SX
Solvent extraction is the heartbeat of rare earth refining and also its weakest link. Mining plants lose millions each year to phase drift, entrainment, solvent degradation, unstable O/A ratios, and impurities that slip through before anyone notices.
These failures aren’t theoretical; they are documented across every major REE refinery in the world: China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Australia, the U.S. the chemistry is different, but the problems are identical.
SX was never designed to operate on tribal knowledge and spreadsheets.
It is a dynamic, physics-driven system where micro-instabilities compound silently until they hit purity, yield, or downtime.
Global REE demand is expected to double between 2025–2035 due to EV motors, wind turbines, and guided defense systems.
Nearly 70% of global separation capacity still depends on SX—an inherently unstable process.
Most refineries lose 3–15% of total REE value to processing inefficiencies, untracked impurities, and solvent degradation.
Critical Process Diagnostic Simulation
‘Product quality is off spec. The stripping circuit shows no failure. Time is bleeding’.
The operator initiates the Generate Insight button.
The system responds immediately.
The cause of failure is identified without guesswork or interpretation.
No summaries are produced.
Only the operational fault and its origin are returned.
This is command-grade intelligence, delivered in real time.
Your plant isn’t short on data. It’s short on interpretation. Sabian Technology converts every signal into operational foresight.
Built for the hardest process in the materials world: solvent extraction.
Sabian helps SX teams recognize destabilizing conditions before performance degrades
Hydrometallurgical intelligence for SX operations
- Cracking
- Digestion
- Leaching
- SX separation
- Precipitation
- Calcination
- Reductive metallurgy
- Refining
- Waste-to-reagent regeneration
- Recycling loops
Sabian brings coherence to complex hydrometallurgical operations, helping teams recognize issues earlier and act with confidence across SX workflows
Sabian improves visibility into hydrometallurgical performance to support sound operational judgment
