Monthly Archives: June 2001

The Charcoalition ran an online shop during the campaign against the Mogo Charcoal Plant. Orders were placed via an online form which then sent an email of the order to the Charcoalition; when stock was confirmed and freight calculated, an … Continue reading →

Extracts from an industrial charcoal manual reveal what pollutants need to be dealt with in the process. We understand that one tonne of dry wood produces 40 kilos of highly toxic and corrosive tarry sludge. This equates to about 8,000 tonnes … Continue reading →

Because wood will be mixed species, the groups will have to be kept separate as they require different cooking temperatures to make charcoal and will act differently in the silicon furnace. In CSIRO tests, carbon content is said to range … Continue reading →

Up to 200,000 tonnes per year of harvesting residues will be transported by road from State Forests within the South Coast region to the charcoal plant near Mogo. And up to 35,000 tonnes per year of charcoal will be transported … Continue reading →

The company claims that there will be no visible smoke from the plant. Well there must be something coming out of the 5 chimneys, otherwise there would be no need for the them. Experience at the WA plant is that pollutants are … Continue reading →

Based on State Forest figures, during the day it is estimated that there will be one truck entering or leaving the plant EVERY 6 MINUTES! Sawmill sounds will be emitted from the plant all day long (the saw will be … Continue reading →

The company will pay State Forests who will then pay logging contractors, hauliers, etc up to delivery at the plant. State Forests to receive the payment and pay all contractors from fellers to delivery to the charcoal plant (there is … Continue reading →

200,000 tonnes/year, for the next twenty years, of green “residual” timber will be taken from the South-East forests. Heads, butts & larger limbs of the trees will be used. During this initial 20 year period, State Forests brochures say that … Continue reading →

CRITICISMS OF THE EIS Parts of the EIS are not written in a way the general public can understand, especially air emissions Many readily available sources of information appear to have been ignored eg — * statistics relating to the … Continue reading →

Investigation Report CET/IR289R Alternative Reductants for Silicon Smelting Final Report and Recommendations By Keith Clark, CSIRO for New South Wales Department of Urban Affairs and Planning,   June 2000 Executive Summary CSIRO Division of Energy Technology was commissioned by the … Continue reading →