Vanadium Catalyst

We buy spent vanadium catalyst from sulfuric acid plants, SCR units and refineries, including V2O5 converter catalyst, DeNOx catalyst and vanadium-loaded residue catalyst. Send your analysis for a written offer.

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Spent vanadium catalyst from acid plants and DeNOx units

Every sulfuric acid plant runs its converter on vanadium pentoxide catalyst, which is screened and topped up at each turnaround and fully replaced every few years. Power plants and industrial boilers use titania-based SCR catalysts with vanadium and tungsten to remove NOx, and refinery residue catalysts pick up vanadium from crude oil. All of this used vanadium catalyst can be recycled to recover vanadium instead of being landfilled.

FORMS WE BUY

Vanadium catalysts we buy

Spent vanadium pentoxide catalyst rings and cylindrical pellets with dusty, discolored surfaces collected in a heavy-duty steel container at a sulfuric acid processing facility.

Sulfuric acid catalyst

Spent V2O5 rings and pellets from converters

Fine gray vanadium catalyst dust, crushed granules, broken pellets, and accumulated converter screenings collected in an industrial steel recycling container.

Catalyst screenings

Fines and dust from converter screening

Used vanadium-tungsten SCR catalyst honeycomb blocks and stacked plate-type elements with visible dust, deposits, and worn ceramic surfaces inside an industrial scrap container.

Vanadium SCR catalyst

Honeycomb and plate catalyst with V and W

Unused vanadium catalyst rings, cylindrical extrudates, and spherical pellets in light gray and pale green tones stored in metal drums inside an industrial warehouse.

Vanadium-loaded residue catalyst

Refinery catalyst high in vanadium from crude

Mixed spent vanadium catalyst rings, broken cylindrical pellets, fine screenings, and dusty ceramic fragments collected in a large steel container at an industrial acid plant.

Unused vanadium catalyst

Surplus and off-spec catalyst stock

Mixed acid plant lots

Blended layers priced on assay

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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FAQs

Spent vanadium catalyst: recycling FAQ for acid and power plants

What spent vanadium catalyst do you buy?

Spent V2O5 sulfuric acid catalyst (rings, pellets and screenings), honeycomb and plate SCR DeNOx catalyst containing vanadium, refinery residue catalyst loaded with vanadium, and unused or off-spec vanadium catalyst.

Is used vanadium catalyst from the screening worth selling?

Often, yes. Screenings from a turnaround still contain vanadium pentoxide and are usually sold together with full catalyst change-outs. Send the weight and an analysis.

How is vanadium catalyst recycling priced?

On vanadium content and any tungsten or nickel, minus costs for sulfur, silica, moisture and contamination, against the vanadium market. Lots with a consistent analysis earn better terms. Oryx makes each offer from your assay.

Does spent vanadium catalyst count as hazardous waste?

In many countries, yes. Vanadium pentoxide is toxic and acid plant catalyst carries residual sulfur compounds. It needs the correct classification, packing and transboundary permits, which we arrange with you before shipment.

How far ahead should we plan a vanadium catalyst sale?

Contact us before your turnaround so analysis, offer, permits and containers are ready when the catalyst is screened or unloaded. For regular screenings we can agree an ongoing arrangement. This page covers catalyst; vanadium alloys and oxides are on our Vanadium Recycling page.

Why sell spent vanadium catalyst to Oryx Metals?

Acid plants and utilities often pay to dispose of vanadium catalyst. Oryx Metals values it for its vanadium, sends it to processors that recover it and manages permits and logistics, so a turnaround cost can become income.