PGM Reclamation and Refining Specialists

Introducing the world’s first net-zero sustainable recovery and refining service for Platinum Group Metals, driving a circular economy and empowering net-zero technologies.

Our Purpose

Sustainable PGM extraction and refining

Securing the supply of PGMs

We exist to ensure a stable and secure supply of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs). Our proprietary technology allows us to implement sustainable extraction and refining from secondary global sources, setting us apart from competitors to empower net-zero technologies.

Reducing the world’s PGM deficit

We aim to reduce the global deficit of platinum, palladium and rhodium by establishing industrial-level, eco-friendly, cost-efficient and miniaturised processes for the recovery and production of PGMs.

Innovating the future of PGM

We intend to develop innovative pilot plants to address economic, technological, social and environmental challenges; offering a solution to global dependency on PGM raw materials, preventing bottlenecks in the material supply chain and reducing environmental impact.

Reinventing CRM Supply Chains

We are a benchmark for cost-effective, circular use of critical raw materials, stimulating the establishment of new CRM supply chains from existing global resources.

PGM Usage

Critical to the global economy and a sustainable future

Platinum Group Metals play a critical role in the global economy, used in electric vehicle manufacturing, advanced industrial motors and, potentially, clean energy sectors such as wind turbines. Olsun Group is the zero carbon footprint solution to supplying this valuable resource.

Our approach

Reducing financial and energy costs

Our approach exceeds current industry standards by reducing cost and energy use, and miniaturising PGM recovery process lines.

Reclaiming secondary raw materials

We add value to secondary raw materials found in the world, including auto catalysts, electronic waste (WEEE) and mining waste (tailings and slags) from nickel and copper smelters.

Revolutionising the secondary PGM sector

Over time, this will facilitate the expansion of new processing facilities for secondary PGMs operating as decentralised smaller plants globally.

Environmentally friendly net-zero with no emissions

We will create a paradigm shift and re-define the standards of PGM recovery and refining through sustainability.

Rapid turnaround

Olsun Group has created rapid processing times, from receipt of waste stream to purified PGMs within 24-48 hours for reuse within the circular economy.

Our Journey
2023
The year of innovation
2023

The Olsun Group is actively seeking government and private funding for the development of a pilot scale plant in the UK. This move will bring our technology one step closer to being scaled up for industrial-level processes of PGM recovery and raw material production in the circular economy.

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The year of transformation
2022

We successfully incorporated green chemistry and green engineering to develop a highly selective PGM refining process that allowed:

– Conservation of energy, water, chemicals, labour, space, infrastructure and time
– Minimal waste generation, elimination of organic solvents use and achievement of a zero carbon footprint
– 99% separation rates and 995 metal recovery purity, in a single-step process

2021
The year of validation
2021

We established a partnership with the Material Processing Institute to validate our process and conduct lab-scale trials.

2020
The year of innovation
2020

We developed a process that recovers 99% of PGMs in secondary sources, bypassing the need for energy-intensive plasma arc technologies and environmentally harmful practices like using lead, copper, or sulphur, prevalent in current industry leaders.

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Contact

Partner with sustainability

Olsun Group
Material Processing Institute
Eston Road
Middlesborough
TS6 6US
United Kingdom

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