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Molybdenum processors outside China

31 molybdenum processors outside China across 16 countries, covering Spent catalyst roasting (V-CYCLE), Spent hydroprocessing catalyst receiving and sampling, Spent refinery catalyst and vanadium residue reception and blending, alloy, aluminothermic and electric-furnace melting to ferrovanadium, ammonium molybdate crystallisation, ammonium molybdate production, anode slime treatment, briquetting, carbide and boride powder production, casting, chemical conversion to technical molybdic oxide, concentrate cleaning, concentrate conditioning, concentrate leaching, concentrate roasting, concentrate roasting (16-level furnace), concentrate roasting (six roasters), concentrate roasting (two furnaces), concentration, consolidation and forming, converter-anode production, copper anode slime processing, copper cathode electrowinning, copper cement recovery, copper concentrate smelting, copper recovery from waste, copper telluride precipitation, copper-molybdenum flotation, crushing, crushing and sizing, effluent treatment, electrorefining, ferroalloy smelting, ferroalloy smelting in electric arc furnaces, ferromolybdenum conversion, ferromolybdenum conversion (aluminothermic/silicon reduction of molybdenum oxide), ferromolybdenum smelting, ferromolybdenum smelting (silicon reduction), hydrogen-atmosphere reduction to molybdenum metal powder, intermediate shipped to 5N Plus Montreal for refining, leaching, machining of semi-finished and finished refractory metal parts, melting and refining to ferrovanadium, metal recovery from liquid and solid tailings, molybdenum and vanadium leaching and separation, molybdenum concentrate pressure leaching/oxidation, molybdenum concentrate processing, molybdenum concentrate roasting, molybdenum dioxide production, molybdenum disulfide production, molybdenum metal production, molybdenum oxide powder and briquette production, molybdenum oxide reduction to metal powder, molybdenum trioxide and molybdate production, molybdenum trioxide production, multiple-hearth roasting, on-site multiple-hearth roasting to molybdenum trioxide, open-pit mining, oxide handling, powder, powder blending and classification, powder metallurgy, powder refining and classification, pressure oxidation, pure molybdenum oxide production, pure molybdenum product refining, pure molybdic oxide production, pure oxide and ammonium dimolybdate production, purification, recycle, refine, rhenium recovery, rhenium recovery from fumes (planned), rhenium recovery to ammonium perrhenate, roasting, roasting (V-CYCLE), sizing and powder production, slag beneficiation, smelt, sodium molybdate production, solvent extraction, spent hydrodesulfurisation catalyst collection, sublimation and calcination of pure molybdic oxide, sulphuric acid production, tailings neutralisation, technical molybdenum oxide production, technical oxide production, technical selenium and tellurium recovery, tellurium recovery circuit at the refinery, vanadium and molybdenum separation and precipitation, vanadium precipitation. Every record is sourced, dated and verified.

31 plants match this query

30 of these 31 plants disclose a capacity figure; the rest do not publish one. Registry re-checked 9 November 2026.

FacilityCountryMineralProcessCapacityConfidence
Treibacher Industrie AG rare earth plant, Althofen, Carinthia, Austria
Treibacher Industrie AG
Austriarare earthsrefine, alloySubscriberMED
Plansee SE — Reutte/Breitenwang, Austria
Plansee SE
Austriatungstenpowder, recycleSubscriberHIGH
Moliren Plant, Roshal, Moscow Oblast, Russia
OOO Moliren
Russiatungstensmelt, alloySubscriberMED
Elmet Technologies — Lewiston, Maine, USA
Elmet Technologies
United StatestungstenpowderSubscriberHIGH
Molyb (Codelco) — Mejillones, Chile
Sociedad de Procesamiento de Molibdeno SpA (Molyb)
Chilemolybdenummolybdenum concentrate roasting, molybdenum trioxide production, rhenium recoverySubscriberHIGH
Molymet — MolymetNos, San Bernardo, Chile
Molibdenos y Metales S.A. (Molymet)
Chilemolybdenumconcentrate roasting, pressure oxidation, concentrate conditioningSubscriberHIGH
Molymet — Molynor, Mejillones, Chile
Molibdenos y Metales S.A. (Molymet)
Chilemolybdenumconcentrate roasting (two furnaces), metal recovery from liquid and solid tailings, tailings neutralisationSubscriberHIGH
Molymet — Molymex, Cumpas, Sonora, Mexico
Molymex S.A. de C.V.
Mexicomolybdenumconcentrate cleaning, concentrate roasting, technical molybdenum oxide production28 million lb/yr Mo processing capacity (approx.HIGH
Molymet — Molymet Belgium, Ghent, Belgium
Molymet Belgium N.V. (formerly Sadaci N.V.)
Belgiummolybdenumconcentrate roasting (16-level furnace), briquetting, ferromolybdenum smelting (silicon reduction)SubscriberHIGH
Molymet — Molymet Germany, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany
MOLYMET Germany GmbH (formerly Chemiemetall GmbH)
Germanymolybdenummolybdenum dioxide production, hydrogen-atmosphere reduction to molybdenum metal powder, powder blending and classificationSubscriberHIGH
Climax Molybdenum — Rotterdam (Rozenburg), Netherlands
Climax Molybdenum B.V. (Freeport-McMoRan Inc.)
Netherlandsmolybdenumconcentrate roasting, chemical conversion to technical molybdic oxide, ammonium molybdate productionSubscriberHIGH
Climax Molybdenum — Stowmarket, United Kingdom
Climax Molybdenum U.K. Limited (Freeport-McMoRan Inc.)
United Kingdommolybdenumferromolybdenum conversion (aluminothermic/silicon reduction of molybdenum oxide), crushing and sizingSubscriberHIGH
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How many molybdenum processors outside China are there?
The Critical Midstream registry lists 31 plants matching this query across 16 countries. Each record carries a source, a verification date and a confidence level.
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What's the difference between nameplate capacity and actual output?
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