Oxides, Tubing & Mesh Recovery

Industrial operations generate significant volumes of metal oxide waste, spent tubing, worn mesh screens, and specialty scrap — materials that contain valuable metals often discarded as waste.

Meltra Metals recovers precious, specialty, and base metals from these materials — turning disposal costs into revenue while ensuring full environmental compliance.

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Materials We Accept

We recover metals from a wide range of oxide, tubing, mesh, and industrial waste forms — including materials most recyclers can't process.

Metal Oxides

Titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, iron oxide, aluminum oxide, and other metal oxide powders, residues, and by-products from manufacturing and chemical processing.

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Tubing & Piping

Stainless steel, nickel alloy, titanium, copper, and specialty metal tubing from heat exchangers, condensers, chemical reactors, and industrial piping systems.

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Wire Mesh & Screens

Woven wire mesh, filter screens, catalyst screens, and sieve materials made from stainless steel, nickel, titanium, and precious metal alloys.

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Spent Catalysts

Oxide-based catalysts from petrochemical refining, emissions control, and chemical synthesis — containing PGMs, rare earths, and base metals in oxide matrices.

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Furnace & Kiln Residues

Slag, dross, ash, and refractory materials from high-temperature metal processing operations containing recoverable metal oxides and entrapped metals.

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Industrial Scrap

Off-cuts, turnings, grindings, and end-of-life components from aerospace, medical, and precision manufacturing operations with high-value metal content.

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Specialty Metal Recovery by Material

We recover high-value metals from specific product forms — tubes, bars, wire, sheets, sputtering targets, oxide powders, and more. Below are the specialty metals and forms we most commonly process.

Zirconium

Zirconium is prized for its exceptional corrosion resistance and low neutron absorption, making it critical in nuclear, chemical processing, and aerospace applications. We recover zirconium from spent components and production scrap.

Product Forms We Accept

Tubes & Pipes

Bars & Rods

Sheets & Plates

Wire

Sputtering Targets

Crystal Bars

Hafnium

Hafnium is a rare, high-value metal used in nuclear control rods, superalloys, and semiconductor manufacturing. Its high neutron absorption cross-section makes it strategically important and highly recoverable from spent components.

Product Forms We Accept

Bars & Rods

Wire

Crystal Bars

Pellets & Granules

Sputtering Targets

Oxide Powder (HfO₂)

Titanium

Titanium combines exceptional strength-to-weight ratio with outstanding corrosion resistance. We recover titanium from aerospace scrap, medical implant manufacturing waste, chemical processing equipment, and spent TiO₂ production materials.

Product Forms We Accept

Tubes & Pipes

Sheets & Plates

Bars & Billets

Wire & Welding Wire

Turnings & Chips

Oxide Powder (TiO₂)

Common Oxide Forms We Process

Metal oxides appear across nearly every industrial sector. Whether it's a by-product, spent material, or off-spec production run, we can evaluate it for metal recovery.

Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂)

From pigment manufacturing, aerospace coatings, and chemical processing — we recover titanium from spent and off-spec oxide materials.

Zinc Oxide (ZnO)

From rubber vulcanization, galvanizing residues, and pharmaceutical manufacturing — zinc is recovered and refined to market grade.

Aluminum Oxide (Al₂O₃)

From abrasive manufacturing, catalyst supports, and refractory materials — alumina-bearing waste with recoverable aluminum and trace metals.

Iron Oxide (Fe₂O₃)

From steel mill dust, welding residues, and pigment waste — iron oxide by-products containing recoverable iron and alloying metals.

Chromium Oxide (Cr₂O₃)

From chrome plating waste, refractory linings, and pigment production — chromium recovery from oxide-bearing industrial residues.

Mixed Metal Oxides

Complex oxide mixtures from catalytic converters, battery manufacturing, and electronic waste — containing multiple recoverable metals in oxide form.

Why Meltra for Oxide & Scrap Recovery

We handle the materials others can't — and recover the metals others miss.

Broad Material Acceptance

From fine oxide powders to heavy-wall tubing, we handle the full range of metal-bearing industrial materials that most recyclers turn away — including contaminated and mixed-form scrap.

Maximized Recovery Value

Our multi-stage extraction processes recover metals that single-method recyclers miss. We target every economically viable metal in your material, not just the primary one.

Compliant Waste Handling

All processing follows EPA and state environmental regulations. We provide complete chain-of-custody documentation, certificates of recycling, and proper disposal of non-recoverable residues.

Transparent Assay & Pricing

Every lot is independently assayed with full results shared. Our pricing is based on current market rates with no hidden deductions — you know exactly what your material is worth.

Have Oxides, Tubing, or Mesh to Recover?

Send us your material details and we'll provide a free assessment with estimated metal content, recovery method, and pricing. We accept materials nationwide with pickup available.

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