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A CGI of how a new £250m waste-to-
energy plant at Redcar Bulk Terminal
could look.
MPI’S £500K STEEL DEAL
£250m plans for Redcar waste-to-
energy plant to create 400 jobs
P
lans have been unveiled for a £250m
waste-to-energy plant at Redcar Bulk
Terminal (RBT) to help power the
economic regeneration of South Tees.
Yorkshire-based waste management
company PMAC Energy has secured
25 acres of the terminal’s land for the
development, which could create up to 400
local jobs at the heart of the South Tees
Development Corporation site.
Subject to permit and planning approvals,
the plant could be producing waste-derived
fuels in 2021 and generating enough
electricity to power 56,000 homes.
The announcement came just two weeks
after RBT signed a major land and handling
agreement with Sirius Minerals Plc that will
see up to 10 million tonnes of Polyhalite – a
type of potash and multi-nutrient fertiliser –
pass through the facility each year.
Garry O’Malley, RBT’s general manager,
said: “This announcement is hugely
significant, not only for our businesses but
for the whole South Tees region.
“We’ve worked closely with PMAC
Energy on this project for a number of years
and it’s another reflection of the continued
resurgence of Redcar Bulk Terminal and this
site.
“Like many others on Teesside, we were
dealt a hammer blow when SSI closed – so
much so you could say RBT’s mere survival
is a success in itself. We’re grateful for the
strong support we received during these
difficult times, in particular from Greybull
who provided us the capital and energy
required to turn the corner.
“The fact we’re seeing significant growth,
diversifying our business and attracting
new companies to the Tees, is an incredible
achievement.
“Projects like this – which could bring
hundreds of millions of pounds and many
valuable jobs to Teesside – are heralding
the start of a new era for RBT and our
employees.”
ANOTHER BIG BOOST FOR SIRIUS MINERALS
S
irius Minerals has agreed a deal
with Archer Daniels Midland
(ADM), a Fortune 500 US-based
agri-business, as its North
American partner.
Sirius has signed an agreement
with ADM for the supply of its starch-
based binding agent to be used in the
production of Sirius’ POLY4 product.
And as part of the deal, Sirius says
it will design and construct a binder
Sirius Minerals managing director Chris Fraser
handling facility with the support and
(right) and Andrew Percy MP, the former Northern
expertise of ADM, at or close to the
Powerhouse minister, at Woodsmith Mine.
firm’s materials handing facility on
Teesside.
The ADM announcement comes as the
under way.
Sirius then revealed in July that its
fifth major development from Sirius.
The firm revealed in June it had signed a
subsidiary York Potash and Redcar Bulk
Terminal (RBT) had entered into a materials
seven-year supply deal with Intercontinental
Trade DMCC Dubai (ITL), one of the largest
handling agreement under which RBT will
suppliers of fertiliser to Nigeria.
provide port and ship loading services from
its existing Redcar Bulk Terminal port facility.
A week later, Sirius began construction
And then the firm signed a 10-year
on its 23-mile fertiliser transport tunnel
at Teesside’s Wilton International site,
double supply deal with Guangzhou Eiliseng
providing a direct link to its Woodsmith
Biotech and Yantai Service Agricultural
Science and Technology in China.
Mine, south of Whitby, which is already well
Tees-based research and innovation
centre the Materials Processing
Institute has continued to strengthen
its ties with international steel
producers, as part of a collaborative
£500,000 research project.
The Institute has partnered with
the University of Leicester and TWI to
support Chinese steel manufacturer
Nanjing Iron and Steel Company
(NISCO).
The project forms part of a £2m
investment by NISCO at the University
of Leicester in creating a UK-based
steel research activity.
TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY JOINS
RESEARCH INITIATIVE
Teesside University is to provide
even more doctoral-level training
opportunities for early career
researchers as part of an innovative
new funding stream.
The Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA)
Programme, led by the University
Alliance, has received an award of
almost £6m from the European Union
to support the development and
international mobility of research talent
from around the world.
The funding will support the DTA’s
three disciplinary areas across applied
biosciences for health, energy and
social policy.
TON-UP FOR FAMILY FIRM
A Tees family business is celebrating
its 100th anniversary.
PC Richardson, now based in
Stokesley, was established during
World War I by Percy Richardson
and is a fourth-generation business
specialising in steeplejack services.
Percy established the company in
Middlesbrough in 1918 after working
for a German chimney building
company in Skinningrove during the
war years.
Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen says
investments into the South Tees
Development Corporation site on the
former SSI steelworks, near Redcar, could
attract BILLIONS of pounds of investment,
creating “many, many thousands” of jobs.
#TalkingUpTeesside