Delivering Recycled Metals

globally, efficiently, responsibly.

ABOUT INTERCO

Our Business

For nearly three decades, we have developed trading relationships around the world with the goal of returning recycled raw materials back into the global supply chain.

Established in 1996 as an electronics recycling company, Interco has since grown with the focus of providing recycling & trading services to industrials, scrap dealers, OEM’s, processors, smelters, refiners, mines and governments.

Interco leverages its expertise in secondary metals to place materials into optimal markets, thereby maximizing value for our clients. We take pride in being a dedicated, trusted recycling partner to our suppliers and consumers.

Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Interco operates two recycling facilities in the Greater St. Louis area. Interco continues to grow its business through trading partnerships and investment in mid-stream processing.

Nonferrous materials

Electronic Scrap

Lithium-Ion Batteries & Related Materials

ABOUT INTERCO

Our Business

Diverse skill sets, entrepreneurship, expertise and efficiency are the core tenants of our company. Through our collective experience we reduce complexity and provide value to our partners.

The Interco platform is built on robust:

• Purchasing

• Logistics

• Trading

• Midstream Processing

• Financing

• Lifecycle Metal Management

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How We Got Here

Our History

1996

Established

Interco began by purchasing memory modules and electronics for placement into secondary smelters.

2001-2006

EARLY STAGES

Throughout the early 2000s Interco grew its recycling business with a focus on supplying secondary smelters.

2007

EXPANSION

Interco moved to its current nonferrous facility in Madison, IL and began handling the full spectrum of nonferrous metals.

2013

A NEW MARKET

The introduction of lithium-ion batteries created a new opportunity to trade, process, and recover battery materials.

2018

INVESTED IN BATTERIES

Interco was the first North American company to produce mixed metal concentrate from li-ion battery scrap.

2022

FURTHER EXPANSION

Interco opens an electronics-specific recycling facility. Additionally, Critical Mineral Recovery (CMR) is formed as a battery-specific affiliate and breaks ground on its Fredericktown, MO processing plant.

2025

PARTNERSHIP

Interco opens its first global office in Seoul, Korea and continues to solidify its position across its three lines of business through its strategic growth and investment in midstream processing.

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Safety AND COmpliance

Protecting the health and safety of Interco employees, suppliers, customers and those in our surrounding communities is a priority in everything we do.

Interco has developed and implemented robust environmental health and safety programs in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations.

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