Chemicals and Metals, Inc. (CAM) was formed in 1998 as a Nevada Corporation to conduct research and development of various residues, by-products, and minerals that will lead to the successful implementation on an industrial scale.

 

The original principals of CAM were Mobishir N. Ahmad, Thomas G. Carnahan and James E. Murphy. At present, the sole principal remaining is Mobishir N. Ahmad. Currently, CAM is involved in the commercialization of the production of zinc sulfate monohydrate from zinc secondaries such as brass foundry fume and an upgraded zinc oxide product separated from the emission control dust generated from the incineration of tires in electrical power generation and the production of copper feed industry products from acid and ammoniated cupric chloride solutions. Other zinc secondaries being investigated are secondary copper emission control sludges, various steel foundry dusts and electric arc furnace dust. Our various projects include:

- Exeter Energy-Study on the production of zinc sulfate monohydrate from emission control dust of tire incineration residues, top ash.
-. Exeter Energy-Study of bottom ash, high iron, residue for the production of a salable product.
- Various companies-Production of various products from miscellaneous hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, such as titanium scrap cleaning, recovery of copper from copper secondaries, etc.
- University of Nevada Reno, project in the reduction and production of useful products from hazardous wastes.
- Parsons Engineering, in evaluating and developing rifle range cleanup technology for an air force base in California.
- Production of a copper and copper/magnesium products from spent cupric chloride etchants, both basic and acid-completed.
- Recovery of germanium from semiconductor residues.
- Production of copper sulfate and cobalt sulfate from scrap.
- UV cleanup of contaminated water.
- Recovery and optimization of gold recovery.
- Production of chromium chemicals and recyclable sludges from secondaries.
- Recycling of steel grinding swarf.
- Recovery of platinum, palladium and rhodium from spent automobile catalysts.
- Production of various feed products containing a protein base or magnesium base, containing Zn/Mn/Cu/Co.
- Production of sodium hydroxide and aluminum metal from rock salt through molten salt electrolysis and sodium metal reduction of alumina, thereby essentially producing the aluminum metal with no energy cost.
- Purification of metals, especially copper, to 99.9999%.

In addition, to the above, we have expertise in various other areas of environmental technology and/or extractive metallurgy as it relates to electrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, physical metallurgy and pyrometallurgy. Our offices are located at the former USBM, Reno Research Center, now a part of the University of Nevada Reno, UNR. We have excellent laboratory as well as pilot plant facilities, for any developmental research. Both Tom Carnahan and Jim Murphy retired from the Bureau of Mines and bring with them the extensive expertise acquired during their time with the USBM. Mobashir Ahmad has industrial experience in the processing of hazardous wastes at the national and international level, in addition, to contacts with companies that are interested in buying the various end chemicals/metals.

We are interested in new and challenging opportunities that will come from the conversion of so called “hazardous materials” (those containing toxic heavy metals, Cd, Pb, etc.) and non-hazardous residues and byproducts into intermediate or finished chemicals/metals useful to mankind.