Exterra is building the world’s largest asbestos mitigation facility and has a regional supply capacity of up to 800 million tons of asbestos mine tailings.
Organizations Involved
BASF, Énergir, WSP, Winsome Resources
Company Description
Exterra specializes in the conversion of asbestos mine tailings into minerals including nickel concentrate for electric vehicle batteries and amorphous silica for low-carbon building materials. The company is building the world’s largest asbestos mitigation facility with an annual capacity to process over 300,000 tons of asbestos mine tailings.
Market
Energy Transition and Sustainable Building Materials
Location
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada
Coinvestors
Clean Energy Ventures, BDC Capital, Government of Quebec, Investissement Quebec, MOL Switch, Kinetics