Follow a material through real places.
A mine, a refinery, a port, a recovery plant. These journeys connect named operations using published evidence, with the material form and source period attached to each step.
Copper leaves Escondida in two forms
Concentrate travels to Coloso by pipeline; copper cathodes use rail connections to export ports.
Read the journey and its sourcesBrazil · aluminiumBauxite to aluminium in Pará
A bauxite slurry pipeline feeds a refinery, which supplies a nearby smelter and stores its refining residue.
Read the journey and its sourcesAustralia · aluminiumBauxite by sea, alumina by conveyor
Weipa’s bauxite reaches the Gladstone refinery by ship; a conveyor then supplies Boyne’s aluminium smelter.
Read the journey and its sourcesSweden → Norway · steelIron-ore pellets from Kiruna to Narvik
An operator-described rail connection carries processed iron ore across the border to an export port.
Read the journey and its sourcesUnited Kingdom · aluminiumCar-body scrap returns to aluminium production
Novelis describes recovering Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing scrap at Latchford for automotive sheet feedstock.
Read the journey and its sourcesFinland · lithiumFortum · lithium-ion battery recovery in Finland
Mechanical processing at Ikaalinen supplies black mass to Harjavalta hydrometallurgical recovery.
Read the journey and its sourcesUnited States · plasticRumpke & Eastman · PET to polyester
A 2024 partnership describes sorted PET packaging as Kingsport molecular-recycling feedstock.
Read the journey and its sourcesUnited Kingdom / onward processing · aluminiumNovelis · UK aluminium can recovery loop
Collection and sorting feed Warrington remelting; ingot is rolled into sheet for new cans.
Read the journey and its sourcesWestern Australia / Malaysia · rare earthsLynas · Mt Weld to rare-earth separation
Ore moves into on-site concentration, then concentrate and mixed carbonate enter further processing.
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