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Technology Minerals chairman says measures taken helped contain incident at Recyclus plant

Technology Minerals PLC (LSE:TM1) chairman Robin Brundle talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about a fire incident that occurred at Recyclus' LiBatt plant in Wolverhampton.

In the early hours of the morning, a fire broke out in one of the seven goods inwards bays, a separate area from the main recycling facility. Brundle explained that the company's safety protocols worked as planned, and the fire was swiftly contained, with no injuries or damage to other parts of the plant.

"The changes we put in from 14 months ago certainly helped again to reduce the length of the problem that we had this morning," Brundle stated, emphasising the company's commitment to safety and the environment. The affected materials will be processed through the recycling plant, ensuring nothing is wasted.

While lithium-ion battery fires are not uncommon, Brundle highlighted the company’s ongoing learning process in collaboration with fire services to mitigate such risks. He confirmed that operations would resume later in the day following the necessary safety checks.

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Broadcast on:
03 Oct 2024
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Hello, you're watching Proactive. I'm joined by technology minerals chairman Robyn Brandel. Robyn, very good morning. There's been an incident said cypress groups plant in Wolverhampton. What can you tell us about it? Yes, good morning, Stephen. Yes, just after midnight last night, there was an isolated fire at recyclers says lieback plant in Wolverhampton. Fire engines arrived promptly on the scene and the fire was quickly contained. Also, the company's fire safety management protocols work successfully as confirmed by the emergency services and the plant will be reopened later today after full consultation with the appropriate agencies. The fire broke out in a goods inwards building and was contained within one of the seven goods in which bays that we have and their bays that we store the batteries for a short period of time prior to going to the processing line. It's a completely separate building to the recycling plant and office block and so on. And there was no damage to the other six bays in the building. More importantly, I will see nobody was hurt and no other buildings or plants have been affected, as I said. And from an ESG point of view, the burnt material will be processed through our recycling plant so that no materials are wasted or sent to landfill. Robin, I presume this is one of the risks of handling lithium batteries. Yes, it is. And you know, we read in the media about lithium ion battery fires almost on a daily basis. So for us, and the lessons learned since we had our last fire like this 14 months ago, where we sit down, we look at lessons learned, we make change. And in all of this time, we've been sort of cutting edge with this learning and working hand-in-glove with the fire service and we will do the same again with this event. But yes, these events generally can happen anywhere around the UK at any time. And so for us, it's about how do you reduce that risk? How can we mitigate it? And in the event that we get the occasional flare-up like this, how do we contain it and deal with it? And, you know, equally important is the palm to the environment. So the buildings where these events could take place are all bundered. So the water that was used in, you know, in squashing this fire has all been collected in a special sum at the bottom of the building. And that will be dealt with accordingly. So it's all about learning. It's about implementing the changes we put in from 14 months ago, certainly helped again to reduce the length of the problem that we had this morning. And as I say, you know, thankfully those types of processes will enable us to be back up and running as soon as the agencies release us later today to be operational again. Okay, so no disruption to business then, Robin? No, the power's back on as we speak, for example. And I think the fire service had their shift change at nine o'clock. So they're decanting some of the crew, you know, and often there can be quite a few crews arrive to these type of events because they want to also use it as a teaching exercise for any of the fire services crew that haven't been involved in a lithium-ion fire before. So, you know, we do work hand in glove with them. It's under control. And as I say, power back on. We've got some of our staff back in the site. And as soon as they releases, we, you know, the production plant, we'll be up and running again in its separate building. Robin, thank you very much for the update this morning. Thank you very much, Stephen. That's Technology Minerals Chairman Robin Prandall.