Critical minerals startup Nth Cycle is betting that its modular approach to nickel refining can make the practice viable in the U.S. and Europe.

Slag chemistry encompasses the study of the complex molten mixtures that arise during metal refining, with particular emphasis on their role in desulfurisation. This process is critical in steel ...

Scientists develop an electrocapillary method to selectively separate metals from liquid alloys using surface energy differences, opening a new path in metal purification. (Nanowerk News) A team of ...

Federal Metal Co., Bedford, Ohio, has announced it will invest approximately $17.8 million to construct and equip a facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to process postconsumer aluminum-copper ...

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (SMM), headquartered in Tokyo, says it has developed a process to recover and recycle cobalt, copper and nickel from used lithium-ion batteries and intermediates ...

RENO, Nev., Nov. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS), a pioneer in sustainable battery metals recycling and refining, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MOBY ...

The American Chemical Society, Lyon County Public Library and Murray State University recognized William Kelly's pneumatic process for refining iron as a National Historic Chemical Landmark on May 11, ...

Researchers at two U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories have developed separate chemical approaches to purifying ...

CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - A manufacturing facility in Fairfield is making history with its method of keeping the metal refining process on U.S. soil, rather than outsourcing it ...

Performance requirements on alloys are becoming more stringent for end users in industries such as aerospace, medical, power generation, oil and gas, specialty automotive, and trucks. These ...