Transparent Metal®
Our industrial system for traceable & circular metal flows.
We connect our materials with documented passport data across our industrial value chain — from recovery to re-entry into industry.
Industrial metal flows are complex and fragmented.
Materials move across multiple stages with limited visibility, inconsistent data, and little connection between physical flow and documentation.
Without structure, circularity cannot scale.
Transparent Metal provides our partners with the structural layer that makes industrial circularity documentable, auditable, and operationally usable.
Traceable material flows across the value chain
Every input, transformation and output linked by a persistent material identity.
Documented data on origin, composition, processing
Captured in-line as material moves — not reconciled after the fact.
More predictable and structured material supply
Consistent quality and composition across flows — ready for industrial use.
Measurable and auditable sustainability impact
ESG and CSRD-ready metrics, reported from real material data.
From recovery to reuse — materials and data move together.
Our system is built around a continuous flow of materials and data. Each step is structured, documented, and linked — ensuring you have traceability from recovery to industrial reuse.
Collection
Our materials are collected from industrial sources, infrastructure, and post-use streams. Each input is categorized and prepared for structured processing.
Processing
Materials are sorted, refined, and processed into our defined material streams — ensuring consistency in quality and composition across flows.
Documentation
Our material data is captured and structured: origin, composition, and processing — enabling traceability across our system.
Industrial re-entry
Our processed materials are returned to industry as documented circular raw materials — closing the loop between recovery and reuse.
Materials and data move together.
Across all steps, a continuous data layer connects your material movement with documented information. This enables traceability, consistency, auditability, and system-wide visibility — at industrial scale.
Every material flow connected to documented information.
Transparent Metal enables structured and documented data across industrial metal flows. Every material flow is connected to traceable information across our integrated value chain.
What is tracked
- Origin
- Composition
- Processing history
- Flow path
- Industrial application
What it enables
- Documented material reporting
- ESG and CSRD alignment
- Procurement transparency
- Improved material decision-making
- Lifecycle visibility
Data is not added after the fact. It is captured during each step of our material flow, ensuring consistency, traceability, audit readiness, and comparability across flows.
One system across industrial metal streams.
Transparent Metal applies across industrial metal streams and value chains. It structures how your materials move from recovery to industrial reuse across sectors and applications.
Where it applies
- Construction and demolition streamsC&D
- Manufacturing scrap and production wasteMFG
- Infrastructure and heavy industry materialsINF
- Energy and industrial systemsENR
- Post-use material recovery flowsPUR
Material types
- Mixed industrial metalsMIX
- Steel-based fractionsFe
- Aluminium streamsAl
- High-value metal fractionsHVM
- Composite industrial material inputsCMP
From construction and manufacturing to energy and infrastructure.
Grounded in real industrial systems — not theory.
Transparent Metal is built on decades of operational industrial experience across the full value chain.
Metal recovery
End-to-end collection across industrial sources.
Processing & refinement
Sorting, refining and producing defined streams.
Large-scale material logistics
Moving industrial volumes, reliably and traceably.
Cross-value-chain operations
Coordinated across partners, sites & sectors.
Circium — a documented industrial material output.
Our materials processed through Transparent Metal can be presented with batch-level documentation.
Draft passport · Issued 2026·04·30Recycled aluminium for downstream processing
Documented origin · Structured processing history · Draft passport data
Documented across each batch.
- Documented origin
- Consistent composition targets
- Structured processing history
- Passport data attached to each batch
This ensures usability in industrial applications where consistency and documentation are required.
Already applied in real material flows.
In collaboration with Gränges we have established traceability and verified data across selected metal streams — proof that structured industrial circularity works at scale.
Transparent Metal is already applied in real material flows. Our collaboration with Gränges has established traceability and verified data across selected metal streams — proof that structured industrial circularity works at scale.
Measurable impact across material systems.
By structuring and documenting our material flows, we enable meaningful, auditable circular outcomes — at industrial scale.
Increased reuse of existing resources
More material kept in industrial circulation, with documented quality targets.
Reduced dependency on primary extraction
Recycled streams substitute virgin inputs where feasible.
Improved efficiency across material systems
Less waste, less rework, tighter specification matching.
Measurable sustainability performance
ESG and CSRD-ready reporting from real material data.
Built within NG Nordic.
Developed within NG Nordic, with long-standing expertise in industrial material recovery and processing. Transparent Metal builds on operational experience across the full value chain.
Transparent Metal is not a platform or concept — it is an operational solution grounded in decades of real-world industrial work across metal recovery, processing, logistics, and cross-value-chain coordination.
For partnerships, material supply, or data access.
We welcome direct conversations about Transparent Metal, Circium, traceability integration, and case collaboration.
