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Precious Metal Recovery for the Chemical Industry

Now, more than ever, it is crucial to reassess our resources. Emerging energy technologies, such as hydrogen and fuel cells, rely heavily on precious metals, including PGMs, as an essential component.

Aimgreen has a unique process and vision for these markets, where the reuse of precious metals in fuel stacks, bipolar plates, and PEM anodes is becoming increasingly urgent.

Chemical

What
  • (Spent) catalyst
    • both base metal and PGM
  • Precious metal coated material
  • Filter cakes
  • Liquids – containing PGMs

Very high value per tonne; often stockpiled due to disposal cost or uncertainty

Metals

Pt, Pd, Rh, Ag, Ru, Ni, Mo

Introduction

What we do

Aimgreen’s unique non-destructive, chemical-free process lets you reuse your substrates repeatedly while we recover the spent precious metal coatings. These recovered metals, including PGMs, are supplied back in the form and composition you need, helping you enhance your products and contribute to a more sustainable, energy-efficient, and competitive world. There’s no better time than now.

Benefits

Maximize Recovery, Minimize Impact

For chlor-alkali facilities, shifting to a circular recovery process with Aimgreen is more than an environmental benefit – it’s a smart strategy for your business.

Boost savings with re-use

Our chemical-free process makes it possible to recover the used precious metal layer while reusing the cleaned substrates, greatly reducing the need for expensive replacements.

The outcome is lower operating costs, optimized total cost of ownership, and longer equipment lifespan.

Comply with sustainability standards

…while reducing your environmental impact.

Enhance transparency and control

With real-time tracking, complete documentation, and verified PGM content analysis, Aimgreen gives you clear and transparent insight into the value and results of every batch — making planning, reporting, and scaling simpler than ever.

Services

Comprehensive Recovery Solutions

Collect

We make getting started simple by arranging convenient pickups of your materials directly from your location, ensuring a smooth process.
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Recover

Through our cutting-edge, chemical-free techniques, we extract precious metals from coated materials with exceptional efficiency.
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Refine

After extraction, your materials are refined to meet the highest purity standards, guaranteeing top-quality output.
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Reuse

Recovered materials are ready for reuse in your processes or reintroduction to the market, supporting both sustainability and profitability.
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Products

Precious metal products.

Using our advanced recovery and refining process, used precious metal coatings are converted into high-purity compounds, including iridium chlorides (IrCl) and ruthenium chloride (RuCl). These reclaimed materials can be customized to your specifications and returned ready for reuse in your coating applications.

IrCl

Our recovery process produces highly concentrated, low-volume residues, lowering refining costs. After refining, the metals can be converted into chlorides or sponges and returned to you, reducing reliance on raw materials and cutting overall expenses.

RuCl

Prolong the lifespan of your anodes with our non-destructive coating removal process. We recover the used layer, prepare the surface, and refurbish the anode, making it ready for immediate reuse.

Refurbished anodes

Our recovery method generates highly concentrated, low-volume residues, helping to cut refining costs. Once refined, the metals can be converted into chlorides or sponges and returned to you, reducing reliance on raw materials and lowering overall expenses.

Circular Economy

Closed-loop system

A closed-loop approach is essential for sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective operations. By constantly recycling and reusing materials, you cut waste, reduce emissions, and rely less on newly mined resources. This supports compliance with environmental regulations while helping your business achieve its sustainability goals.

True circularity means restoring a product to its original form — that’s the core of a genuine closed-loop system. At Aimgreen, we’ve built exactly that: a complete solution for full-circle precious metal recovery and supply.

Faqs

Have questions? We’re here to help.

Aimgreen collaborates with long-term logistics partners worldwide ensuring secure and reliable shipments.

We process a wide range of materials containing precious metals (PGMs) in various forms and sizes. Our expertise focuses on iridium and ruthenium-coated materials which we treat using our exclusive, chemical-free method.

Yes, Aimgreen adheres to European environmental regulations. Our innovative, chemical-free recovery techniques meet the highest standards for sustainability safety and environmental protection. We continuously refine and improve our processes.

Any material containing precious metals can be recovered even at very low concentrations. Whether it is coated materials solids liquids hazardous substances organics or catalysts of any form or size our team is ready to assist. Contact us to learn more.

Destructive removal damages both the coating and the underlying substrate rendering it unusable. Non-destructive removal separates the coating while preserving the substrate so it can be reused. At Aimgreen we specialize in a non-destructive chemical-free approach to recover precious metals sustainably.

Teamwork is the key to growth

At Aimgreen, we believe real progress comes from working together. Strong collaboration takes you further than going it alone, and only by combining efforts can we achieve lasting success in circularity.