History of Innovation

2023

Establishment of the development lab, Toronto & Melbourne offices

Establishment of the development lab, Toronto & Melbourne offices

2022

New location established to better serve our customers around the world.
Establishment of UAE fulfilment center

2021

New location was established to better serve our North American customers.
Establishment of emew Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

In January, restructuring completed and name changed to the emew Group. Scope is broadened to include environmental remediation, fluid treatment and metal production. The group now consists of companies in Australia, Canada, US, India and Cyprus serving customers globally. Waverton owns 100% of the equity of all of these companies.

emewCorporation

2015

Expansion into wastewater treatment with the installation of the first hybrid emew technology for semiconductor plant wastewater – chemical destruction, low concentration copper and copper cathode production.

 

 

 

2014

Global headquarters moved to Canada and restructuring begins.

2013

The company develops the first emew polish plant in India for an existing silver customer – removes silver from solution to less than 5ppm and eliminates the requirement for silver chloride precipitation.

silver electrowinning

 

2011

Broadened technology for commercial tin recovery. First emew tin plant installed in USA.

tin electrowinning

 

 

 

 

 

2009

First emew copper-arsenide removal from refinery bleed.

2008

First emew silver powder plant – 9999 silver for major refinery for 500kg per day.

silver powder emew

 

2007

First emew plant on refinery bleed in USA.

 

2006

Start up of 2 new generation emew copper plants in USA.

emew harvesting

 

2004

Further innovation for silver recovery from cyanide solutions with first plant in Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

2004

Waverton Holdings Limited invests in Electrometals purchasing 15% of the company which eventually increases to 100% ownership, and invests a further $10m developing the various emew technologies over the next 12 years.

2001

First combination emew vortex and powder plant installed in Chile. One of the largest applications at the time and is still operating successfully.

emew Equipment Sales

 

2000

Invented metal powder technology for automated harvesting and filed Patent W0 01/07684 A2 Electrometals Technologies Limited.

emew copper powder

 

 

 

 

1999

Technology and know-how further developed to broaden from copper to nickel with installation of the first emew nickel plant in USA.

emew nickel recovery electrowinning

1996

Several Improvement patents granted including for example WO94/02663 and WO96/38602 – for membranes and split sleeve for harvesting etc.

1994

Intellectual Property purchased by Euralba Mining. Patrick Treasure, the Managing Director at the time, named the technology EMEW after Euralba Mining ElectroWinning. Later Euralba Mining was purchased by Electrometals Technologies Limited.

1992

The original patent was filed by Materials Research Pty Ltd on behalf of the inventors Neil Barr, Robert Dedenus and Patrick Treasure. International Patent No PCT/AU92/00052. This is the first patent for vortex technology filed anywhere in the world.