Metso has expanded its solvent extraction offering with a wider capacity range and improved features, and is now also introducing the VSF X solvent extraction plant with extended scope.
The modular VSF X plant, part of Metso’s Planet Positive offering, allows copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese producers, among others, to purify desired metals from the leach solution in a safe, sustainable manner.
The VSF X technology can also be used in battery black mass recycling processes.
“Solvent extraction is a crucial step in the production of essential battery metals and is gaining wider ground in hydrometallurgy applications. This is driven by the growing demand for higher purity metals and the increasing use of minerals to empower the energy transition,” said Olli Siltala, Product Manager for VSF X.
“Our customers are seeking reliable and environmentally sound production processes with lower plant life cycle costs. Metso’s VSF X solvent extraction technology meets these needs and enables an efficient and economical solvent extraction process step.”
He called Metso an “expert one-stop shop” for solvent extraction technology and noted the modularized plant offers excellent scalability and high quality with fluent logistics and fast-track delivery. The integrated plant consists of Metso’s highly productized equipment such as the VSF X mixer-settler, VSF X organic and crud treatment unit; Dual Media, Activated Carbon and GM filters, as well as new digital products such as DispersionSense and OA Sense topped up with process guarantees.
Metso has over 50 operational references for the VSF solvent extraction plants and 10 for the modular VSF X plants.
Source: metso.com