Decarbonization Avenue Low Carbon Metals Startup Snapshot @ CLIMAX

Phoenix Tailings

CLIMAX 500 Top 10 Startup

Decarbonization Avenue

Low Carbon Metals

Product

Recovers value from mining industry waste.

  • Produces high quality primary metal products, re-mined from mining tailings
  • Separates rare earth oxides without the use of hazardous chemicals using 35-45% less energy

Value

Highlights

Mining industry waste into strategic materials which are critical to the defense, automotive, electronics and biotech industries.


Keywords

  • Extracting value from mining waste
  • Extracting value from tailings
  • Remined products
  • Hazardous chemicals free remining

Technology/Process

  • Selective halogenation, solvometallurgy and electrometallurgy

    • Team

    Nicholas Myers

    Tomás Villal

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    Country

    United States

    Website

    Phoenix Tailings

    Video

    Phoenix CEO

    Michelle Chao, COO and co-founder of Phoenix Tailings


  • Startup spotlight re-mining mining by-products - Aug 2021 - Link
  • Upcycling mining waste - Sept 2020 - Link

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