{"id":5998,"date":"2026-09-04T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=5998"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T00:21:24","slug":"260904-resource-circulation","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/blog\/260904-resource-circulation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Resource Circulation Day] How Can a Catalyst Company Contribute to Resource Circulation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#EAEDF5; border-radius:8px; padding:24px 32px; margin:24px 0;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0; font-weight:700; font-size:20px; color:#4165de;\">Key Takeaways<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px; line-height:1.9; color:#333; font-size:16px;\">\n<li>Building a resource circulation structure and a sustainable circular system for industry through full-lifecycle catalyst management<\/li>\n<li>Recovering and refining high-purity precious metals from spent catalysts, and supplying PGC made with third-party-certified recycled gold<\/li>\n<li>Contributing to the conversion of organic waste resources such as biogas into clean energy, and delivering a Catalyst Subscription Service for integrated control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>September 6 is Resource Circulation Day. Say &#8220;resource circulation&#8221; and most people think first of waste sorting or recycling. In industry, though, it reaches further. It covers recovering valuable resources from products at the end of their service life and returning them to production, keeping the flow of resources going. Creating new energy sources from waste is another way to carry that value forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how does a catalyst company contribute to the circular economy? For Resource Circulation Day, we introduce Heesung Catalysts&#8217; solutions that realize the value of circulation across the full arc from catalyst lifespan to resource recovery and recycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9\uc6d4-1\ud68c\ucc28-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9\uc6d4-1\ud68c\ucc28-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9\uc6d4-1\ud68c\ucc28-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9\uc6d4-1\ud68c\ucc28-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9\uc6d4-1\ud68c\ucc28-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9\uc6d4-1\ud68c\ucc28-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9\uc6d4-1\ud68c\ucc28-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>September 6, Resource Circulation Day<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2009, the Ministry of Environment designated September 6 as Resource Circulation Day. Every September 6 since, the day has reaffirmed the value of resources and the meaning of resource circulation while highlighting why practice matters. Why September 6? Flip the numerals 9 and 6 and each becomes the other, capturing the idea of circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resource circulation goes beyond treating waste. It means using limited resources efficiently, keeping the performance of products already made for as long as possible, and building them so they can be used again. Industry, in turn, creates circulation structures by connecting product lifespan extension, resource recovery, and the reintroduction of recycled raw materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>How Can a Catalyst Company Contribute to Resource Circulation?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A catalyst company&#8217;s role does not end at making catalysts. Industrial catalysts run for long periods once installed in a customer&#8217;s process, so their performance and condition call for continuous management, and when performance declines, regeneration potential has to be assessed. Valuable resources such as the precious metals in spent catalysts can also be recovered and reused. With this in view, Heesung Catalysts extends its services and solutions beyond catalyst manufacturing and supply to the full cycle of use, analysis, regeneration, recovery, and recycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>1. Catalyst Analysis and Regeneration: Extending Lifespan, Saving Resources<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resource circulation begins with using an already-made product for as long as possible. In the field, catalysts lose performance over their operating period for various reasons. Analyze that condition and its causes accurately, however, and regeneration can bring them back into service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heesung Catalysts analyzes the condition of catalysts used in industrial facilities and evaluates the causes of performance decline along with remaining lifespan. It also identifies the type and amount of substances accumulated on the catalyst to design a suitable regeneration method through its <strong>catalyst analysis and regeneration service<\/strong>. This extends a catalyst&#8217;s service period and cuts both the resources needed to manufacture new catalysts and the cost of replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>2. Precious Metal Circulation Management: Spent Catalyst Recycling and Resource Circulation<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A catalyst at the end of its life still holds value as a resource. For catalysts containing precious metals such as platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), and rhodium (Rh), the residual precious metals can be recovered, refined, and recycled into catalyst manufacturing once the catalyst&#8217;s life is over. Resources recovered from spent catalysts become the raw material for new catalysts, and that is the first step of resource circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heesung Catalysts&#8217; precious metal circulation management service builds a cycle that runs from new catalyst manufacturing to catalyst use, spent catalyst collection, precious metal recovery and refining, and back to new catalyst manufacturing. Customers can reintroduce the recovered precious metals into new catalyst manufacturing or sell them, while Heesung Catalysts manages the entire process with dedicated expertise. Rather than ending a resource&#8217;s lifecycle at disposal, this connects it back to the start of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heesung Catalysts&#8217; value, then, does not stop at supplying catalyst products. Managing the precious metal assets contained in a catalyst well past the point of use and returning them as sustainable resources is a core service in its own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>3. Turning Recycled Resources into Products: PGC Supply Based on Recycled Au<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linking recovered resources back into product manufacturing is central to realizing the circular economy. Heesung Catalysts produces potassium gold cyanide (PGC), essential to the gold electroplating of precision electronic components such as semiconductors, PCB substrates, and connectors. High-purity gold (Au) serves as the raw material for PGC, and Heesung Catalysts actively adopts high-quality recycled gold that carries third-party certification. To meet customer requirements, it has also completed a supply system for &#8220;recycled PGC&#8221; made with 100% certified recycled Au.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heesung Catalysts has earned global eco-certification for its recycled-Au-based PGC, proving its reliability. This is a tangible result of a circular value chain that converts recycled raw materials into high-value industrial products and supplies them to the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/news\/heesung-pgc-ul-certification-recycled-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heesung Catalysts Achieves UL Certification for Recycled Gold-Based PGC \u2013 Strengthening Eco-Friendly Plating Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>4. A Shift in the Energy Paradigm: Biogas and Catalyst Technology<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resource circulation has expanded beyond recycling existing materials to creating new value from resources once treated as waste. Biogas, a leading energy source, is produced from organic waste resources such as food waste and livestock manure. After refining, it serves as city gas or power generation fuel, or as feedstock for producing clean energy such as hydrogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heesung Catalysts holds catalyst technology for hydrogen production systems that reform biogas as well as LNG and byproduct gas. In the reforming process that produces hydrogen from biogas, the catalyst plays the key role of driving the chemical reaction efficiently. Beyond the traditional circular approach of preserving the value of products already in use, catalyst technology proves its worth in converting organic waste resources into next-generation energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/blog\/250320-biogas-3-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Waste Reimagined : Biogas, the Energy Revolution for Carbon Neutrality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>5. Integrated Lifecycle Management: The Catalyst Subscription Service<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resource circulation of catalysts runs as one connected flow, from lifespan extension to post-use resource recovery and reconnection into the production process. To manage that entire process through a single pipeline, Heesung Catalysts operates an integrated solution called the Catalyst Subscription Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Catalyst Subscription Service is a business model that goes beyond a product supply contract, supporting customers in keeping optimal performance throughout the entire period they use a catalyst. It oversees the full cycle end to end, from purchase to performance management, regeneration, replacement, and recovery. To do so, it combines regular performance monitoring, a lifespan management framework, and catalyst regeneration and precious metal recovery technologies to maximize a customer&#8217;s process efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a resource circulation standpoint, the service forms a value chain that runs from catalyst supply to use and performance management, analysis, regeneration and reuse, recovery, and resource recirculation. Moving away from one-off product sales, it manages the process comprehensively during operation and beyond. Connecting the whole span from supply to recovery this way raises a customer&#8217;s operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Creating Full-Lifecycle Value for a Sustainable Industrial Ecosystem<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The resource circulation of catalysts reaches beyond product regeneration. It analyzes the condition of operating catalysts in detail to extend their lifespan, and recovers precious metals from spent catalysts to link them back as raw materials. Catalyst technology further makes a central contribution across processes that create value from waste, including recycled-gold-based PGC production and biogas-driven clean energy conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shutterstock_2760531915-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shutterstock_2760531915-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shutterstock_2760531915-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shutterstock_2760531915-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shutterstock_2760531915-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shutterstock_2760531915-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/shutterstock_2760531915-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A catalyst company must now move beyond manufacturing and supply toward full-lifecycle management: optimizing catalyst performance and lifespan during operation, and returning the embedded resource value to the industrial ecosystem after use. Building on its distinctive catalyst manufacturing capability, Heesung Catalysts extends its business value across analysis, technical support, regeneration, precious metal circulation management, and the Catalyst Subscription Service. Through total solutions that govern the entire catalyst cycle, we will conserve resources and lead a sustainable circular system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:25px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/contact-us\/\" style=\"background-color:#0070c0\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Contact Us<\/mark><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bg_company-1024x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bg_company-1024x143.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bg_company-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bg_company-768x107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bg_company-1536x214.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bg_company.jpg 1903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FAQ<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#bf1f6a\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Q1. How does a catalyst company contribute to resource circulation?<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It contributes by managing the full catalyst cycle and by turning waste into energy. A catalyst company analyzes and regenerates operating catalysts to extend their lifespan, and recovers precious metals from spent catalysts to feed them back into the manufacturing process. It also realizes resource circulation by producing goods based on third-party-certified recycled raw materials and by converting organic waste resources such as biogas into eco-friendly energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#bf1f6a\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Q2. Can spent catalysts at the end of their life be used again?<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. They can be reused either through a regeneration process or by recovering the valuable precious metals inside them. Depending on a catalyst&#8217;s condition, precision regeneration can extend its lifespan, and for spent catalysts that cannot be regenerated, residual precious metals such as platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), and rhodium (Rh) are recovered and refined to high purity. Through its precious metal circulation management service, which brings these analysis, regeneration, and recovery technologies together, Heesung Catalysts gives spent catalysts new life as raw material for new catalysts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#bf1f6a\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Q3. Beyond manufacturing catalysts, what solutions does Heesung Catalysts provide?<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It provides a full-cycle management solution spanning catalyst analysis, technical support, regeneration, and precious metal circulation management. Beyond manufacturing and supplying high-quality catalysts, Heesung Catalysts has built a service lineup that covers the entire process, from performance optimization during operation to resource recovery after use. In particular, its Catalyst Subscription Service, which integrates every one of these stages into a single pipeline, maximizes a customer&#8217;s operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#bf1f6a\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Q4. What is Heesung Catalysts&#8217; Catalyst Subscription Service?<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is an integrated solution that manages the full process in one stop, from catalyst purchase to performance management, regeneration, replacement, and recovery. Moving away from one-off product supply, it oversees the entire period a customer uses a catalyst end to end, keeping efficiency at its best. Its defining feature is connecting lifespan management through regular monitoring with post-use resource circulation into one flow, forming a value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#bf1f6a\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Q5. What are the benefits of adopting the Catalyst Subscription Service?<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It raises the efficiency of process operation and maximizes the value of precious metal assets. Customers can extend catalyst lifespan through regular performance monitoring, and they can cut manufacturing costs by reintroducing residual precious metals into new catalyst manufacturing or selling them after use. Because Heesung Catalysts manages the full catalyst cycle comprehensively, operational cost-effectiveness improves significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5990,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","blog-category":[83],"class_list":["post-5998","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog-category-hcc-insights-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/5998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=5998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}