Rare Earth Metals Extraction and Recovery:
Tusaar’s technology simply and efficiently separates rare earth metals from other metals and contaminants in ores and other sources to produce a valuable and usable level of purity of rare earth elements (REE) oxides. This process also includes the separation of REE from radioactive metals like thorium and uranium. Our technology excels in delivering results and working in chemical environments others cannot.
Customization:
MetaSeq – this unique Tusaar media has a higher capacity for select metals and is primarily used for the capture and recovery of specific targeted metals like rare earths, precious catalysts, etc.
With China controlling the supply of 95% of the global rare earth metals and imposing export quotas the rest of the world is looking for stable local sources. To support that effort Tusaar has developed a proprietary process for the extraction of heavy rare earths from recycled florescent light bulb phosphor powders. The phosphor dust is currently collected for the process of retorting mercury. Current processes are uneconomical in extracting the REE so the phosphor powder have historically gone to a landfill. Our process delivers high purity rare earth oxides, is environmentally friendly and economical. Tusaar is working with leading recyclers and is currently building a mid size facility for the recycling of these powders.