Precious Metals Recovery
The valuable metals won't disappear; we bring them back!
Reclaim the Hidden Value
- Up to 99.99% metal purity
- LBMA-grade, bank-approved ingots
- Minimal pre-treatment required
- Scalable from 0.5 to 15+ kt/y
- Proven TRL 9 technology
- Eight plants delivered worldwide
Every year the world throws away metal it can't afford to lose. Global e-waste reached 62 million tonnes in 2022 and is heading for 82 million by 2030.
However, only about a quarter is formally collected and recycled, and the gold, silver, copper and platinum-group metals locked inside it leak out of the value chain. Add spent catalysts, end-of-life batteries and copper-bearing residues, and the untapped pool grows further.
Recovering that value is harder than it sounds: the feedstock is dirty, mixed and variable, and rising metal prices and tighter rules on critical raw materials have turned recovery from a nice-to-have into a business and compliance priority.
How Recovery Actually Works
Through its NX Remida technology, NEXTCHEM enables producers to turn that waste into bank-approved ingots with purity up to 99.99%.
The route combines high-temperature smelting in a proprietary TBRC (Top-Blown Rotary Converter) furnace with a multi-stage chemical and electrochemical refining line, the well-proven Pyro + Hydrometallurgical approach, at TRL 9 and validated in real operating conditions.
Because the process handles mixed feedstock with minimal pre-treatment, it fits materials that other routes struggle with: WEEE and high-value PCBs, spent catalysts, batteries, PV panels and assorted metal residues, all through the same core flowsheet.
From Furnace to Finished Metal
NEXTCHEM delivers NX ReMida as an end-to-end package, and scales the scope to how much a client already knows how to do:
- Equipment supply: the TBRC furnace with fumes treatment system, plus key smelting, refining and laboratory systems sourced from top-tier suppliers.
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Process integration: the full pyro + hydrometallurgical process, from waste to finished ingots, engineered around the client's specific feedstock.
- 360° technology integration: where it makes sense, NX Remida connects to NEXTCHEM's wider portfolio to recover value beyond precious metals.
Alongside the hardware come the things that actually decide recovery rates: proprietary furnace operating recipes tuned per feedstock, analytical know-how for accurate feedstock pricing, engineering and layout design, and full training and technology transfer so a client's team can run the plant independently.
Plants have been built from 0.5 up to 15+ kt/y, with a flagship 18,000 t/y reference plant in Treviglio, Italy, and eight installations delivered worldwide.
Ready to turn your waste streams into recovered metal? Fill the form below this page and talk to our team to explore how NX Remida fits your feedstock and site.
Precious Metals Recovery from Waste to LBMA-Grade Ingots
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- Plant assessment
- Feasibility studies
- Technology licensing
- Proprietary Equipment
- Revamps and plant debottlenecking
- Full Life Cycle Support
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