Industrial Minerals


Iofina commissions its first iodine plant in the US

17 August 2012

by Laura Syrett

IOsorb technology will extract iodine from liquid shale oil waste

Keywords: Iodine, Iofina, IOsorb, US, brine, seawater, shale oil

US-based Iofina has commissioned its first iodine extraction plant in the US which will process waste brine water from shale oil production.

Speaking to IM, Iofina CEO Lance Baller said that the plant was the first of many in Iofina’s current commissioning programme.

“The company plans to open a new extraction plant every quarter for the foreseeable future,” Baller said.

The extraction facility will use the company’s WET IOsorb technology to process the saltwater brine, which is...