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Nth Cycle, the innovative critical metals extraction and recycling company whose Co-Founder participated in Cohort 2 of the “Innovation Crossroads” (IC) program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has commissioned a 21,000-square foot refining facility in Fairfield, OH.

The new facility will feature Nth Cycle’s electro-extraction technology which will recover the outputs of metal scrap, electronics waste, untapped mining resources, and refinery waste into critical metal products including nickel and cobalt through its premium Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate (MHP) product. Nth Cycle’s MHP, produced from its patented electro-extraction processor named “the OYSTER,” yields unprecedented metal and mineral purity with the highest concentration of nickel hydroxide and cobalt hydroxide available.

“As the world becomes increasingly reliant on the critical metals that are the backbone of an electrified economy, it’s clear the sourcing of those materials must be as clean and efficient as the future we imagine,” said Megan O’Connor, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nth Cycle and the participant in the IC program, in a news release. “A clean, unfettered, and cost-efficient supply chain of Nickel and Cobalt, or MHP, not only accelerates our path to that future, but it establishes the U.S. as a global leader in that movement.”

Electro-extraction is a cleaner and more efficient alternative to conventional and dirty pyrometallurgy (or smelting) operations currently deployed by metal scrap recyclers and mining companies. Nth Cycle’s OYSTER system also is modular, enabling an ability to co-locate at customer sites, eliminating the need to emit more emissions to transport the metal waste or low-grade ore for refining. This will allow the company or OEM to manage its own waste and return the advanced material directly to the manufacturing line.

The headquarters for Nth Cycle is in the Boston area.

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