
Mining
Helping operators boost their productivity thanks to our specialty mining reagents.
Meeting or exceeding the most stringent technical and environmental specifications, our specialty mining reagents help customers in the mining industry improve their productivity and reduce operating costs while meeting complex metallurgical challenges. Solvay is the leading solutions provider and partner to the mining industry. We leverage more than 100 years of industry knowledge, applications expertise and on-site technical support to optimize mining operations worldwide in mineral processing, mineral refining and solvent extraction.
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Mineral processing
Solvay’s reagent portfolio includes offerings designed for the recovery of precious and base metals. We also offer products for various industrial minerals.

Alumina Processing Chemicals
Solvay offers a complete line of products for every stage of the Bayer process.
Solvent extraction
Solvay offers a broad range of solvent extractants for purification and concentration of copper, nickel/cobalt, molybdenum, rare earths and various other metals.
Our products are used to recover many metals and minerals, especially copper, alumina, gold, silver, uranium, nickel/cobalt, phosphate and polymetallic ores.
Metals & Minerals

Copper
Copper extraction with various products and methods to provide better recovery and selectivity.

Alumina
Complete range of products for every stage of the Bayer Process.

Polymetallic ores
Chemical solutions to recover silver, lead and zinc from various ores.

Gold
Reagent formulations for the recovery of gold from gold-bearing ores.

Nickel and Cobalt
Solvay offers a variety of unique solutions for nickel and cobalt processing.

Phosphate and Iron
Reagents for various industrial minerals.

Molybdenum
Collectors and extractants that improve floatability and selectivity for molybdenum.

Rare earths
Products that improve recovery efficiency of heavy rare earths.

Platinum group metals
Obtaining the highest recoveries of copper-nickel and nickel ores from platinum group metals.

Other minerals
A wide range of mining chemicals for niche applications.

Lithium
Reagent formulations for the recovery of lithium via flotation, solvent extraction and EV lithium-ion battery recycling processes.
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