The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has successfully produced its first purified enriched uranium "button" through a process called electrorefining, as part of what officials called ...

Electrorefining byproducts, notably copper anode slimes, represent a concentrated reservoir of both precious and critical metals including gold, silver, selenium, tellurium and rare earth elements.

Metso is introducing enhancements in copper electrorefining technology for the sustainable and cost-effective production of LME grade A copper cathodes. Currently, more than 80% of the world's copper ...