Moxba Metrex

48 years ago, in 1974, MOXBA (later became MOXBA-METREX, further indicated as MM) was founded and focussed its first decades of its existence, in the trading of metal containing waste-streams from a variety of industries. Since 1999 (after the acquisition of METREX in Heerlen, the Netherlands), the actual metal-recycling and product-sales became an integral part of the activities in the form of internal spent catalyst pre-treatment and close collaborations with multiple recyclers, using different recycling technologies, like Hydro- & Pyrometallurgy.

Over the years it became clear that there is a world-wide need to support avoiding depletion of metals, and that MM could play a dominant role in the recycling of spent catalysts in a sustainable manner. The mission of MM became determined in respect to Total-Solution-Offerings where we are supporting the complete process, as from spent material collection in our new catalyst bins, up to selling metal products, also produced in-house.

At the same time global warming discussions were rising and CO2 became a predominant part of that discussion. For that reason MM choose to focus on recycling the metals in a way that the CO2 produced per unit of recycled metal is as low as possible. For that reason, MM invested heavily in a fully hydro-powered facility in Brazil in 2011, now 10 years ago and drastically expanded its capacity over time.