Looking for PGM smelter & refiners

[quanttrader]

Hello Gold Refining Forum - I am a new member here and I'm looking to connect with PGM smelters and refiners. Thanks!

 

[Xing]

Hello Gold Refining Forum - I am a new member here with a unique situation:

I’m an American with a background in quantitative trading and FinTech software development. My colleagues and I are working with a mining operation in the U.S. focused on platinum group metals (PGMs). The operation has shown strong results in assays and lab tests. We collaborate with a metallurgical expert who has developed a specialized process for improving metal yields from concentrate materials. The mine handles its own beneficiation and produces a significant amount of concentrate.

Our challenge is that the concentrate contains hazardous materials, including sulfuric compounds and elements like arsenic and manganese. Most processors in the U.S. are not equipped to handle this type of material, and we’ve been told that setting up our own processing facility in the U.S. involves lengthy and costly permitting processes.

We’re exploring PGM toll processors outside the U.S. but have struggled to find reliable options. If anyone here specializes in PGM processing, smelting, or refining—especially with experience handling complex concentrates—I’d appreciate the chance to connect. I can provide more details privately if there’s interest.

hello，how about your minerals, can you show me the details, my email [email protected]

 

[4metals]

I can provide more details privately if there’s interest.

This is a public forum, and as such we discuss refining processes publicly not privately. We are not here to function as a billboard for you to achieve your goals and leave us in the dark.

 

[quanttrader]

This is a public forum, and as such we discuss refining processes publicly not privately. We are not here to function as a billboard for you to achieve your goals and leave us in the dark.

Apologies. I'll respond to inquiries publicly.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Hello Gold Refining Forum - I am a new member here with a unique situation:

I’m an American with a background in quantitative trading and FinTech software development. My colleagues and I are working with a mining operation in the U.S. focused on platinum group metals (PGMs). The operation has shown strong results in assays and lab tests. We collaborate with a metallurgical expert who has developed a specialized process for improving metal yields from concentrate materials. The mine handles its own beneficiation and produces a significant amount of concentrate.

Our challenge is that the concentrate contains hazardous materials, including sulfuric compounds and elements like arsenic and manganese. Most processors in the U.S. are not equipped to handle this type of material, and we’ve been told that setting up our own processing facility in the U.S. involves lengthy and costly permitting processes.

We’re exploring PGM toll processors outside the U.S. but have struggled to find reliable options. If anyone here specializes in PGM processing, smelting, or refining—especially with experience handling complex concentrates—I’d appreciate the chance to connect. I can provide more details privately if there’s interest.

You could start by telling us a bit about your ore and how you concentrate it?

 

[nickvc]

Lou is this something for you to look at as I know you specialize in PGMs?

 

[slsmp40]

Hello Gold Refining Forum - I am a new member here with a unique situation:

I’m an American with a background in quantitative trading and FinTech software development. My colleagues and I are working with a mining operation in the U.S. focused on platinum group metals (PGMs). The operation has shown strong results in assays and lab tests. We collaborate with a metallurgical expert who has developed a specialized process for improving metal yields from concentrate materials. The mine handles its own beneficiation and produces a significant amount of concentrate.

Our challenge is that the concentrate contains hazardous materials, including sulfuric compounds and elements like arsenic and manganese. Most processors in the U.S. are not equipped to handle this type of material, and we’ve been told that setting up our own processing facility in the U.S. involves lengthy and costly permitting processes.

We’re exploring PGM toll processors outside the U.S. but have struggled to find reliable options. If anyone here specializes in PGM processing, smelting, or refining—especially with experience handling complex concentrates—I’d appreciate the chance to connect. I can provide more details privately if there’s interest.

It sounds like you need to find someone who produces copper blister from sulfide ores and negotiate to run as a coproduct. Its not that sulfur and arsenic are hard to handle safely but it does have some unique characteristics. The coprocessing is a good cost effective way to get the job done and to utilize what is bad in your area (arsenic) and simply use it as a grain refiner in the finished copper product. I don’t know exactly what is being produced today but look where tellurium containing ores come from and you will have a good place to start.