Mining operations run equipment hard, and the components designed to absorb that punishment are frequently rubber bonded. Conveyor system components, equipment mounts, vibration isolators, and rubber lined assemblies are replaced regularly as part of routine maintenance, generating a consistent stream of rubber bonded metal scrap that most operations have no clean outlet for.
Because these components combine rubber and metal in ways that cannot be separated by hand at scale, they often end up landfilled or sold as contaminated mixed scrap at rates well below the value of the metal they contain. PolyMet Recovery processes these materials through debonding and denuding, separating the rubber from the metal substrate and recovering the metal at its actual composition and grade.
For mining operations in Ohio and the surrounding region, PolyMet offers collection logistics designed to work with remote and high-volume sites. We take the rubber bonded components your maintenance program generates, process them properly, and provide settlement and documentation per collection. It is a straightforward way to recover value from a waste stream that most operations currently write off entirely.