Non-Ferrous Metals

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We work in partnership with primary and secondary non-ferrous metal producers to identify opportunities for maximising efficiency and productivity and to ensure effective implementation of new technologies.

Our Products and Services for Non-Ferrous Metals

In addition to our wide range of industrial gases, we offer:

• Expertise in furnace design.
• Expertise in combustion systems and operating practice.
• Environmental protection applications.
• Unparalleled technical support and customer service.

Our offering includes the following:

• Mineral extraction – innovative solutions to improve recovery ratios of gold leaching and flotation of copper, lead and zinc ores.
• Metal melting and refining – technology and total solutions for non-ferrous metal refining and transformation, including:
  • Expert consultancy – our metallurgists have a wealth of practical experience in the use of gas applications to improve yield, speed extraction rate, reduce emissions and consistently deliver exacting metal composition and physical properties.
  • Gases – bulk and on-site oxygen for lead and zinc refining, nitrogen and argon for degassing, compressed air.
  • Consumables –  gaseous chemicals including sulphur hexachloride for aluminium degassing.
  • Equipment – oxy-fuel burners and injectors.
• Heat treatment – cost effective solutions for finishing processes including annealing. Our offer includes:
  • Expert consultancy – our heat treatment specialists will work with you to improve furnace throughput and deliver consistent quality.
  • Gases – bulk nitrogen for annealing.
  • Consumables – gaseous chemicals including ammonia, sulphur dioxide, sulphur hexafluoride and magnesium.
• Combustion – total solutions for improving furnace performance:
  • Expert consultancy – our combustion specialists will help you to optimise furnace performance through furnace modelling, burner selection, installation, monitoring and management.
  • Gases –  bulk and on-site oxygen.
  • Equipment - burners, valves and furnace systems.
• Inerting – bulk nitrogen systems for purging.
• Emissions testing – calibration gases for air quality monitoring as well as for instrumentation used to test metal composition.

Products and Services for Industrial Facilities

• Water treatment – bulk oxygen for effluent treatment.
• Health and safety – a full range of personal protective equipment, site safety equipment and audits, first-aid kits.
• Air conditioning – refrigerants for climate control in control rooms and offices.
• Welding and Cutting –  gases, equipment and consumables for maintenance work.
• On-site stores - to ensure continuity of supply of essential non-production consumables with lower inventory costs.