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IMS Metals & Alloys

Turning Complex Scrap into Opportunity

IMS specialises in complex high-nickel, superalloy, titanium and refractory materials. Through our international processing network, we develop tailored recovery and supply routes that preserve valuable metal content and reduce unnecessary downgrading.

Contact IMS

For buying, selling and other material enquiries, contact us at info@ims-metals.com.

What we do

A blending programme built around complex materials.

Through our network of specialist processing facilities, IMS develops and manages tailored nickel-based blends for refiners, alloy producers and stainless steel mills — maximising recoverable metal content and reducing unnecessary downgrading.
How the programme works

  1. 01

    Complex materials in

    Mixed lots, off-spec alloys and difficult-to-place metal-bearing materials are assessed according to chemistry, form and condition.

  2. 02

    Blended for the melt

    Processing and blending routes are developed around the requirements of nickel refineries, alloy producers and stainless steel mills.

  3. 03

    Value preserved

    Materials are directed toward the most suitable metallurgical route, helping preserve valuable nickel and other recoverable metal units.

Our portfolio

What we buy, blend and supply.

The materials IMS handles, in the forms we accept. Open any one for what we take, the thresholds that apply, and the published compositions behind it.
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Powders, Oxides & Intermediates

APT · Metal oxides · Hydroxides · Powders · Filter cake · Process residues

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Accepted forms

  • Solids
  • Turnings and swarf
  • Runners, risers and gates
  • Grindings
  • Fines and microgranules
  • AM and 3D powders
  • Dusts
  • Filter cake and process residues
See what each form covers
Solids
Nuggets · BB's · Cut solids and components
Turnings and swarf
Turnings · Swarf · Chips
Runners, risers and gates
Casting runners, risers and gates
Grindings
Grindings · Grinding sludge
Fines and microgranules
Fines · Microgranules · Shot
AM and 3D powders
Additive-manufacturing powders — virgin, used, mixed-size or off-spec
Dusts
AOD dust · EAF dust · Plasma dust · Shot dust · Pelletizer dust
Filter cake and process residues
Filter cake, wet and dried · Mill scale · Mill sludge

Our advantage

Why refiners, alloy producers and material generators work with IMS.

  • Tailored blends designed to preserve nickel value

  • Specialist knowledge of complex, mixed and off-spec materials

  • Access to an international network of processing facilities and laboratories

  • Commercial routes for materials conventional channels may downgrade

  • Experience across high-nickel, superalloy, titanium and refractory materials

  • Specialist focus on Hafnium, Ni-Hf and advanced master alloys

Offer material, or request supply.

Selling complex, mixed or off-spec material, or looking for supply: the material, the form and the quantity are enough to start, and we will assess the available route.

Contact IMS

For buying, selling and other material enquiries, contact us at info@ims-metals.com.

Turning Complex Scrap into Opportunity