New voices on critical minerals

Metso is at the forefront of supporting the critical minerals and battery materials sectors, providing solutions across extraction, refining, and recycling to meet the growing demand for essential resources in renewable energy and electric vehicle (EV) technologies. Metso’s equipment, including advanced grinding and milling solutions, optimizes resource efficiency while reducing steel usage and enhancing energy perfor-mance. This aligns with the broader goal of a circular economy by making recycling more accessible and limiting the environmental impact of mining.

Metso is actively contributing to the battery minerals industry with a comprehensive suite of solutions that aim to advance sustainable and responsible practices across the battery mineral value chain. Their approach is unique for its holistic coverage—spanning extraction, refining, and recycling. By providing end-to-end solutions, Metso supports all stages of the battery mineral lifecycle, which is crucial as global demand for battery components like lithium, cobalt, and nickel intensifies, driven largely by the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Metso’s technology and expertise are directed toward efficiency, reliability, and transparency in both greenfield and brownfield mining projects. For new projects, Metso deploys advanced equipment and techniques, while for existing facilities, they optimize processes to boost productivity and sustainability. The company’s focus extends to digitalization through tools like Geminex™, which provides data-driven insights to adapt to variability in mineral ore, ensuring optimal resource use. Metso also champions recycling by refining processes that enable efficient extraction of minerals from decommi-ssioned batteries, reducing reliance on raw mining and contributing to a circular economy.

With this strategy, Metso is helping shape an ecosystem that promotes not only the use of battery technology as an alternative to fossil fuels but also responsible practices within the battery minerals industry itself, addressing both environmental and operational challenges across the supply chain.

Metso’s extensive copper technology offerings enable them to support every stage of the copper mining process, providing advanced solutions that improve efficiency and promote sustainable practices. With experience across a variety of copper projects, Metso specializes in optimizing operations for both sulfide and oxide copper ores, each requiring unique processes. Their high-performance equipment and technologies address key challenges like declining ore quality, rising operational costs, and environmental responsibilities.
Overall, Metso’s contributions demons-trate a balanced focus on operational performance and sustainability across critical minerals, paving the way for responsible resource use in the energy transition.

Metso Outotec India Pvt. Ltd.
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