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Innovation
At Novel Metals & Compounds, we are pioneering novel extraction technologies in Ukraine, including Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE), to sustainably recover lithium, metals, minerals, and critical raw materials from oil and gas formation waters, geothermal brines, and other unconventional resources.
Our approach eliminates the need for traditional mining, reducing environmental impact, carbon emissions, and water usage while maximizing resource efficiency. By integrating cutting-edge material science, chemistry, and circular economy principles, we are developing faster, cost-effective, and sustainable extraction solutions that support clean energy, e-mobility, and advanced technologies.
Through continuous R&D and collaboration with industry leaders, we are shaping the future of responsible resource utilization and driving Ukraine’s transition to a low-carbon, sustainable economy.
Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE)
DLE represents a transformative approach to lithium production, delivering significantly lower environmental impact while enhancing efficiency and scalability — offering a strong competitive advantage in the market.
This proven technology is already in operation in China and South America, with increasing global adoption. Unlike evaporation ponds or hard rock mining, DLE extracts lithium directly from brine using advanced sorbents or ion-exchange materials, allowing for faster processing times and higher lithium recoveries. The spent brine is reinjected into the aquifer, preserving water balance and minimizing ecological disruption.
Recent advancements in DLE have led to improved selectivity, higher lithium purity, and energy-efficient processing, reducing the carbon footprint of lithium extraction. DLE is positioned to redefine sustainable lithium supply chains for the energy transition.
- Ion exchange
- Solvents
- Sorption
- Polishing
- Ion exchange softening
- Membrane Distillation
- Mechanical Vapour
- Recompression
- Evaporation / Crystallization
At Novel Metals & Compounds (NMC), we offer a full-service, turnkey approach to lithium extraction — partnering with resource owners and operators to design, build, and operate commercial-scale Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) systems.
Our services cover everything from subsurface evaluation and brine characterization to complete flow sheet integration, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and environmental performance.
But our work doesn't stop at lithium. NMC is actively expanding into the development and processing of a new generation of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) — essential to the global battery, clean energy, and technology sectors.
Our aim is to create a diversified CRM product portfolio by harnessing underutilized resources, including oil and gas formation waters, geothermal fluids, and industrial residues, transforming them into strategic materials with minimal environmental footprint.
NMC is engaged across every stage of the battery value chain — from raw material extraction to advanced material integration — aligning our operations with EU strategic autonomy goals and global decarbonization efforts.
We collaborate with leading engineering firms to deliver robust infrastructure and conventional balance-of-plant solutions and work closely with global customers to co-develop tailored extraction platforms that meet commercial and regulatory requirements.
We also maintain a strong commitment to open innovation, seeking research and development partnerships with universities, public institutions, and commercial entities to advance technologies in material recovery, circular economy models, and green process design.
By partnering with NMC, stakeholders gain access to cutting-edge technical expertise, a rapidly growing clean-tech platform, and a shared vision for sustainable and sovereign critical raw material supply chains.
Novel Metals & Compounds is a Ukrainian company which working on sustainable metals and compounds extraction from diverse raw sources.
NMC primary focusing on lithium extraction from unconventional resource's with use of novel technology to take advantage of it in setting up a novel approach for lithium extraction in Ukraine.
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