as tsx ort otcqx eorbf founded montreal quebec key people glenn kelly ceo products alumina technology for the mining industry website www.orbitetech.com orbite technologies inc. is a canadian cleantech company based in montreal canada . it specialized in extracting processes for mining industry especially alumina extraction . its main asset is the orbite process which can be used as a cheaper and pollution free replacement of the bayer process as well as a way to treat red mud . 1 contents 1 orbite process 1.1 the process 2 see also 3 references 4 external links orbite process edit the orbite process is an industrial means to refine aluminum ores such as bauxite to produce alumina aluminum oxide patented by orbite alumnae using acid rather than sodium hydroxide like in the bayer process . it s also a way to treat red mud in order to extract the minerals it still contains . it does not produce any industrial waste in significant quantity . the process uses hydrochloric acid that is entirely recovered by the end of the process . it works well with low quality bauxite and many other raw materials . the process edit the orbite process is divided in four steps aluminum ore preparation leaching extraction of alumina extraction of iron and calcination . first the raw material is reduced into fine particles to increase the contact surface . doing so maximize the effect of the acid leaching which is the next step . the acid leaching then occurs at very high temperature using hydrochloric acid . at the end of the leaching all metal molecules excluding titanium react to produce chloride compounds . specifically iron molecules form ferric chloride fecl3 and alumina molecule form aluminum trichloride alcl3 . silica is then removed by simple filtration becoming the main leftover of the process . afterward the aluminum trichloride is removed by precipitation . the step of the high temperature calcination transforms it into alumina . the leachate still containing fecl3 is hydrolysed at low temperature producing ferric oxide and regenerating the hydrochloric acid . rare earth and other metals can then be extracted using common process . 2 3 see also edit companies portal red mud alumina bayer process references edit http www.orbitealuminae.com media upload filings red mud version 1 3.pdf february 19 2014 https www.google.com patents wo2012065253a1 cl en & dq inassignee % 22orbite aluminae inc. % 22 & hl en & sa x & ei vmfu 3efum9yahfy4ciag & ved 0cgyq6aewbw . february 19 2014 http www.orbitealuminae.com media upload filings red mud lb fr.pdf february 19 2014 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title orbite technologies & oldid 685440999 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangemining companies of canadacompanies based in montrealcompanies established in 2007hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 12 october 2015 at 21 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view