Tantalum Scrap Recycling – Quick Tips to Recycle Tantalum and Its Alloys

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Tantalum is an important metal for its unique properties.  It possesses high melting points (3017 Celsius). It is highly corrosion-resistant and has high conductivities of electricity and heat. These distinctive features have made tantalum an indispensable metal in several industries. Tantalum is a principal metal widely used in the production of electronics with over half of the world production being used in this industry. It is also used in the production of capacitors, sputtering targets, superalloys, high-entropy alloys (HEAs), mill products, carbide products such as cutting tools, and speciality chemicals.  According to the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Centre, the global production of tantalum in 2014 was 2800 tons. At that time, just over 35% of the world production was recycled from secondary sources. Tantalum is considered a critical mineral in terms of security of supply and economic importance. Increased consumer demand for these materials used in cell phones and computers, for example, will continue to lead for higher needs of tantalum.

Globe Metal plays an integral role in the Circular Economy

At Globe Metal, we play an integral part in establishing a circular economy when it comes to recycling tantalum, pure metal and alloys. World recycling rates for tantalum are meager, but at Globe Metal we want to change all of that. In this blog, we are here to provide you with the essential guidelines you will need to make sure you can recycle your tantalum efficiently, effectively, and profitably.

Guidelines in recycling your tantalum

  1. It’s important to identify precisely your waste materials and their levels of purity. Your regular local scrap dealer does not have the processes in place to recycle industrial sludges, powders or residues, for example. To determine the types of these kinds materials you have, the best thing to do is run an ICP analysis to identify your primary elements.
  2. You need to recognize that your local scrap dealer will not be able to give you the best price for your tantalum metal scrap. The reason being is that you need to choose a scrap metal recycling facility that is a niche in these kinds of metals. Working with a trusted leader in the industry, will have the knowledge and experience to provide you with all the expert information you need, along with getting the best price of your metals at fair market value.
  3. Know the value of your metals. It’s easy to stay up-to-date with the current market prices. Prices are dependant on local demands and quantities. You can be sure at the end of the day that all metals are recycled, and you will be paid for all the metals you bring.
  4. Get the best value for the recycling of your tantalum represents a process chain that can involve several processes such as liberation, separation, or mechanical. At Globe Metal, we have experts in metal chemistry and metallurgy. We can provide the input for our clients’ needs for cost-efficient approaches to recycle their tantalum and get the best market value for them.

We recycle: tantalum oxide scrap, tantalum sludge, tantalum powder scrap, tantalum waste, tantalum capacitors scrap, tantalum capacitor recycling, titanium tantalum, tantalum metal, tantalum niobium, tantalum element, tantalum turning scrap, tantalum computer scrap, and much more.

By following these simple strategies, you can be guaranteed you’re on the fast track to properly recycling your tantalum scrap metals.

Ready to recycle your tantalum scrap metal? One of our sales staff will answer any questions you may have. You can reach out to us at 1-800-700-6382 or send an email to sales@globemetal.com

To get an instant price on your tantalum scrap please call (450) 638-1732 ext. 33 or e-mail sales@globemetal.com

Globe Metal is a world wide leader in tantalum scrap recycling. Our scrap tantalum price per pound is the highest in the industry. We insure that you receive the best value for your tantalum scrap. Your material will be remelted to and go into a tantalum foundry or tantalum smelter and made into a new product.

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Cobalt Scrap Recycling

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Globe Metal, Inc. is a cobalt scrap processor.

We are buyers of all grades of cobalt metal. We buy cobalt scrap in many forms.  Such as, cobalt solids,  powder, sludge, grindings, turnings. Your material will be picked up and recycled into new products. Globe Metal covers all trucking and transportation, and documentation. We have hazardous cobalt waste procedures in order to properly dispose of or recycle cobalt. We have been in the cobalt recycling business for over 30 years. Cobalt scrap has a high recycling value. Cobalt recovery using cobalt smelters and refiners. We buy Cobalt refinery scrap.

Our main feedstock of cobalt scrap comes from the thermal spray industry. Many people spray cobalt onto parts to coat them. When plating with cobalt the rinse water is frequently changed. When the water is drained out it runs through a filter system. They byproduct is a cobalt sludge or cobalt filter cake. Globe Metal can recycle cobalt scrap as low as 10% Co content.

Globe Metal purchases and provides metal recycling and reclamation services for spent catalysts, metal scrap, residues, sludges and slurries. Spent catalysts, residues and sludges may contain one or more metals or metal compounds: cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), gallium (Ga), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), niobium (Nb), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), Titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), rhodium (Rh) and others.

For recycling solutions or to sell your spent, waste, scrap, residual, or off-spec material containing metals or metal compounds, please send us an email at sales@globemetal.com or reach out to us at 1-800-700-6382.

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Tungsten Filament Scrap

Tungsten Filaments are used in a variety of applications. Globe Metal, Inc. specializes in recycling tungsten filaments. The two main industries that we recycle them for is the light bulb industry, and the vacuum metallizing industry. When shops are vacuum metallizing they use a tungsten filament to run a current into the water. After a while the filament evaporates and they then have to scrap them. That is where we come in. We send a truck to come pick up your scrap filaments and then pay you for them. It is as simple as them. To sell your tungsten filament scrap please call 1 (800) 700-6382 or sales@globemetal.com

(TI) Titanium Sludge and Titanium Powder Recycling

Globe Metal Inc, specializes in metal extractions from industrial generated wastes. Titanium Sludge, Titanium Powder, and Titanium fines are a problem for many industrial generators of the material. Globe Metal works with cutting edge technology to recover the valuable titanium that is in the mix. Instead of disposing of your titanium waste, we are able to pay you for it. We buy the following materials:

Titanium Sludge, Titanium Grindings, Titanium Fines, Titanium Grinding Swarf, Titanium Powder, Titanium waste.

Globe Metal purchases and provides metal recycling and reclamation services for spent catalysts, metal scrap, residues, sludges and slurries. Spent catalysts, residues and sludges may contain one or more metals or metal compounds: cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), gallium (Ga), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), niobium (Nb), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), Titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), rhodium (Rh) and others.

For recycling solutions or to sell your spent, waste, scrap, residual, or off-spec material containing metals or metal compounds, please send us an email at sales@globemetal.com or reach out to us at 1-800-700-6382.

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Babbitt Recycling

Globe Metal Recycling Inc, has launched a new Babbitt Recycling Program. Many people who are doing repair to bearings, or other work spraying Babbitt generate a waste stream. We recycle dust collecter babbitt powder, babbitt overspray, babbitt chips, babbitt sludge, and babbitt spray. We will have it go through a proccess of Babbitt Recovery where the valuable (Sn) Tin will be extracted. We will thenpay you a value for your Babbitt scrap. Please call us or email today to sell your Babbitt Waste.

Tungsten Carbide (WC) Solid and Grinding Sludge Recycling

Globe Metal Inc, is a World Wide Leader in tungsten carbide recycling. We process scrap material in our beautiful 88,000 sq ft. North American Facility in Montreal, Canada. We pride ourselves in offering the very strongest pricing in our industry. We are transparent in our testing and always give full lab results for every load.

We process: tungsten carbide sludge, tungsten carbide grinding swarf, tungsten carbide grindings, tungsten carbide powder, tungsten carbide over spray, tungsten carbide filters, scrap tungsten carbide solids, tungsten carbide tools, tungsten carbide inserts, tungsten carbide mining bits, tungsten carbide cutting tools, tungsten carbide round tools, tungsten carbide cutters, tungsten carbide rollers, and brazed tungsten carbide.

Globe Metal purchases and provides metal recycling and reclamation services for spent catalysts, metal scrap, residues, sludges and slurries. Spent catalysts, residues and sludges may contain one or more metals or metal compounds: cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), gallium (Ga), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), niobium (Nb), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), Titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), rhodium (Rh) and others.

For recycling solutions or to sell your spent, waste, scrap, residual, or off-spec material containing metals or metal compounds, please send us an email at sales@globemetal.com or reach out to us at 1-800-700-6382.

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Nickel Catalyst Recycling

Globe Metal Recycling works with cutting edge technology to extract Nickel from many different waste streams. We are currently involved in spent nickel catalyst recycling. We work with a process to recover the left over nickel residue. We can recover nickel from nickel powder, nickel sludge, nickel fines, nickel shavings, nickel grindings, nickel grinding sludge, nickel dust, low bearing nickel waste, nickel byproduct or high bearing nickel waste. There are several process we work with for recycling, we are either doing nickel melting, or nickel refining, depending on the amount of nickel to recycle. Nickel catalyst disposal is a now a thing of the past, we have the technology to extract the valuable metal, and dispose of the rest in an environmentally safe way.

Globe Metal purchases and provides metal recycling and reclamation services for spent catalysts, metal scrap, residues, sludges and slurries. Spent catalysts, residues and sludges may contain one or more metals or metal compounds: cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), gallium (Ga), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), niobium (Nb), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), Titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), rhodium (Rh) and others.

For recycling solutions or to sell your spent, waste, scrap, residual, or off-spec material containing metals or metal compounds, please send us an email at sales@globemetal.com or reach out to us at 1-800-700-6382.

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Thermal Spray Recycling

Globe Metal Recycling investing heavily in their Thermal Spray Recycling Division. Thermal spray waste, is a big issue for the coatings industry. Globe Metal has launched a recycling center for metallic powder from companies such as Sulzer Metco, Praxair, Eutectic, Surface Engineering, Hoganas, Tafa, Stellite, Lineage Alloys, and Woka.

We recycling from all generators such as PTA, Arc Welding, Metallizing, HVOF, Flame Spray, Plasma Spray, Thermal Spray, Welding, and Babbitting. We recycle Nickel based powder, Tungsten Based Powder, Cobalt Based Powder, Tin Based Powder, Molybdenum Based Powder, and any other allowed powder.

When the powders are deposited onto the piece, they have to grind it back down to spec. We also Recycle nickel grinding sludge, nickel grinding swarf, tungsten grinding sludge, and tungsten grinding swarf.

Call us today to discuss recycling your thermal spray waste: 1-800-700-6382

Globe Metal purchases and provides metal recycling and reclamation services for spent catalysts, metal scrap, residues, sludges and slurries. Spent catalysts, residues and sludges may contain one or more metals or metal compounds: cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), gallium (Ga), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), niobium (Nb), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), Titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), rhodium (Rh) and others.

For recycling solutions or to sell your spent, waste, scrap, residual, or off-spec material containing metals or metal compounds, please send us an email at sales@globemetal.com or reach out to us at 1-800-700-6382.

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