PH7 Technologies is among a slew of companies vying for titles at this year’s Technology Impact Awards.
The B.C. upstart, a globally recognized clean-tech innovator targeting the mining industry, 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 other metals deemed essential for the development of hydrogen energy and electrification.
“pH7 Technologies was born out of a vision to create a more habitable and sustainable planet for future generations through cleantech innovations,” founder Mohammad Doostmohammadi states on his company’s website.
“As the world turns to technological solutions to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing society today, I see the cutting-edge green technologies we build here at pH7 Technologies as a key part of puzzle, accelerating on path toward net-zero, renewable energy and reducing our global carbon footprint.”
The need for circular reclamation of minerals is becoming increasingly vital, according to chief executive officer Doostmohammadi.
“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,” Doostmohammadi said in April.
“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 Vancouver company recently received funding from the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy to advance its proprietary technology pH7’s pilot plant in Burnaby.
Heap leaching, the process pH7 is using at the plant, extracts metals such as copper from ore. The process involves spraying an acidic solution onto ore to dissolve the copper into a solution from oxide ores. Copper is then recovered from the solution through further processing.
Earlier this year, pH7 announced a partnership with Elevated Signals, which develops modern manufacturing software.
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,” stated Amar Singh, a cofounder of Elevated, at the time.
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