What process are you using to remove the cadmium?
- This advancement is the result of a multi-year R&D program, mobilizing a total investment of €60 million/$ to develop and deploy a large-scale industrial decadmium process.
- The OCP Group has invested significantly in developing this advanced technology, which relies on [chemical and thermal purification] processes to extract cadmium.
What are you doing with the cadmium you remove? Is it being dumped somewhere, valorised, or otherwise disposed of / stored?
- [Starting in 2026, these processes will not only eliminate cadmium, but also capture and store it for industrial recovery, thus fully aligning with a circular economy approach.]
- [The group is continuing to further explore recovery and controlled storage options.]
Does your extraction process have an environmental impact?
- [The impact is minor. The group is examining ways to valorize or safely store cadmium.]
Is your cadmium extraction process safe? Are your workers being exposed to high-levels of cadmium as a result of the process?
Why are you only creating low-cadmium products instead of zero-cadmium products? Is it even possible to remove all of the cadmium?
- [Cadmium-extracting technologies have only recently become feasible at an industrial scale.]