Primary Metals

Integrating environmental excellence in complex process operations
Primary Metals

Supporting your sector’s ecological transformation

The metals industry is undergoing a major transition, where increasing global demand meets unprecedented environmental challenges. With metals manufacturing accounting for a rising percentage of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, your facilities need innovative solutions more than ever. Veolia understands the complex balance between meeting production demands and reducing environmental impact. 

We specialize in optimizing your utilities management - from steam and compressed air to process water and heat recovery - while helping you navigate the industry's decarbonization journey. 

Our advanced technologies and expertise support your transition to sustainable operations, ensuring you can meet growing market demands while working on reducing your carbon footprint and resource consumption.

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Optimizing your water cycle operations

Metal manufacturers face complex water treatment challenges, from managing difficult pollutants to meeting strict compliance requirements while maintaining operational efficiency. 

With our experience operating 7,000 treatment plants worldwide, Veolia delivers guaranteed solutions to these challenges. Our best-in-class technical teams analyze your entire water system, identify root causes, and implement tailored treatment and reuse solutions. 

We assume performance risks through quality, quantity, and availability guarantees, allowing you to focus on core manufacturing while achieving sustainable water management goals.

Providing advanced cooling solutions for metal production

Metal manufacturers face critical challenges in cooling water operations, where system efficiency directly impacts production uptime, product quality, and operational costs. 

Veolia addresses these challenges through comprehensive solutions that protect against fouling and corrosion while optimizing water and energy usage across your facility. From spray systems to effluent ponds, our experienced professionals implement advanced monitoring technologies and maintain your cooling equipment, ensuring reliable operations and rapid response to system malfunctions. 

This proactive approach maximizes run-length while minimizing resource consumption and operational costs.

Placing safety at the heart of industrial maintenance

Metal manufacturers have to maintain process equipment efficiency while meeting rigorous safety and environmental standards. 

Veolia's comprehensive industrial services tackle this ongoing challenge through customized solutions spanning assembly, metallurgy, outage management, and industrial cleaning. Our expert teams prioritize innovation and safety, continuously adapting to evolving client needs and regulations. We focus on minimizing downtime through efficient maintenance protocols and advanced cleaning techniques, enabling you to optimize operations while maintaining the highest safety and environmental standards. 

Our proven track record across mining, metals, and industrial sectors ensures reliable, performance-driven solutions.

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Our tailored solutions

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Water solutions for the Primary Metals industry

  • Industrial, process and drinking water production & supply
  • Industrial desalination technology
  • Boiler water treatment
  • Cooling tower water treatment
  • Industrial & sanitary wastewater treatment
  • Water cycle sludges management
  • Heavy metals removal
  • Industrial dust control & suppression
  • Zero Liquid Discharge wastewater treatment
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Waste solutions for the Primary Metals industry

  • Total Waste Management
  • Process waste management & by-products recovery
  • Industrial services

🇧🇷 Brazil | Delivering multi-services to a flat carbon steel plant

🇨🇳 China | Combatting water scarcity through advanced wastewater treatment and reuse

🇦🇺 Australia | Complete refractory management services for the smelter

🇸🇰 Slovakia | Ensuring the supply of energies and utilities at a brownfield industrial park

 

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