as preferred bidder and entered into the Hellyer Metals Sale and the acquisition was completed on 30 January 2004.

Visit Ammtec's website on www.ammtec.com.au.

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Honeywell is a leader in automation and process control technology.

On 8 July 2004, Intec signed a partnering agreement with Honeywell Process Solutions/Honeywell Limited for work on the Hellyer Metals Project.

Honeywell's Website address: www.honeywell.com.au 

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Ivanhoe is an international mining company currently developing the world's largest porphyry gold and copper province at its Oyu Tolgoi Project in Mongolia.

Ivanhoe has negotiated exclusive rights to use the Intec Copper/Gold Process under royalty-based licence in that region and also holds licences to use the Intec Zinc, Nickel and Gold Processes.

Visit the website of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. at www.ivanhoemines.com

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Outotec OYJ is a worldwide technology leader in minerals and metals processing, providing innovative and environmentally sound solutions for a wide variety of customers in iron and steel, aluminium and non-ferrous metals industries. Formerly Outokumpu Technology (prior to its October 2006 IPO), Outotec employs over 2000 people worldwide and recorded sales revenues of EUR 1 billion in calendar year 2007.

Outotec actively develops or acquires new technologies and processes based on customer needs and business requirements. The aim of its research and development work is to increase the competitiveness of metal production processes, thus improving its customers' businesses as a whole. The common denominator of all Outotec technologies is their ability to save energy, natural resources or capital investments, frequently all three at the same time.

Visit the website of Outotec OYJ at www.outotec.com

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Rautomead is a privately owned Scottish company, formed in 1978 and based in Dundee, which specialises exclusively in the design and construction of equipment for the continuous casting of non-ferrous metals.

Intec Ltd and Rautomead International Ltd have signed a joint Heads of Agreement to combine their technologies in a copper concentrates-to-wirerod package.

The parties are proceeding with a test program in which copper dendrites produced at commercial scale by the newly patented Intec electrowinning cell will be melted and cast into 8mm copper wirerod using Rautomead’s pilot plant. The parties have then agreed to enter into a joint marketing initiative of their copper concentrates-to-wirerod package.

Visit the Rautomead website at http://www.rautomead.co.uk

For more information on Rautomead International's oxygen-free copper wirerod, click on the link below to view the conference paper presented by Sir Michael Nairn, Chairman of Rautomead, at the Wire & Cable Technical Symposium in Chicago in June 2002.

Rautomead_WAI Chicago02_ MNairn.pdf (Acrobat PDF Document, 1003Kb)

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Veolia Environmental Services, formerly known as Collex, has been implementing innovative, effective and sustainable waste solutions for over 30 years within Australia. Across Australia, Veolia has become the industry leaders in all facets of resource recovery and waste management, as well as Industrial services such as Industrial Cleaning and Facilities Management.

www.veoliaes.com.au

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