South Africa: The next fluorochemical hub?

Chris Potgieter, BFluor Chemicals

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Purpose

Stimulate strategic thinking

Promote South Africa as an attractive environment to develop

your business and technology

Illustrate available building blocks supporting the

development of a Fluorochemical Hub in South Africa

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Content

Historical background to fluorochemicals in South Africa

Future view

What is South Africa doing to increase revenue from fluorspar deposits?

What building blocks are in place to catalyze downstream fluorochemical

production?

Opportunities for investors

Discussion

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Historical Background

HF and fluorine production for nuclear fuel cycle

Fluorochemical production technology development and

commercialization in the 80’s - ongoing

Existing fluorspar mining and exports

Experienced local skills base

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Future view

Market perspective – the pull factor

Emerging African market – cellular phone, laptop batteries

Energy projects – nuclear, electric vehicle

Building projects – hospitals, schools

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What is SA doing to increase revenue from Fluorspar deposits?

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Strategic Effort

Tripartite Summit Strategy to develop the South African Chemical Industry

– Flourochemical Expansion Initiative

Government, the dti – facilitation role, technology industrialization

Industry, CAIA – input into legal framework, process safety forum

Labor – representation

Value chain into South Africa

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Technology – the push factor

Research Chairs – University of Pretoria, University of KwaZulu-Natal

State funding – National Research Foundation (NRF)

Government institution R+D

CSIR – electric vehicle batteries

Pelchem – fluorochemical production technology

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Industry efforts

Fluorspar mining projects

Economically feasible scale HF capacity on the horizon

EPCM Engineering houses developing capability

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What building blocks in place to develop FC downstream?

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Government

Conducive legislative framework

Environmental Impact Assessments

Air Emissions Licenses

Waste legislation

Municipal structures - Spatial development frameworks

Planning Corridors

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Industry

Raw materials – mining and chemical industry

Outlets for by-products – building industry

Skills base – individual, small/medium/large EPCM contractors

Waste handling specialists

Infrastructure – roads, rails, ports

Suitable land

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Opportunities for FC investors in SA environment?

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Emerging Market

Fluoropolymers – energy applications, engineering plastics

Nuclear fuel cycle

Alternative energy sources

Inorganic salts

Organic fluorochemicals – medicinal, pesticides

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Technology Development

Establish R+D projects at technical highly able institutions

Industrialize new technology with highly skilled engineering

support

Commercialize new technology in a conducive business

environment

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Business Development

Utilize highly skilled labor base in an emerging market to

develop and grow new business

Realize benefit from strong local legal and financial support

structure

Position business operations optimally in well developed

infrastructure

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Watch this space – we can!

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Talk to us!

Thank you

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