Our History
MetalX (Pty) Ltd was originally established as Consulmet Metals (Pty) Ltd in 2008 and have to date completed over 50 mineral and metal processing projects in 17 countries across a range of commodities including:
- Chromite
- Iron Ore
- Manganese
- Bauxite
- Tungsten
- Gold
- Platinum Group Metals (PGM’s)
- Lead/Zinc
- Copper
- Nickel
- Cobalt
- Tin
- Lithium
- Vanadium
- Heavy minerals – Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, etc

The following timeline illustrates the history of the company since inception:
2008
Consulmet Metals (Pty) Ltd Founded
2008
2009
1st capital project completed for Chromite recovery
2009
2010
Chromite and polymer briquetting projects
2010
2011
5 x Projects completed in Gold, Chromite and Iron ore
2011
2012
Manganese, Chromite and Gold Recovery projects
2012
2013
Heavy Minerals, Iron Ore, Tin, Manganese and PGM projects
2013
2014
Slag leaching, Gold, Chromite, Copper and Cobalt
2014
2015
4 x Projects completed
2015
2016
3 x projects completed including PGM flotation plant
2016
2017
Ferrous Sulphate, Chrome, Bauxite and Tungsten Projects
2017
2018
PGM and base metal projects
2018
2019
50th PROJECT COMPLETED
2019
2020
3 x Capital projects
2020
2021
2 x Projects completed on Iron Ore and PGM's
2021
2022
Focus on battery metals - Vanadium, Copper, Nickel and Cobalt
2022
2023
Name changed to MetalX (Pty) Ltd
2023
