ALKANE Resources is highlighting the $1 billion Dubbo Zirconia Project's ability to produce "metals of the future" after intensive criticism of it by Uranium NSW Dubbo, Friends of the Earth and the Greens NSW.
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In a statement the company tells of being "perplexed at special interest groups who advocate/demand renewables and yet support action against the DZP project".
"Where do these groups propose renewables and the green technologies to support them, will come from in such large scale without the materials needed in them," it says.
The DZP will produce zirconium, niobium and rare earths for sale worldwide.
Alkane Resources reports that zirconium-based products "replace harmful chemicals and improve our lives".
They can be found in the likes of false teeth, replacement joints, mobile phones and phone towers, paint, jet engines, fire-retardant fabrics, solid oxide fuel cells and catalytic converters in the exhausts of all modern cars.
Products that include rare earths include wind turbines and solar cells, hybrid and electric cars, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines, drugs for numerous types of cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, rechargeable batteries, tablets and smart phones.
Rare earths are essential for electronic devices for computer components, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), sonar, defence systems and lasers.
Unique optical properties of rare earths are also crucial to the latest fibre optic technologies that power the internet and telephone communications.
Niobium "strengthens and lightens to reduce costs and carbon dioxide emissions", according to Alkane Resources.
"The Oresund bridge in Sweden used 0.022 per cent of niobium in steel to reduce the weight of steel required by 15 tonnes and save $25 million," the company reports.
Niobium in steel decreases the amount of steel required in the likes of jet planes, new-generation helicopters, freight trucks and cars, resulting in improved fuel efficiencies and decreased carbon dioxide emissions.