Red mud
Iron and titanium recovery from a refinery residue
Selective hydrogen-plasma reduction of a partner-supplied red-mud sample, with quantification of metal yield, gangue partitioning and remaining environmental burden.
For refining & waste treatment
Recover value from residues, by-products and low-grade resources.
Red mud, slags, dusts and tailings are reframed as urban industry mines. We extract iron, titanium, and trace strategic elements while reducing the environmental liability footprint of legacy sites.
Selective reduction of red mud, slags and dusts into iron, titanium and rare metals, simultaneously reducing the environmental liability of legacy industrial sites (Nature, 2024).
Critical element retrieval
Recovery of rare earths, battery metals and strategic by-products from end-of-life products and industrial residues, with a focus on preserving functional performance — coercivity, capacity, conductivity — through closed-loop routes. Hydrogen-decrepitation and selective reduction preserve — and in some cases improve — magnetic and electrochemical performance.
How we work
Example project sprints
Typical questions partners bring us.
These are illustrative project shapes — not claimed past clients — to anchor scope and time conversations.
Magnets
Closed-loop recycling of sintered NdFeB magnets
Hydrogen-decrepitation route validated on a partner-supplied end-of-life magnet stream, measuring coercivity, remanence, and temperature coefficients vs. virgin reference.
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Bring us a materials challenge.
Confidential, NDA-friendly scoping calls. We listen first, then suggest the smallest engagement that can answer your question with technical confidence.