The Metals Hub alleviates needless delayed assays, inconsistent lab methods, lack of proper process protocol, limited comparability and the impracticality of converting results into a viable pathway to production.
Curated test menu and method-selection support: advisory on the appropriate process route for specific alloys, metals, commodities and decision contexts, from R&D and QA/QC to due diligence and off-take testing.
How it worksMining and exploration: head grade and concentrate testing, metallurgy programs, technical audits and independent check assays, with optional interpretation notes and visualisations for technical and non-technical audiences.
Start a programEvery dataset is framed against a process route. Recovery metrics, impurity profiles and mass-and-energy balances progress from bench to pilot to detailed engineering feasibility without silos or re-work.
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The Metals Hub excels in coordination, innovation, testing and design, and manufacturing support for metals and critical-minerals production: from bench tests to piloting, to modular units, to commissioning and launch.
Integrates process forensics, failure diagnostics and performance simulations to iterate designs, optimise flowsheets and validate prototypes, bridging technical gaps with data-driven insights for robust, performance-oriented workflows.
One gateway to accredited labs worldwide handles logistics, custom method matching and unified reporting, eliminating silos for faster, comparable results, from routine QA to complex multi-stage programs.
Ensures production excellence through NDT, corrosion profiling, compliance audits and real-time QA, safeguarding alloy integrity, weld quality and supply-chain trust for high-volume fabrication and commercialisation.
Transformative projects in critical-metals processing, from feasibility studies to pilot scale to modular and full commercial extraction-plant commissioning. Expertise in rare earth elements, advanced metallurgical technologies and sustainable supply-chain optimisation for flagship metals and mining ventures.
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Unparalleled expert in the treatment of metalliferous ores, metals refining and materials processing in the mining and refining industries.
Pre-eminent metallurgical process expert specialising in mass and energy balance and the use of quantitative data reconciliation.
Widely acknowledged as a world leader in quantitative extractive metallurgy, developing novel, disruptive process pathways.
Pedigreed career spanning 40 years in commodities at majors BHP, Rio Tinto and Speewah. Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
Expertise in process control, automation systems and cross-functional multi-element extraction, with particular specialty in process refining models.
Director of Operations with over 15 years of highly specialised technical skillsets at hydrometallurgical design, build and operate levels.
Senior leadership in management and operations at top-tier mining companies Trevali, AngloGold Ashanti, Barrick and Newmont.
Specialist in structural analysis and controls on mineral deposits, gold mineral-deposit geology and regional tectonics.
World-renowned International Grandmaster and acknowledged expert in behavioural heuristics and decision-making under risk.
Renowned social entrepreneur, sustainability analyst and strategist, turnaround troubleshooter, special situations, ecological economics.
Expert in commodity-metals data, predictive modelling and BI-driven strategic decision-making, analysing relevant attributes within a boundary set.
Versed in commercial litigation and IP assertion, with a Master's from the University of Strasbourg and a law degree from Université de Montréal.
Playmaker at the nexus of intellectual capital and behavioural economics, versed in disruptive game-theory constructs and asynchronous monetisation.
Decades of experience in technology commercialisation at scale. In demand as a troubleshooter; highly skilled at M&A and value generation.
Veteran negotiator with extensive transactional skillsets honed during a 15-year sojourn at MDA, the Canadian space-payload specialist.
Turnaround, accreditation and what happens to your sample once it arrives.
We support end-to-end needs from R&D inception to commercialisation, including hydrometallurgy pilots, IX, SX, non-destructive testing (NDT), failure analysis, QA/QC compliance and prototype optimisation, to de-risk projects and ensure production efficiency.
Miners, commodity traders, project owners, investors, engineers, developers and labs benefit through fast access to independent validation, de-risking feasibility studies, trade settlements and technology pilots, without silos or delays.
Routine scoping tests, quick go / no-go assessments or bench assays deliver in 5–7 days. Complex programs with logistics and multi-lab coordination aim for 2–3 weeks.
We maintain full independence for unbiased results, partnering with ISO 17025-accredited labs and using validated analytical standards.
We specialise in protocols to validate innovative extraction (hydrometallurgy, mass and energy balance models, HREE separations), providing recovery metrics, impurity profiles and data progression from pilot scale to detailed engineering feasibility.
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