Process: Solvent Extraction

Effectively recover value from co-products using a proven liquid-liquid extraction process, adaptable to complex feed matrices.
    • Efficiently separate valuable elements from complex ores or effluents
    • Identify the right extraction process based on waste characteristics and goals, whether recovery, purification, or decontamination
    • Achieve high-purity final products, even from complex mixtures
    • Minimize the environmental footprint of your treatment processes
    • Implement a tailored liquid-liquid extraction process to recover or purify elements from complex matrices
    • Test multiple technologies, including mixer-settlers, pulsed columns, and turbulent columns, depending on your industrial constraints
    • Achieve efficient separation even for elements with similar or sensitive properties, such as close molecular structures, boiling points, or thermos-sensitivity
    • Reduce solvent consumption with optimized process cycles and extractant phase regeneration
    • Rely on proven support for complex industrial cases involving uranium, rare earth elements, vanadium, wastes
    • Accelerate scale-up from lab to semi-industrial scale with flexible infrastructure and experienced teams
    • Treat waste and effluent, optimize processes, and recover by-products
    • Ensure only an outgoing flow from your plant

    High purity of the final product
    Limited environmental footprint
    • Over 100,000 tonnes of uranium recovered in Niger (Somair and Cominak) using tertiary amine-based processes for selective extraction, even in the presence of impurities such as iron or vanadium
    • Threefold reduction in solvent consumption through optimized extraction cycles
    • Process under development for vanadium recovery
    • Achieves very high purity levels, even for chemically similar elements
    • Efficient treatment of high flow rates and slow reactions using proven technologies, including mixer-settlers, pulsed columns, and turbulent columns
    • Modular process adaptable to a wide range of matrix types, including diverse forms, origins, and chemical complexities
    • Capable of extracting nearly all elements of the periodic table, including sensitive or complex components
    • Reduced environmental footprint through extractant regeneration and controlled consumption
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