Company profile. Innovation in recovery

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1 Company profile Innovation in recovery

2 About us... Founded in 1982 Surface m2 Industrial waste management Recovery Operations: Disposal Operations: R4, R8, R12, R13 ( t/y) D9, D13, D14, D15 ( t/y) Internal Laboratory

3 Permits of Operation New Environmental integrated permit 12-years validity (D.D. n. 375 dated 21/10/2014, expiration 20/10/2026) National Register for Environmental Operators n. AN/212 for the following categories: 1 class E (collection and transport of municipal waste and similar); 4 class D (collection and transport of non-hazardous waste); 5 E-Class (collection and transport of hazardous waste); 10B class D (decontamination of goods containing asbestos); 9 Class B (site reclamation); 8 class C (intermediation and trade of waste without its collection) Precious metals trading licence n. 14.E/1992-3a. Precious metals production: mark n.74/mc Central Italian Bank Precious Metal registry n

4 Certified service Integrated control System Certificates: Quality: ISO 9001 Environment: ISO Health & Safety: OHSAS 18001

5 Associations and Conferences Orim is a Board member of many leading associations, such as: EPMF - (European Precious Metal Federation) Andrea Mancini is in the General Directors Board, representing Italy for the European precious metal sector since 2006 ASSOMET - Non Ferrous Metals Association, part of Confindustria Italia Alfredo Mancini, member of the executive board since 1998 FISE ASSOAMBIENTE Environmental Services Association, part of Confindustria Italia Alfredo Mancini, member of the executive board since Orim takes part in conferences held by International bodies: International Sustainable Energy Organisation United Nations - ECOSOC accredited Fabio Maggiore, conference speaker Geneva, January 2012

6 Main Recovery Operations R4 METAL RECYCLING/RECLAMATION: Precious, Non-Ferrous, Strategic Metals, catalysts R8 RECOVERY OF COMPONENTS FROM CATALYSTS: Catalysts regeneration, catalyst components. R12 & R 13 EXCHANGE OF WASTES AND STORAGE: Sorting, Mixing, Storage, etc.

7 Main Disposal Operations D9 PHYSICO CHEMICAL TREATMENT: Neutralisation, precipitation, immobilisation Disposal in Landfills Incineration D13 & D14 Grouping and reconditioning: Preliminary operations pending any of D1-D13 D15 STORAGE: Storage pending any of the operations D1-D14

8 Metal recovery Orim started its activity with the recovery of precious metals The main stages include: - Physico Chemical treatment - Electrolysis - Production of Alloys, Fe-alloys and products Afterwards, they were produced Ag semi-manufactured. In 1998 it was created Orim Metalli, a spin-off for this specific sector (

9 Precious Metals Recovery by means of components separation, support incineration, smelting, leaching, electrolysis. FOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY Fixing solutions, X-ray films, other films WEEE, E-SCRAP, JEWELRY PCBs, connectors, contacts, PM scrap, solutions GALVANIC INDUSTRY Solutions, sludges, frame-scrap, salts Gold, Silver, Palladium, Platinum, Copper Further development: Semi-manufactured (e.g. tubes, sheets, pens, rings) today part of Orim Metalli

10 Recovery of Catalysts Catalysts treatment stages: Pre-treatment to reduce Hazardous characteristics Sieving and separation Roasting to eliminate Sulphur/Carbon Grinding and Reagent addition Hydrometallurgy Smelting and alloy/fe-alloy production Objectives: Steel foundry partner! Introduce Metal Salts Production Requirements of producers: Recovery is preferable to disposal Lower treatment cost Achievement of Environmental Objectives

11 Recovery of Catalysts Stage 1 - Pre-treatment to reduce Hazardous characteristics Often a catalyst possesses hazardous characteristics, such as selfheating in contact with air, that can resolve in self-ignition; in order to reduce any risk of this nature, ORIM applies, if necessary, a pre-treatment step to the catalyst before any other recovery activity, thus guaranteeing a correct and safe handling up to its final step. Reactive Catalyst Reaction with Reagent Stabilized Catalyst

12 Recovery of Catalysts Stage 2 - Sieving and separation Reactors are loaded with several layers of catalysts and inert ceramic balls. During unloading, they are normally mixed together, thus it is important to separate them through a sieve, in order to treat the catalyst only in the following steps.

13 Recovery of Catalysts Stage 3 - Roasting to eliminate Sulphur/Carbon The catalyst goes through a roasting step in order to oxidize and eliminate the Sulphur and Carbon present on the catalyst itself. Also other side reactions take place, transforming the metal compounds for the following wet chemical step. Based on the catalyst type, roasting will be carried out changing parameters like residence time, temperature, Oxygen profile, etc.

14 Recovery of Catalysts Stage 4 - Grinding and Reagent mixing for Hydrometallurgy The roasted catalyst is ground in order to increase the outer surface and therefore its reactivity in a wet chemical process, thus improving the overall recovery yield. The ground catalyst is fed into a reactor in order to extract the active metals. From this point on, the leach liquor is treated in different steps and reactors, in order to extract the contaminants from the solutions and to separate and precipitate selectively the valuable metals.

15 Recovery of Catalysts Stage 5 - Smelting and alloy/fe-alloy production The metal products can be transformed into alloys in situ or by other partners. Smelting can be carried out starting from the metal salts recovered in the previous section or it can be used as alternative to hydrometallurgy in some cases.

16 Catalysts Types

17 FCC Recovery/Regeneration of Spent E-cat with certain characteristics Manufacture of specialty catalysts and additives Improve the properties of Equilibrium catalysts Reduce refinery waste and stimulate re-use Supply the right particle size for each FCC unit (maximise use) Licensed processes Maximum diffusion to Improve Conversion Yield Lowest addition rate & Minimum waste Minimum physical losses Before After

18 Thank you for your attention! Innovation in recovery The highly qualified company structure and its know-how, developed year after year, allows Orim to give a full-service and to have a relationship of trust with its customers, thanks to great teamwork.