Highlights:

• GTL Energy’s first commercial scale coal upgrading plant module successfully commissioned
• Successful production of high energy, low moisture briquettes
• Completion of bulk sample trial and USA combustion trial for Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd

GTL Energy Ltd (GTL Energy) today announced that construction and commissioning of its proprietary ‘first-of-a-kind’, low rank coal upgrading plant, located near South Heart, North Dakota, USA has been completed.

GTL Energy CEO, Robert French, said today, "We are delighted that GTLE's clean coal technology has proven successful on a commercial scale. We are satisfied that the commissioning of GTLE's plant in North Dakota has validated the ability to expand plant capacity on a modular basis, with few of the risks normally associated with scale up."