Aqua Metals, Inc.
Aqua Metals is the only company that has produced a commercially proven sustainable, closed-loop metal recycling process that is capable of producing the world’s purest metals. Our Innovation Center is developing the cleanest metals recycling technologies that are better for the environment, economically competitive and safe for workers. Aqua Metals is developing cleaner and safer metals recycling through innovation. Our Innovation Center is expanding the development of breakthrough technologies for sustainable metal recycling that can deliver high-value raw materials back into the manufacturing supply chain while reducing emissions and toxic byproducts and creating safer work environments. Aqua Metals has been awarded 68 patents with 49 pending patents for our AquaRefining process and we have filed a provisional patent for recovering high-value metals from recycled lithium-ion batteries.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Recycling Systems
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
Our Mission
Only innovation leadership can disrupt dangerous and damaging traditional metals recycling methods and the industry’s reliance on destructive mining practices. Aqua Metals has invested in breakthrough metals recycling methodologies that are environmentally responsible, economically competitive, and will help retain critical strategic metals within the U.S. while lowering reliance on unsafe and toxic mining operations.
Since 2015, Aqua Metals has developed breakthrough metal recycling technologies that utilize a clean, closed-loop process that can produce ultra-high purity metal. Our innovative approach, AquaRefining, delivers raw materials back into the manufacturing supply chain while reducing emissions and toxic byproducts and creating a safer work environment. The patented AquaRefining modular systems have already demonstrated how they can reduce environmental impact and scale lead-acid battery recycling capacity.
Next-Generation Innovation
The next step will be to meet the growing demand for critical metals driven by innovations in automobile batteries, growth in Internet data centers, and alternative energy applications, including solar, wind, and grid-scale storage, by applying AquaRefefining methodologies to the lithium-ion battery market.
We are the only clean metal recycling company that has proven its superior environmental and economic benefits through a commercial-operated technology. Through equipment, services and royalty agreements, Aqua Metals is addressing a $11+ billion market for stored sustainable energy recycling by decade end.