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.
30 of these 31 plants disclose a capacity figure; the rest do not publish one. Registry re-checked 9 November 2026.
| Facility | Country | Mineral | Process | Capacity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treibacher Industrie AG rare earth plant, Althofen, Carinthia, Austria Treibacher Industrie AG | Austria | rare earths | refine, alloy | Subscriber | MED |
| Plansee SE — Reutte/Breitenwang, Austria Plansee SE | Austria | tungsten | powder, recycle | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Moliren Plant, Roshal, Moscow Oblast, Russia OOO Moliren | Russia | tungsten | smelt, alloy | Subscriber | MED |
| Elmet Technologies — Lewiston, Maine, USA Elmet Technologies | United States | tungsten | powder | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Molyb (Codelco) — Mejillones, Chile Sociedad de Procesamiento de Molibdeno SpA (Molyb) | Chile | molybdenum | molybdenum concentrate roasting, molybdenum trioxide production, rhenium recovery | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Molymet — MolymetNos, San Bernardo, Chile Molibdenos y Metales S.A. (Molymet) | Chile | molybdenum | concentrate roasting, pressure oxidation, concentrate conditioning | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Molymet — Molynor, Mejillones, Chile Molibdenos y Metales S.A. (Molymet) | Chile | molybdenum | concentrate roasting (two furnaces), metal recovery from liquid and solid tailings, tailings neutralisation | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Molymet — Molymex, Cumpas, Sonora, Mexico Molymex S.A. de C.V. | Mexico | molybdenum | concentrate cleaning, concentrate roasting, technical molybdenum oxide production | 28 million lb/yr Mo processing capacity (approx. | HIGH |
| Molymet — Molymet Belgium, Ghent, Belgium Molymet Belgium N.V. (formerly Sadaci N.V.) | Belgium | molybdenum | concentrate roasting (16-level furnace), briquetting, ferromolybdenum smelting (silicon reduction) | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Molymet — Molymet Germany, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany MOLYMET Germany GmbH (formerly Chemiemetall GmbH) | Germany | molybdenum | molybdenum dioxide production, hydrogen-atmosphere reduction to molybdenum metal powder, powder blending and classification | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Climax Molybdenum — Rotterdam (Rozenburg), Netherlands Climax Molybdenum B.V. (Freeport-McMoRan Inc.) | Netherlands | molybdenum | concentrate roasting, chemical conversion to technical molybdic oxide, ammonium molybdate production | Subscriber | HIGH |
| Climax Molybdenum — Stowmarket, United Kingdom Climax Molybdenum U.K. Limited (Freeport-McMoRan Inc.) | United Kingdom | molybdenum | ferromolybdenum conversion (aluminothermic/silicon reduction of molybdenum oxide), crushing and sizing | Subscriber | HIGH |