Green Chemistry Solutions by IBC

IBC has published extensively on the application of MRT™ products and systems in a broad array of markets and applications. Please click on the article of interest and we will be pleased to send it to you.

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Battery Metals: Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel Direct Lithium to Product™ (DLP™) Green Technology for Lithium Extraction and Production Izatt, S.R. et al. 2024 16th Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials Conference Las Vegas, NV, June 24-27

DLP™ extracts lithium and produces battery-grade lithium end-products with 99% overall recovery and minimal water and energy use

2024
Green Chemistry, Green Engineering, Circular Economy, Metal Sustainability, Economics Direct Lithium to Product™ (DLP™) Green Technology for Lithium Extraction and Production Izatt, S.R. et al. 2024 16th Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials Conference Las Vegas, NV, June 24-27

DLP™ extracts lithium and produces battery-grade lithium end-products with 99% overall recovery and minimal water and energy use

2024
Precious Metals: PGM, Gold, Silver Green Refining of Iridium Using Molecular Recognition Technology™ (MRT™) Izatt, S.R. et al. 2024 International Precious Metals Institute, 48th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, June 8-11

MRT™ compared to traditional refining techniques for iridium

2024
Rare Earth Elements (REE) Recent Advances on Rare Earth Extraction and Separations to Develop and Produce Individual Rare Earth Oxides with High Purity Izatt, S.R. et al. 2023

Presentation on Separating Individual Rare Earths with High Purity given at the 2023 International Conference on Rare Earths for Energy Security (REES)

2023
Rare Earth Elements (REE) Molecular Recognition Technology™ (MRT™) Separation of Neodymium and Dysprosium from Spent NdFeB Permanent Magnets and Comparison of MRT™ and Conventional Processes for REE Separations Izatt, S.R. et al. 2023

Presentation on Permanent Magnet Recycling given at the 2023 International Conference on Rare Earths for Energy Security (REES)

2023
Green Chemistry, Green Engineering, Circular Economy, Metal Sustainability, Economics Platinum Group Metals: Highly Selective Separations by MRT™ (Molecular Recognition Technology™) – Review of Individual Separations of Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, and Ruthenium from Industrial Feedstocks and Comparison with Classical PGM Separation Processes Izatt, S.R. et al. 2023, The IPMI Journal, 4, 78-115

- MRT™ processes achieve a circular economy and sustainability for highly selective separation and recovery of individual platinum group metals at high purity
- Cost metrics for MRT™ and Classical Methods show MRT™ to have significantly lower CAPEX and OPEX values for separation and recovery of individual platinum group metals

2023
Precious Metals: PGM, Gold, Silver Platinum Group Metals: Highly Selective Separations by MRT™ (Molecular Recognition Technology™) – Review of Individual Separations of Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, and Ruthenium from Industrial Feedstocks and Comparison with Classical PGM Separation Processes Izatt, S.R. et al. 2023, The IPMI Journal, 4, 78-115

- Single-pass highly selective industrial separations (up to 99%) and recovery at high purity (99.95-99.99%) are described for individual platinum group metals: palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium
- MRT™ processes achieve a circular economy and sustainability for highly selective separation and recovery of individual platinum group metals at high purity
- Comparison of cost metrics for MRT™ and Classical Methods show MRT™ to have significantly lower CAPEX and OPEX values for separation and recovery of individual platinum group metals

2023
Precious Metals: PGM, Gold, Silver Achieving Iridium Sustainability from Spent Secondary Sources in a Circular Economy using Molecular Recognition Technology™ (MRT™) Izatt, S.R. et al. 2023 International Precious Metals Institute, 47th Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, June 10-13

Presentation on Iridium Recycling given at the 2023 International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) Conference

2023
Battery Metals: Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel Maricunga Lithium Project Matte, J.J. et al. 2023 15th Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 20-22

Presentation by SIMCO and IBC on Direct Lithium to Product™ (DLP™) Pilot Plant at the 2023 Fastmarkets Lithium and Battery Raw Materials Conference

2023
Green Chemistry, Green Engineering, Circular Economy, Metal Sustainability, Economics Maricunga Lithium Project Matte, J.J. et al. 2023 15th Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 20-22

Presentation by SIMCO and IBC on Direct Lithium to Product™ (DLP™) Pilot Plant at the 2023 Fastmarkets Lithium and Battery Raw Materials Conference

2023