CVMR — Critical Minerals and Advanced Refining Technologies
Full-Cycle Engineering for Mining and Industrial Clients
CVMR develops and implements innovative solutions for refining, metal powder production, and purification of critical minerals. Our focus is on nickel, cobalt, copper, and rare metals, helping partners build stable supply chains for energy, electronics, and precision industries. With integrated R&D, engineering, and operations, we turn technology concepts into fully scalable commercial facilities.
What We Do
Technology and R&D
We design flexible metallurgical processes tailored to ore composition, maximizing metal recovery and reducing production costs while improving energy and water efficiency.
Refining and Production
CVMR builds industrial plants to produce high-purity metals, powders for additive manufacturing, and cathode materials. Our digital monitoring systems ensure traceability and consistent quality control across every stage of production.
Sustainability
We integrate by-product recycling, closed water loops, gas capture and purification systems, and carbon-reduction practices in line with modern ESG standards.
Why Choose CVMR
Custom Engineering
Every project is designed according to the specific chemistry of the ore, regional logistics, and environmental standards, ensuring reliable operation and predictable performance.
Fast Implementation
Our modular plant architecture and standardized units enable rapid deployment, lower CAPEX, and faster time-to-production.
Partnership and Localization
We collaborate with clients, research institutions, and government partners to localize supply chains, drive innovation, and create high-tech jobs in every region we serve.
Get in Touch
Whether you need a feasibility study, technology audit, or a turnkey plant design, CVMR’s team is ready to deliver a complete, efficient, and sustainable solution. Contact us today to discuss your project and accelerate your path to production.
About Us
CVMR® is a privately held, metal refining technology provider that is also engaged in mining and refining of its own mineral resources in 18 different countries. The company was established in 1986, with its head office and R & D Centre
in Toronto, Canada. The operations in the United States are conducted under CVMR® (USA) Inc., and CVMR® (Texas) Inc.
CVMR® is a world leader in metal refining and manufacture of metal powders, nano-powders, complex net shapes and recycling of metals and Black Mass. CVMR® has over 40 years of experience in refining metals using its proprietary processes that are completely neutral to the environment. It operates in 20 countries. The metal powders produced by CVMR® are used in 3D printing, Metal Injection Molding (MIM), EV Batteries, super alloys, permanent magnets, electronics, manufacture of aerospace and automotive parts, medical instruments, pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements.
CVMR® is a world leader in metal refining and manufacture of metal powders, nano-powders, complex net shapes and recycling of metals and Black Mass. CVMR® has over 40 years of experience in refining metals using its proprietary processes that are completely neutral to the environment. It operates in 20 countries. The metal powders produced by CVMR® are used in 3D printing, Metal Injection Molding (MIM), EV Batteries, super alloys, permanent magnets, electronics, manufacture of aerospace and automotive parts, medical instruments, pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements.
Innovative Refining
CVMR® refines 36 metals using proprietary vapor metallurgy, ensuring high purity and quality for industrial uses.
Sustainable Operations
Focuses on eco-friendly practices, emphasizing metal recycling and reducing carbon footprints in their processes.
Global Reach
With pilot plants and facilities, CVMR offers advanced technological solutions to an international client base.
Credentials & Experience
CVMR®’s proprietary technologies enable it to refine metals directly from laterite or sulphide ore concentrates, tailings, scrap metals, and even radioactively contaminated metals, in order to manufacture metal powders, including nano-powders,
coatings, net shapes of various kinds, mostly in nickel and iron, cobalt, PGE, manganese, magnesium, REE, tantalum, niobium, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, vanadium, copper, gold, silver, altogether 36 different metals. CVMR® can refine
laterite or sulphide ores rapidly and at a lower operational cost than other prevailing refining methods and produce high value products that are used directly by a variety of industries.
CVMR® has extensive experience in refining of lithium in brine and from spodumene. In cooperation with its sister company M-Power Corporation (www.mpowercorp.ca), CVMR® is engaged in converting CO2, methane gas and anthracite to graphene and to produce battery grade graphite. It also produces battery grade lithium, manganese, nickel, cobalt and vanadium.
Over the past 36 years, CVMR® has developed a series of unique processes and technologies for refining of 36 different metals and creation of graphite and graphene from which it can manufacture various end user products. CVMR®’s technologies are based on proven chemical processes and methods some of which were invented over110 years ago, but hardly commercialized.
CVMR® has extensive experience in refining of lithium in brine and from spodumene. In cooperation with its sister company M-Power Corporation (www.mpowercorp.ca), CVMR® is engaged in converting CO2, methane gas and anthracite to graphene and to produce battery grade graphite. It also produces battery grade lithium, manganese, nickel, cobalt and vanadium.
Over the past 36 years, CVMR® has developed a series of unique processes and technologies for refining of 36 different metals and creation of graphite and graphene from which it can manufacture various end user products. CVMR®’s technologies are based on proven chemical processes and methods some of which were invented over110 years ago, but hardly commercialized.
CVMR® is Engaged in:
• Mining and metal refining some 36 metals, using proprietary vapour metallurgy processes and technologies and its own mineral resources in Africa, the Far East and North America;
• Manufacturing high value metal powders, nano-powders, complex net shapes and super alloys;
• Providing feed materials for 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing) and Metal Injection Moulding (MIM);
• Manufacturing graphite films on nickel or iron substrates, using cold-wall chemical vapour deposition (CVD) from a mixture of hydrogen and methane;
• Manufacturing graphene and graphite from CO2, CH4, and Anthracite;
• Creating graphite flakes coated or imbedded with nano-metal powders;
• Refining of lithium in chloride-based brine, sulphate-based brine, fossilized brine clay deposits and spodumene. The process can easily and economically overcome the magnesium and boron barriers in refining of lithium. It allows reagents to be recycled making it quite suitable for locations where logistics would be of major concern;
• Producing refined elements for nano-flow-cell vanadium batteries, and batteries based on various combinations of lithium, manganese oxide (LMO); lithium, manganese, nickel oxide (LMNO); lithium, nickel, cobalt, aluminum oxide (LNCA);
• Refining Rare Earth Elements (REE), using a proprietary vapour metallurgy process instead of hydrometallurgy acid leaching extraction currently used in the REE refining industry;
• Refining of both sulphide and laterite ores;
• Providing a range of technologically innovative solutions to the mining, refining and metal powder manufacturing industries.
• Manufacturing high value metal powders, nano-powders, complex net shapes and super alloys;
• Providing feed materials for 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing) and Metal Injection Moulding (MIM);
• Manufacturing graphite films on nickel or iron substrates, using cold-wall chemical vapour deposition (CVD) from a mixture of hydrogen and methane;
• Manufacturing graphene and graphite from CO2, CH4, and Anthracite;
• Creating graphite flakes coated or imbedded with nano-metal powders;
• Refining of lithium in chloride-based brine, sulphate-based brine, fossilized brine clay deposits and spodumene. The process can easily and economically overcome the magnesium and boron barriers in refining of lithium. It allows reagents to be recycled making it quite suitable for locations where logistics would be of major concern;
• Producing refined elements for nano-flow-cell vanadium batteries, and batteries based on various combinations of lithium, manganese oxide (LMO); lithium, manganese, nickel oxide (LMNO); lithium, nickel, cobalt, aluminum oxide (LNCA);
• Refining Rare Earth Elements (REE), using a proprietary vapour metallurgy process instead of hydrometallurgy acid leaching extraction currently used in the REE refining industry;
• Refining of both sulphide and laterite ores;
• Providing a range of technologically innovative solutions to the mining, refining and metal powder manufacturing industries.
Our Process
At CVMR®, we follow a meticulously structured process to deliver high-quality metal products. Our approach includes thorough research and development, sourcing high-grade ores, utilizing advanced carbonyl refining technology, and rigorous quality control. Additionally, we employ eco-friendly practices, recycling gases and minimizing waste to ensure sustainability.
CVMR®’s Refining Methods
The proprietary vapour metallurgy processes used by CVMR® refine various metals by chemically vaporizing them close to atmospheric pressure and relatively low temperatures. Using its proprietary processes and technologies CVMR® manufactures
various metal powders and complex metal net shapes, as part of the same process, for the end user markets. CVMR® processes do not melt the metals as is done in the usual smelting processes. CVMR®'s refining plants are pollution free
and completely neutral to the environment. They create no air, water or soil pollution of any kind. CVMR®’s plants are hermetically sealed, and all gases used in their various processes of vaporizing metals are recycled.
All CVMR®'s refining and manufacturing plants are built on a modular basis, enabling a substantial degree of flexibility, allowing a plant to be built and to grow in size gradually. Each phase is self-sufficient and pays off its own capital cost in less than three years and continues to operate as a unit within the larger, fully integrated operation for the entire life of the plant. Each module is capable of processing different ores, concentrates or metal scraps and hence manufacturing various metal products, for diverse markets. CVMR®’s refining and manufacturing processes are capable of producing pure metal products with a very high degree of purity. Moreover, they produce products for final consumption without a need for further enhancement, e.g. various metal powders for use in batteries, 3D Printing, Metal Injection Moulding (MIM), aerospace and automotive parts manufacturing, nano-powders, net shapes, medical instruments, computer parts, electronic parts, moulds and tools, super alloys, sophisticated net shapes for use in the defence and aerospace industries, etc.
All such outputs inevitably attract highly valued sophisticated industries with high paying industrial jobs as secondary industries that CVMR®’s products can feed into Just-In-Time, enhancing any host country’s economy far beyond the value added to the mined and recycled metals. CVMR®'s products have had a very strong, dependable export market for high value metal powders and net shapes in the past 36 years. All indicators point to an even stronger international market with substantial potential for growth.
All CVMR®'s refining and manufacturing plants are built on a modular basis, enabling a substantial degree of flexibility, allowing a plant to be built and to grow in size gradually. Each phase is self-sufficient and pays off its own capital cost in less than three years and continues to operate as a unit within the larger, fully integrated operation for the entire life of the plant. Each module is capable of processing different ores, concentrates or metal scraps and hence manufacturing various metal products, for diverse markets. CVMR®’s refining and manufacturing processes are capable of producing pure metal products with a very high degree of purity. Moreover, they produce products for final consumption without a need for further enhancement, e.g. various metal powders for use in batteries, 3D Printing, Metal Injection Moulding (MIM), aerospace and automotive parts manufacturing, nano-powders, net shapes, medical instruments, computer parts, electronic parts, moulds and tools, super alloys, sophisticated net shapes for use in the defence and aerospace industries, etc.
All such outputs inevitably attract highly valued sophisticated industries with high paying industrial jobs as secondary industries that CVMR®’s products can feed into Just-In-Time, enhancing any host country’s economy far beyond the value added to the mined and recycled metals. CVMR®'s products have had a very strong, dependable export market for high value metal powders and net shapes in the past 36 years. All indicators point to an even stronger international market with substantial potential for growth.
CVMR CARBONYL PROCESS APPLICATION TO LATERITE ORE
CVMR's process for refining of Ferralite and Saprolite ore maximizes value of the ores by producing value added products.
A typical Ferralite ore contains 40-45% of Iron, 1-1.5% of Nickel, 0.04-0.10% of Co (potentially Copper, PGE and Rare earth elements).
A typical Ferralite ore contains 40-45% of Iron, 1-1.5% of Nickel, 0.04-0.10% of Co (potentially Copper, PGE and Rare earth elements).
Hydrometallurgical Process
CVMR's Refining Process
High Premium Products Using CVMR's Process
Concentrating PGE Using CVMR's Carbonyl Process
SNO Sponsors
• INCO Limited• Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
• Northern Telecom
• Ontario Hydro / Ontario Power Generation
• Sun Microsystems
• Agra-Monenco/Canatom Limited
• CVD Manufacturing Inc.
SNO Prime Contractors and Suppliers
• Agra-Monenco/Canatom Limited (Project Management and design)• INCO Limited (Cavity excavation and support systems)
• Dynatec International (Civil construction)
• Reynolds Polymer Technology Incorporated (Acrylic vessel)
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Photomultiplier support structure)
• Hamamatsu Photonics (Photomultipliers)
• Schott Glass Incorporated (Photomultiplier glass bulbs)
• CVD Manufacturing Inc. (CVD nickel for neutral current detectors)
• Mirotech Limited (CVD nickel for neutral current detectors)
CVMR® is proud to have supplied the high purity tubes used at the SNO Project
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CVMR® is ISO 9001 Registered
TSSA Certified and Approved
CMI gold member
