Metso Outotec has introduced a comprehensive eScrap solution portfolio for the smelting and refining of e-scrap derived from waste electrical and electronic equipment.

The portfolio consists of Metso Outotec’s proven smelting, refining, hydrometallurgy and gas-cleaning technologies, all contributing to a safe and profitable recycling of e-scrap.

The term e-scrap refers to printed circuit boards and electronic devices with copper, gold and other valuable metals. Rapid growth in relevant industries, including IT and electrotechnology has been a large driver for this recycling effort.

Metso Outotec’s sustainable eScrap solutions portfolio consists of complete process solutions and proprietary equipment to solve any e-scrap smelting challenge. The automated smelting solutions, complemented with highly efficient gas cleaning and wastewater treatment, comply with the strictest environmental regulations.

Zero water discharge can also be provided as an option. The solutions are supported with in-house pilot testing and process modelling and are backed by process guarantees and advisory services.

“Process design for optimal efficiency, emissions control, and minimized energy use always starts from metallurgy – you need to understand the variability in the feed materials. At Metso Outotec, we have decades of technical expertise in dealing with diverse raw materials,” Metso Outotec sales director, smelting Lauri Närhi says.

“Thanks to our state-of-the-art testing capabilities and proven references, we can provide an optimal process solution with high recovery and availability for a wide variety of secondary raw materials – all the way to the refined metal product.

“By helping to turn waste into valuable metals, our solutions help to take advantage of the exciting new opportunities being created now for the circular economy of today and the future. Metso Outotec is committed to the 1.5 °C journey in line with the Paris Agreement, and Planet Positive thinking is inherent in our eScrap offering.”

The Metso Outotec eScrap solutions offering consists of the following plant products:

• Ausmelt TSL® process
• Kaldo TBRC process
• Gas Cleaning Plant
• Electric Slag Cleaning Furnace
• Peirce Smith Converting process
• Fire Refining process
• Anode Casting Shop
• Electrorefining
• Electrowinning
• Precious Metals Plant
• Process Water Recycling Plant

Metso Outotec is also hosting two free webinars where e-scrap processing will be discussed in more detail on 10 June 2021 at 9am EEST and 17 June 9am EEST which can be registered here.