Two Vancouver-area upstarts this week unveiled a strategic partnership.
The freshly funded Elevated Signals, which develops modern manufacturing software, has partnered with pH7 Technologies, a globally recognized cleantech innovator targeting the mining industry.
PH7 provides mines and original equipment manufacturers with eco-friendly and cost-effective technology-based solutions for extracting and processing high-value metals like copper and platinum group metals, which are deemed essential for the development of hydrogen energy and electrification.
Through the partnersnhip, Elevated Signals’ Manufacturing Resource Planning platform is used by pH7 to capture real-time data and facilitate data-driven analytics.
“Waste-to-value manufacturing operations, which extract value from materials at the end of their lifecycle, are key to the success of the circular economy,” believes Amar Singh, a cofounder of Elevated. “However, these processes are complex and require highly precise inventory tracking—an area where Elevated Signals offers significant value.”
Given the sector’s challenges, manufacturers dependent on critical minerals can improve efficiencies and reduce supply chain risks by adopting circular practices in their operations, Singh says, a method which ensures both more reliable supply and the extraction of additional value from materials that would otherwise be considered waste.
“The ability to streamline and automate complex processes with ease is key,” Singh continued. “Our MRP platform is a central source of truth that excels in providing reliable, real-time inventory tracking—essential in the critical minerals space.”
This expertise, drawn from the company’s history in highly regulated markets, “delivers unmatched flexibility and efficiency, setting new manufacturing standards across industries,” according to Singh.
The CEO says his company is “committed to addressing the rapidly evolving needs of this sector and ensuring that critical minerals are recovered in the most efficient way possible.”
As critical metals are foundational to green energy technologies, demand is anticipated to more than double by 2040.
The need for circular reclamation of minerals is thus becoming increasingly vital, according to Mohammad Doostmohammadi, founder and CEO of pH7 Technologies.
“The momentum for sustainably sourced critical metals has reached an all-time high as the world confronts the vital role these materials play in enabling our path to net zero and creating a greener future,” says Doostmohammadi. “pH7’s closed-loop, sustainable extraction technology is a proven solution that complements and accelerates the ongoing extraction and processing efforts of critical metals by the mining and recycling sectors.”
The consistently expanding pH7 is slated to bolster operations in 2024 via the addition of a 30,000-square-foot demonstration plant in Burnaby by the end of the year.
“With access to Elevated Signals’ cloud-based software, we look forward to streamlining our operations and leveraging real-time data and insights to inform reporting processes for our partners,” said Doostmoammadi.
Elevated Signals was established in 2016. In 2022, Elevated Signals firm was a finalist for Excellence in Technology Innovation at the 29th annual Technology Impact Awards. In 2023, the company increased its workforce by 30%.
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