Altech Chemicals Appoints General Manager Operations

14th September 2015, ASX Announcement

Altech Chemicals Limited (“Altech” or ‘the Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jingyuan Liu as General Manager Operations for its high purity alumina (HPA) project. The key executive appointments marks an important step as the Company progresses its HPA project to detailed plant design and subject to funding preparations for construction.

Initially based in Perth, Western Australia it is envisaged that Dr Liu will spend significant time at the Company’s Malaysian HPA plant site during construction, commissioning and the transition to stead state operations.

Dr. Liu has over 20 years experience in project management, process and equipment design for minerals processing and in the chemicals, non-ferrous metals, iron & steel and energy industries, both in in Australian and internationally. He was awarded a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has worked in senior chemical engineering roles with leading companies such as Hatch Engineering and Metso Minerals in Australia and Malaysia. Dr Liu was previously General Manager – Development and Technologies with Galaxy Resources Limited, a high purity lithium carbonate producer. Dr Liu’s extensive chemicals and processing experience, including plant construction, commissioning and the manufacture of high purity chemicals will be invaluable for Altech’s next phase of development.

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