“PLUS Exploration” joined forces with Chinese partners to invest over 1 billion baht in establishing Thailand’s first base metal production plant from spent catalysts.

PLUS Exploration Co., Ltd., a leader company providing integrated technical service in oil  & gas, petrochemicals and power plant. PLUS Exploration have been on operations in Thailand for over 15 years, primarily engaged in the distribution of catalyst chemicals and process equipments used in oil refineries and petrochemical plants. Company leading by Mr.Sittichai Talapnak as Chief Executive Officer, Ms.Nadkrita Kulsirithanakorn as Executive Vice President of Communications, Mr.Ekapong Ekalap as Vice President of Project management, Ms.Sasiwimol Prasatthong as Vice President of Recycling & Waste Treatment. They recently participated in a signing ceremony for a joint venture capital agreement with Mr.Shen Xian Hua, General Manager of Hualong Limited, Mr.Su Yang, Director of Symo Development Limited, and Mr.Shen Hanyu, Director of H.Y.Resources Technology (HK) Limited, on April 9, 2024. The purpose of the agreement is to establish Thailand’s first base metal production plant from spent catalysts.

Mr.Sittichai Talapnak, the Chief Executive Officer of PLUS Exploration Co., Ltd., revealed that he decided to make a significant investment with Chinese investors, who have been worked as business partner for the past decade. The Chinese’s collaborating partners consist with 3 companies i.e. Hualong Limited, Symo Development Limited, and H.Y.Resources Technology (HK) Limited. All parties signed a joint venture agreement to establish a base metal production plant from spent catalysts, which generated mainly from the oil refining and petrochemical industries.       The investment on this project is more than 1 billion Thai Baht, Mr.Sittichai said.

“These three partners holding the facilities and expertise in the extraction of precious and base metals from spent catalysts in China and Vietnam. Meanwhile, PLUS Exploration also has  a large number of raw materials and a substantial customer base in Thailand. Given these factors, we foresee the business opportunities to grow together. Thus, we have reached an agreement to invest in establishing a factory in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) area to facilitate business expansion in oil refining, petrochemical, and other heavy industries. These sectors play a crucial role in national development. The products obtained from this factory can serve as fundamental raw materials for manufacturing batteries for EV cars, steel production, stainless steel production, and various chemical industries. This initiative will contribute to reducing import of metal substances as well as generating additional value through exports.”

Mr.Sittichai further said that this factory would significantly promote their business according to the principles of the circular economy. The circular economy is the reutilization of natural resources in the value chain and to increase efficiency in waste management, raw materials, expired products and energy so that they can be reused. All these managing plans will be done with modern and fully integrated environmentally friendly technology. The factory is scheduled to commence operations from 2025 onwards.