TECHNIP has acquired an international reputation and worldwide experience in the design and construction of facilities for the extractive metallurgy industry using both hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical processes.

Its expertise covers a wide range of metallurgical technologies developed and applied in the following main areas:

Pyrometallurgical treatment of ores and concentrates (over 400 plants built).

Hydrometallurgical treatment and recovery of metals and other valuable materials

Solvent extraction of base metals, a field in which TECHNIP offers its own technology based on its Krebs mixer-settler. More than 40 plants (using a total of over 500 Krebs mixer-settlers) based on this technology have been designed for metal extraction and/or purification.

Electrowinning and refining of base and precious metals.