AMG Advanced Metallurgical signs catalyst recycling deal

The Dutch company AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.  has announced that its U.S. operations, AMG Vanadium, has signed a long-term, multiyear agreement to process and recycle spent catalysts from a major oil refinery operator in North America.

Hoy Frakes, president of AMG Vanadium, says, “This is an important new business partner for AMG Vanadium and a key element of our long-term raw material strategic plan. We are pleased to have the opportunity to provide our new partner with the industry leading environmental solution for their spent catalyst recycling needs.”

AMG Vanadium, Cambridge, Ohio, specializes in converting oil refinery and power plant waste products into specialty metals used by global steel producers in automotive, energy transmission and infrastructure applications.

The company is the largest domestic producer of ferrovanadium in North America.

AMG produces highly engineered specialty metals and mineral products and provides related vacuum furnace systems and services to the transportation, infrastructure, energy and specialty metals and chemicals end markets.

The company produces aluminum master alloys and powders, titanium alloys and coatings, ferrovanadium, natural graphite, chromium metal, antimony, tantalum, niobium and silicon metal. AMG Engineering designs and produces vacuum furnace equipment and systems used to produce and upgrade specialty metals and alloys for the transportation, automotive, infrastructure and energy markets.