What we do
Turning complex scrap into opportunity
The blending program
Complex scrap streams in. High-value Ni-based blends out.
Complex streams in
Off-spec grades, mixed lots and off-grade refractory units — the material that is hard to place as it stands.
Blended to the melt
Tailored blends for refiners, alloy producers and the stainless-steel sector, built to preserve nickel value.
More recovered, less downgraded
Maximising recoverable metal content and reducing downgrading.
Typical lots
The material conventional routes downgrade or turn away. If yours is on this list, it has a home.
- Mixed 718 / 625 / Waspaloy lots
- Non-vacuum-grade superalloy turnings
- Contaminated or off-spec high-nickel alloys
- Dusts, fines and grindings
- Mixed titanium and superalloy turnings
- Off-grade tungsten, molybdenum, niobium and tantalum units
- Hafnium and Ni-Hf materials
Accepted forms
- Solids
- Turnings
- Runnings
- Grindings
- 3D Powders
- Dusts
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- Solids
- Nuggets · BB's · Cut solids and components
- Turnings
- Turnings · Swarf
- Runnings
- Runners, risers and gates from casting
- Grindings
- Grindings · Grinding sludge
- 3D Powders
- Additive-manufacturing powder, used and off-spec
- Dusts
- AOD dust · EAF dust · Plasma dust · Shot dust · Pelletizer dust
Who we supply
Blends are built for the melt they are going into. These are the industries we build them for.
- Nickel refineries
- Stainless steel mills
- Superalloy producers
- Titanium industry
- Refractory metals industry
What we handle
Every material in the portfolio, including off-spec grades, mixed lots and off-grade refractory units. We make sure to be able to manage each complex material.
Nickel, cobalt & steel alloys
Titanium & refractory metals
Also
Our advantage
Why refiners and alloy producers work with IMS.
Customised blends that preserve Ni value
Proven track record with global refineries and alloy producers
Expertise in managing complex scrap streams and off-spec grades
Specialised capability in handling off-grade refractory metals — W, Mo, Nb and Ta
Expanding capabilities in Hafnium and advanced master alloys
Tell us what you have.
The material, the form and the quantity are enough to start. We supply nickel refineries, stainless steel mills, superalloy producers and the titanium and refractory metals industries.