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| FCC builds first used motor oil recycling plant on US East Coast  Spain-based FCC (Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas), the global environmental services and infrastructure company, has reinforced its commitment to collect and treat used oil in the US.Its US subsidiary, FCC Environmental, will spend 50 million dollars to build its first motor oil recycling plant. FCC plans to build several of these plants in the US. This facility, which will be located in Baltimore (Maryland), is part of FCC Group's international expansion strategy, which includes development of the environmental services business in the US. These plans will be reinforced by what will be the first recycling plant for this type of oil on the east coast of the US. The facility will be located on a brownfield site, previously used as an asphalt terminal. The site is easily accessible to Interstate highways as well as capable of handling both rail and barge shipments. The base oil obtained as a result of refining and recycling used oil at the new FCC Environmental plant in Baltimore will be sold and transported off-site via trucks and rail to be processed into diesel motor oils, transmission fluids and other lubricating products that meet or exceed industry standards and specifications. The finished product will be returned to its original state, once the additive packages are blended offsite, as crankcase oil for both automotive and truck use, enhancing the sustainability aspect of its existing used oil collection efforts by FCC Environmental. The recycling facility is expected to process more than 150 million litres (approximately 40 million gallons) of used motor oil each year and will employ 30 full-time people in technical, operations and support roles, many of which will be "green" positions. The company anticipates breaking ground on the facility in mid 2012, following the issuance of State of Maryland and City of Baltimore environmental and construction permits, and the plant is scheduled to be operational by mid 2013. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |