The Mastermelt Group is one of the largest recycling businesses to the European plating market working with companies in the electroplating, electronics and aerospace industry.

Johnson Matthey appointed the Mastermelt Group as its agent because of our experience and expertise in this market sector.

Smopex® is a range of fibres that are activated to selectively adsorb metals from solutions whether acid or alkaline. In particular they are very effective at removing metal from very dilute effluent streams or solutions where traditional chemistry
is complex and expensive.

In the case of precious metals [Au, Pt, Pd & Rh] the fibre can be processed to recover the metals with fast refining lead times.

The technology can be used either on the customer’s own site by the installation of a cartridge or by simply replacing an existing ion exchange resin and installing the fibre in the column. Alternatively the solutions can be transported to our Buxton site in the UK where we have a dedicated rig for this work.