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Whyanewrecoverymodelmatters

DEScycle deploys repeatable metal recovery plants to scale on-shore metal recovery infrastructure faster and cheaper.
Global demand

Demand is outpacing supply

The IEA projects a 30% copper mine-supply deficit by 2035, a bottleneck for grids, electrification and industrial resilience.

-30%

The Energy Transition Commission estimates that we need to produce $18 Trillion of Critical Metals to supply the energy transition

$18T

Global demand

Electrification, artificial intelligence and renewable energy systems are driving rapid growth in demand for critical metals. These materials underpin technologies ranging from electric vehicles and batteries to data centres and renewable power systems. However, the metals processing infrastructure required to recover and supply these metals has not expanded at the same pace, creating a structural gap in critical metals supply chain security.
Global supply

Supply is concentrated and controlled

Critical mineral supply chains are moving in the wrong direction: the top three producers now control 86% of processing across key energy minerals.

86%

More than half of energy-related strategic minerals are now subject to export controls making local recovery capacity a supply-chain priority.

55%

Global supply

Critical metals including copper, silver, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements are essential to modern industrial systems, including energy, AI and advanced manufacturing.

Demand for these materials is projected to increase significantly across multiple sectors, with many critical metals facing extreme supply-chain security risk.

Governments are racing to secure critical metals supply chains, with aggressive policies being enacted to support the growth of on-shore infrastructure deployment and sovereign metal supply.
Traceable metal supply

Closed loop manufacturing

OEMs are moving beyond CO2 based sustainability policies, prioritising circular metals and seeking traceable metal supply chains. DEScycle can go a step further: with a fully traceable metals recovery process paired with digital product passports, we supply circular, traceable metals from an OEM’s legacy products back into their own supply chain - enabling closed loop metals recycling at industrial scale
Sovereign metal supply

Defence supply chains

Governments are increasingly prioritising domestic access to critical metals, especially for critical areas such as Defence. Distributed metals processing can support national resilience by enabling in-country recovery of strategic metals, strengthening sovereign metal supply chains whilst enabling a secure in-country recycling system for the defence industry.

Build a resilient metal supply