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More Than Critical Metals Exploration
MTM Critical Metals is developing new technology to innovate and disrupt how metals are recovered from ores and waste material sources.
MTM has a global license to commercialise the revolutionary Flash Joule Heating (FJH) technology for the recovery of metals from E-Waste, black mass (recycled batteries), Bauxite Residue (Red Mud) and Coal Fly Ash as well as from ores. FJH promises significant cost reduction and enhanced sustainability for extracting metals from ores and waste. This groundbreaking method paves the way for a more efficient and environmentally responsible future in mining and recycling.
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Revolutionary Flash Joule Heating Technology
Our innovative technology that utilises the principle of electrical resistance to generate intense heat within materials almost instantaneously which affects the chemical make-up of metal compounds and enables refractory metals and compounds to more amenable to extraction through conventional methods. Flash Joule Heating is poised to transform metal extraction as we know it.
HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MILLI-SECONDS
Through a controlled application of electricity for a short period of time, the FJH process increases the temperature of the feedstock (as high as 3000°C+ in milliseconds), allowing precise control for targeted metal extraction through changing of the metallic compounds that would otherwise make it refractory.
ENHANCED METAL RECOVERY
Intense heat from the FJH process selectively unlocks metal from ores and waste, potentially reducing costs, decreasing the amount of reagents required, potentially decreasing the amount of water that is consumed in the extraction process thus making metal extraction more sustainable.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Waste and ore feedstock that enters the FJH processing chamber has energy applied directly to it for a finite period of time, minimising energy waste compared to traditional methods such the use of kiln technology which requires energy to heat the rotating oven equipment, the atmosphere within the kiln and the feedstock, more often than not on a continuous basis, regardless of whether material is being processed or not.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
The efficiency of the FJH process compared to existing technologies cuts energy use, decreases reagent and water consumption and has the potential to decrease the CO2 emissions compared to current mineral extraction processes.
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