A comprehensive and unique set-up based on lead/copper/nickel metallurgy
Basically the recycling operations at the Hoboken Works are streamlined along two processes:
The Precious Metals Operations (PMO) focus on fast throughput and maximized yields at optimized cost. They are fully tuned for the efficient refining of an extended range of complex and valuable raw materials, containing precious metals.
The Base Metals Operations (BMO) focus on flexibly processing by-products from the PMO at the lowest possible costs and optimal throughput times.
Both PMO & BMO enhance the basic success factors of our business model: flexibility, reliability and complexity.
Major investments have been recently completed, to develop, install and run new metallurgical operations, completely shifting Hoboken's focus from concentrates to recyclable materials and industrial by-products. In other words, over the past decade a completely renewed plant has been built on site.
Our processes are based on complex lead/copper/nickel metallurgy, using these base metals as collectors for precious metals and other metals, so called "impurities", such as antimony, bismuth, tin, selenium, tellurium and indium. The main advantage of our innovated plant is increased productivity, combined with greater efficiency, which results in maximized metal recovery rates and generating optimum precious metals yields.
