Iridium (Ir)

We buy iridium scrap for iridium recycling, including iridium-coated titanium anodes, iridium crucibles, spark plug tips and iridium-bearing residues. Send photos and your analysis for a written offer.

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Used iridium crystal-growth crucibles showing heat discoloration, damaged rims, and surface wear, alongside metal rods, wire, and sheet offcuts.

Iridium recycling from anodes, crucibles and electronics

Iridium is one of the rarest metals mined. Its largest industrial uses are mixed metal oxide coatings on titanium anodes for electrochlorination, plating and water treatment, crucibles for growing single crystals, spark plug tips, and electrolysers for green hydrogen. Anodes are recoated or replaced, and crucibles wear out, so iridium recycling recovers the metal from coatings and solids that would otherwise be scrapped as titanium.

FORMS WE BUY

Iridium scrap we buy

Used titanium mesh, tubular and plate anodes with dark mixed-metal oxide coatings containing iridium or ruthenium, arranged on an industrial workbench.

Coated titanium anodes

MMO anodes with iridium or ruthenium coatings

Used iridium crystal growth crucibles showing heat discoloration, surface wear and damaged edges, collected for precious metal recycling.

Iridium crucibles

Used and damaged crystal growth crucibles

Iridium and platinum-iridium alloy sheets, coiled wire, solid rods and metal offcuts arranged on a stainless steel workbench.

Iridium solids

Sheet, wire, rod and Pt-Ir alloy

Used iridium-tipped spark plugs, precision electrode tips and metallic production scrap collected in trays at an automotive component recycling facility.

Spark plug tips

Iridium spark plug electrodes and production scrap

PEM electrolyser electrode plates, coated metal meshes, porous transport layers and industrial components arranged on a clean manufacturing workbench.

Electrolyser components

PEM electrodes and coated parts

Dark iridium-bearing coating residues, fine industrial powders and stripped metal fragments collected in stainless steel trays at a recycling facility.

Iridium residues

Coating stripping residues and powders

HOW minor metals are PRICED

Oryx Metals makes scrap recycling easy and profitable

There's no single scrap price for minor metals. The same metal can come as clean solids or contaminated powder, and its value per kg can differ many times over. Every Oryx offer is based on your material's analysis, form and the market on the day.

How our pricing works

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Clean, high-purity solids

Uncontaminated pieces, offcuts, ingots and production rejects

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Coated or alloyed scrap

Coated parts, alloys, turnings and mixed solids

Priced on content

Powders, sludges & residues

Value depends on metal %, contamination and moisture

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MATERIAL WE’ve BOUGHT

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Pile of broken mirrored germanium optical lens fragments

Scrap germanium lenses

Bulk bags filled with shiny titanium machining chips in a warehouse

Titanium turnings

Close up of grey extruded catalyst pellets

Spent catalyst

Dismantled aircraft jet engines stacked in an outdoor scrap yard

Scrap Jet Engines

Heap of used tungsten carbide drill bit buttons

Tungsten carbide scrap

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FAQs

Iridium recycling and titanium anode recycling FAQ

What iridium scrap do you buy for iridium recycling?

Iridium and ruthenium coated titanium anodes, iridium crucibles, iridium sheet, wire and rod, platinum-iridium alloys, spark plug electrodes and production scrap, PEM electrolyser components, and iridium-bearing stripping residues and powders.

How does titanium anode recycling work?

The mixed metal oxide coating, which holds the iridium and often ruthenium and tantalum, is stripped or the whole anode is processed, and the titanium substrate is recovered separately. Value depends on coating loading and anode area, so send dimensions, photos and the original coating specification if you have it.

What sets the value of iridium scrap?

The assayed iridium content and any ruthenium, platinum or titanium, the iridium price on the agreed date, and processing charges. Solid crucibles and alloys earn better terms than coated anodes or residues. Oryx states all terms in a written offer.

Do you buy iridium scrap from crystal growers in Asia?

Yes. Iridium crucibles from crystal growth are a regular stream from producers in Japan, China and elsewhere in Asia. We provide written terms for your approval process and handle export documentation.

Can you buy anodes from a plant shutdown or recoating cycle?

Yes. Chlor-alkali, electrochlorination, plating and electrowinning plants often replace anodes in sets. Send the quantity, dimensions and photos, and we can plan collection with your recoating schedule.

Why choose Oryx Metals for iridium recycling?

Iridium coatings are thin and easy to undervalue as titanium scrap. Oryx Metals assesses each anode type and crucible for its iridium, works with refiners that recover iridium and ruthenium, and pays for the titanium as well.